Descendants
Velázquez, through his daughter Francisca de Silva Velázquez y Pacheco (1619–1658), is an ancestor of the Marquesses of Monteleone, including Enriquetta (Henrietta) Casado de Monteleone (1725–1761) who in 1746 married Heinrich VI, Count Reuss zu Köstritz (1707–1783). Through them are descended a number of European royalty, among them Queen Sofía of Spain, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Albert II of Belgium, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
You can find people similar to Diego Velázquez by visiting our lists Spanish male painters and Spanish people of Portuguese-Jewish descent.
Full name at birth | Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
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Claim to fame | masterpiece 'Las Meninas' (1656)
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Date of birth | 6 June 1599
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Place of birth | Seville, Andalucia, Spain
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Date of death | 6 August 1660
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Age | 61 (age at death)
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Place of death | Madrid, Spain
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