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Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Zúñiga

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Luis Fernández de Córdoba (died 17 August 1526) was a Spanish nobleman, ​​count of Cabra and viscount of Iznájar, lord of the house of Baena, Duke of Sessa, of Terranova and of Sant Angelo by his marriage to his cousin, Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique, the daughter of military leader Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. He was the son of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza, third count of Cabra and Francisca de Zúñiga y de la Cerda.

A courtier and ambassador of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he went to Flanders in the company of his brothers Pedro and Francisco, and accompanied Charles V on his trip to Spain for his coronation. He was in Italy in mid-1521, in the Sixth Italian War, as one of the candidate for the general captaincy of the Spanish army. On 17 September 1522, he was appointed imperial ambassador to Pope Adrian VI, replacing Don Juan Manuel, lord of Belmonte, and continued this position under Pope Clement VII from 1523 until his death in 1526. He also held the position of Spanish vice-regent in Italy, nominally placed above the Viceroy of Naples as well as all other ambassadors and military commanders stationed in Italy. In 1526, at the start of the Seventh Italian War (the War of the League of Cognac), where the emperor and the pope found themselves on opposing sides, he marched to the Kingdom of Naples together with Hugo of Moncada to gather troops against Rome (ultimately resulting in the Sack of Rome on 6 May 1527). He fell ill in San Marino, and asked Clement VII for permission to enter the city of Rome to be treated. He was admitted to the city and died there on 17 August.

His marriage to Elvira (18 March 1518) resulted in four children. The firstborn, Gonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba (1520–1578), inherited his titles. Gonzalo was followed by three sisters, María, Beatriz and Francisca.

References

  • Juan Bautista Muñoz, Catálogo de la colección de Don Juan Bautista Muñoz, vol. 3, Real Academia de la Historia, 1954.
  • Ferdinand Gregorovius, History of the city of Rome in the middle ages, vol. 8, part 2, London, 1902.
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