Francisco Marcos de Velasco

Don Francisco Marcos de Velasco y Alvear, Marquess of Pico de Velasco, (Carasa, Voto, Cantabria, 1633 – Antwerp, 17 June 1693) was a Spanish military governor and commander of Antwerp Citadel.

Velasco was born into a Spanish noble house descended from Pedro Fernández de Velasco (1399-1470), Royal Chamberlain and Count of Haro, and inherited the lordship of Pico de Velasco de Angustina.

He became a knight of Saint James at a very young age in 1641 and went on to pursue a military career.

The Marquess is buried in Antwerp in the Church of St. Andrew's, the parish of the Citadel.

[2] The impressive marble monument sculpted for his tomb by Pieter Scheemaeckers was later transferred to the Saint James Church in Antwerp.