Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1635)

He initiated his military career under Álvaro II de Bazán in 1612, defeating the Ottomans at La Goulette.During the Thirty Years' War, he served under Ambrogio Spinola before replacing him at the command.When he failed to take Casale and stop the French invasion in 1629, he was called back to Madrid and court-martialed.Here he conducted operations on the lower Rhine in the rear of the victorious army of Gustavus Adolphus, but he was unable to prevent the Capture of Maastricht by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.He is also a character in the novel The Betrothed, where Alessandro Manzoni describes the anger of the Milanese populace towards him, when he leaves Milan in 1629.
Don Goncalo Fernandes de Cordva - Series: Equestrian Portraits of Generals in the Thirty Years War [ 2 ]
Prince of MarateaGovernor of the Duchy of MilanPhilip IV of SpainGómez Suárez de FigueroaAmbrosio SpinolaProvince of CórdobaMontalbánWar of the Montferrat SuccessionEighty Years' WarSiege of BredaCapture of MaastrichtThirty Years' WarBattle of FleurusPalatinate campaignCapture of BacharachBattle of WimpfenSiege of HeidelbergWar of the Mantuan SuccessionAntonio Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y RequesensGonzalo Fernández de CórdobaÁlvaro II de BazánLa GoulettePedro de Toledo OsorioAmbrogio SpinolaImperialJohann Tserclaes, Count of TillyPalatinateFlandersBacharachHeidelbergFleurusMadridNetherlandsGustavus AdolphusFrederick Henry, Prince of OrangeThe BetrothedAlessandro ManzoniGómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of FeriaAmbrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases