Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Military person

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 Spanish general 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" (Spanish: El Gran Capitán). Many influential men fought under him (including Francisco Pizarro's father), and he was admired by the generation of conquistadors which followed.

Personal facts

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Birth dateSeptember 01, 1453
Birth place
Montilla
Date of deathDecember 02, 1515

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allegiance20px Spain
military operations
Italian War of 1494–98
Italian War of 1499–1504
Battle of Garigliano (1503)
Granada War
Reconquest of Cephalonia
Battle of Cerignola
Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)
service start1482
service end1504

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