- Also known as Blas Fernández de Toledo.
- Son of Fernán Gómez de Toledo and Teresa Vázquez de Acuña.
- Castilian noble, whose father had been head chamberlain to Fernando IV of Castile. His paternal uncle was Gutiérre Gómez de Toledo, Archbishop of Toledo (1310-1319).
- He had a long and prestigious career in Castile and in Portugal, after being exiled by Pedro of Castile. He was Bishop of Palencia (1343-1353), Archbishop of Toledo (1353-1362), Bishop of Coimbra and Apostolic Administrator (1363-1371), Bishop of Lisbon (1371) and Archbishop of Braga (1371-1372).
- Exiled by Pedro of Castile in 1360. Fernão Lopes stresses that he was not allowed to take a single book because Vasco Fernández, Archbishop of Toledo, was a learned man with a great love for books. [Pedro, ch. 32: 21-23]
Vaasco arcebispo de Tolledo