Íñigo de Borja

Don Íñigo de Borja y Velasco (1575–1622) was a Spanish nobleman and military commander who served as governor of Antwerp Citadel.

Íñigo married the Flemish noble lady Hélène de Hénin-Liétard, daughter of the Marquess of Veere, with whom he had five children: Early in his career Borja became a knight of the Order of Santiago, holding the commandery of Membrilla.

[1] He served with the forces of Philip II of Spain in France and Burgundy in the 1590s,[2] and after the Peace of Vervins (1598) in northern Italy.

He went to the Low Countries in 1603, marching a force of 3,700 men along the Spanish Road to serve Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.

[5] During his military career Borja went on to participate in the 1606 Siege of Grol and was appointed general of artillery in the Army of Flanders.