Sunday, March 30, 2014

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba



Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, or simply Gonzalo de Córdoba (1 September 1453 – 2 December 1515), (Italian:Gonsalvo or Consalvo Ernandes di Cordova), Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, Andria, Montalto and Sessa, was a Spanishgeneral who fought in the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars. He reorganized the emerging Spanish army and its tactics, and was regarded as the "father of trench warfare". He was also called "The Great Captain" (SpanishEl Gran Capitán). Many influential men fought under him (including Francisco Pizarro's father), and he was admired by the generation ofconquistadors which followed.


De Córdoba was born at Montilla in what is now the province of Córdoba, the son of Pedro Fernández de Córdoba (Count ofAguilar) and his wife Elvira de Herrera.[1] He and his older brother, Alonso, were orphaned when they were young. As the younger brother Gonzalo could not expect much in the way of inherited wealth or titles, and of his two options – the church or the military – he chose the latter. He was first attached to the household of Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, the half-brother of KingHenry IV of Castile. After Alfonso's death in 1468 Córdoba devoted himself to Alfonso's sister, Isabella of Castile.
When King Henry IV died in 1474 Isabella proclaimed herself successor queen, disputing the right of Juana la Beltraneja (the king's 13-year-old daughter and her niece) to ascend the throne. During the ensuing civil war between the followers of Isabella and Juana, there was also conflict with Portugal since King Afonso V of Portugal sided with his niece Juana. Córdoba fought for Isabella under Alonso de Cárdenas, grand master of the Order of Santiago. After the battle of Albuera, Cárdenas praised him for his service.




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Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar (MontillaCasa de Aguilar1 de septiembre de 1453 – Loja (Granada)2 de diciembre de 1515) fue un noblepolítico y militar castellanoduque de SantángeloTerranovaAndríaMontalto y Sessa, llamado por su excelencia en la guerra el Gran Capitán.
Capitán castellano al servicio de los reyes Católicos. Familiar de Fernando el Católico y miembro de la nobleza andaluza (perteneciente a la Casa de Aguilar), hijo segundo del noble caballero Pedro Fernández de Aguilar, V señor de Aguilar de la Fronteray de Priego de Córdoba, que murió muy mozo, y de Elvira de Herrera y Enríquez, sobrina de Juana Enríquez, reina consorte de Aragón, ya que era hija de Pedro Núñez de Herrera, señor de Pedraza y de Blanca Enríquez de Mendoza, quien fue hija de Alonso Enríquez, almirante de Castilla (hijo de Fadrique Alfonso de Castilla) y de Juana de Mendoza «la Ricahembra».

Gonzalo y su hermano mayor Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba se criaron en Córdoba al cuidado del prudente y discreto caballero Pedro de Cárcamo. Siendo niño fue incorporado al servicio del príncipe Alfonso, hermano de la luego reina Isabel I de Castilla como paje y, a la muerte de éste, pasó al séquito de la princesa Isabel. La hermana de ambos cordobeses, conocida con el nombre de Leonor de Arellano y Fernández de Córdoba, casaría con Martín Fernández de Córdobaalcaide de los Donceles.


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