GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA,''''The Great Captain Henri Mouhot 
(called El Gran Capitan, Montilla, Córdoba, 1453 - Granada, 1515) Military service of the Catholic Kings. Belonging to the house of Aguilar, was formed straddling the border warrior tradition of Andalusia and the English royal court. In the Wars of Granada (1480-1492) began to practice their tactical innovations, which exceeded the medieval war clash between cavalry lines by the greater maneuverability of a mercenary infantry units fitted in solid, its ability to harness all the resources, adapting tactics to current conditions (using, for example, spies have the advantage of the information, or practicing a guerrilla struggle in one of his campaigns), explains the success of his career, which turned him from his youth in most prominent military leader of the Castilian-Aragonese monarchy. Kings entrusted several embassies to negotiate with King Boabdil of Granada, who had friendly relations. The services provided during that campaign were awarded the Commendation of the Order of Santiago, and other incomes and estates. Reconquista completed with the surrender of Granada (1492), Isabel and Fernando used in Italy, where a long war argue contesting hegemony in the region against France. The French invasion of Naples, claiming the heritage of the House of Anjou, was answered with a two-year campaign (1494-1496), led by Fernandez de Cordoba, who defeated the French and said the Neapolitan monarch belonging Aragonese royal family. The success of that war (including the taking of Reggio, Atella and Naples) earned him the nickname of the Great Captain and the title of Duke of Santangelo. He returned to Spain in 1498, but soon had to return to Italy, France and Aragon to settle its dispute with the Treaty of Granada (1500), which divided the kingdom of Naples in two areas: north to southern France and Aragon. Fernández de Córdoba itself was placed in command of the army which occupied Naples seized the throne to the dynasty that had stood four years earlier. French expansionism also caused the reopening of the conflict with Spain in 1502. Fernández Cordoba, who was fighting the Turks in Cephalonia, was recalled to lead the English troops. Realizing their numerical inferiority against the French army, adopted a defensive strategy, resisting the enemy siege Barletta awaiting reinforcements as they arrived, came into the open, and defeated the French at the battles of Cerignola, Gaeta Garellano and (1503). And Naples passed to English rule, under which it maintained until the eighteenth century, leaving Gonzalo as governor of the kingdom.
The death of Queen Elizabeth in 1504 marked the beginning of the fall from grace of the Great Captain. His confrontation with Fernando the Catholic reached a peak after the Treaty of Blois (1505), which the king returned to the French crown lands Neapolitan Fernandez de Cordoba had expropriated the princes of the House of Anjou and had distributed among his officers. In 1507 Fernando went to Naples to take possession of his new kingdom, at which legend has it demanded that the Great Captain accountable for their financial management, in any case, he was deposed as governor of Naples, where he never returned despite their protests.
(called El Gran Capitan, Montilla, Córdoba, 1453 - Granada, 1515) Military service of the Catholic Kings. Belonging to the house of Aguilar, was formed straddling the border warrior tradition of Andalusia and the English royal court. In the Wars of Granada (1480-1492) began to practice their tactical innovations, which exceeded the medieval war clash between cavalry lines by the greater maneuverability of a mercenary infantry units fitted in solid, its ability to harness all the resources, adapting tactics to current conditions (using, for example, spies have the advantage of the information, or practicing a guerrilla struggle in one of his campaigns), explains the success of his career, which turned him from his youth in most prominent military leader of the Castilian-Aragonese monarchy. Kings entrusted several embassies to negotiate with King Boabdil of Granada, who had friendly relations. The services provided during that campaign were awarded the Commendation of the Order of Santiago, and other incomes and estates. Reconquista completed with the surrender of Granada (1492), Isabel and Fernando used in Italy, where a long war argue contesting hegemony in the region against France. The French invasion of Naples, claiming the heritage of the House of Anjou, was answered with a two-year campaign (1494-1496), led by Fernandez de Cordoba, who defeated the French and said the Neapolitan monarch belonging Aragonese royal family. The success of that war (including the taking of Reggio, Atella and Naples) earned him the nickname of the Great Captain and the title of Duke of Santangelo. He returned to Spain in 1498, but soon had to return to Italy, France and Aragon to settle its dispute with the Treaty of Granada (1500), which divided the kingdom of Naples in two areas: north to southern France and Aragon. Fernández de Córdoba itself was placed in command of the army which occupied Naples seized the throne to the dynasty that had stood four years earlier. French expansionism also caused the reopening of the conflict with Spain in 1502. Fernández Cordoba, who was fighting the Turks in Cephalonia, was recalled to lead the English troops. Realizing their numerical inferiority against the French army, adopted a defensive strategy, resisting the enemy siege Barletta awaiting reinforcements as they arrived, came into the open, and defeated the French at the battles of Cerignola, Gaeta Garellano and (1503). And Naples passed to English rule, under which it maintained until the eighteenth century, leaving Gonzalo as governor of the kingdom. 
