Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453–1515), known as El Gran Capitán, was a Spanish general born at Montilla. He fought for Isabella of Castile in the civil war after 1474 and in 1479 took part in the final battle against Portugal.

He then campaigned in the conquest of Granada and in the Italian Wars, where he was the first European to use firearms decisively on the battlefield and reorganized infantry with pikes and guns.

He was made Duke of Terranova in 1502 and served as viceroy of Naples. He died on 2 December 1515.