Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba (31. prosinec 1585 – 16. únor 1635) byl Spanish general who served as Governor of the Milánské vévodství from 1625 to 1629, succeeding Gomez Suarez de Figueroa and preceding Ambrogio Spinola.

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Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba se narodil v Cabře, Andalusia, Spain in 1585, the son of Antonio Fernandez de Cordoba y Cardona and the great-grandchild of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba. Stal se jedním z Count Tilly's principal commanders during the Thirty Years' War, fighting at the Battle of Wimpfen and the Battle of Hochst. Dále velel jednotkám v Army of Flanders v letech 1621 až 1623; porazil Anglo-German Protestant forces at Bacharach and Heidelberg and the Dutch at Fleurus. De Cordoba dále sloužil jako guvernér Duchy of Milan v letech 1625 až 1629, zúčastnil se War of the Mantuan Succession; byl odvolán do Madridu poté, co se mu nepodařilo vybojovat French invasion of Italy v roce 1629. He was sent to the Netherlands in 1632, and he failed to prevent Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange's capture of Maastricht. He was recalled to Spain in 1533 and died in Montalban in 1635.

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