Gómez Dávila y Toledo (2nd Marqués de Velada), Gonzalo

Gonzalo Gómez Dávila y Toledo, 2nd Marqués de Velada, was a man of noted erudition who spent most of his life at court, as a tutor employed by Felipe II and charged with the education of Felipe III. He amassed a large library that has been discussed in numerous contemporary studies.

His birth and death dates are based on information from http://en.fundacionmedinaceli.org/casaducal/fichaindividuo.aspx?id=3868 (accessed 16/04/2014).

Kenyon (kenyon1996), p. 198: “In 1596, for example, the Marqués de Velada left an old clavichord, a vihuela and a guitar. “una vihuela y una guitarra en sus cajas”.
martinezh1999 gives much detail about the Marqués and his life and points out that the 1596 inventory was made on the death of his second wife, Ana de Toledo y Colonna.
AHPM, prot, leg 1810, fol. 1334.

A seemingly reliable biography of the Marqués is available at http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=davila-gomez-marques-de-velada (accessed 17/04/2014)

We assume that as the owner of a vihuela that he also played the instrument but this has not been established categorically.