Ramón de Cardona
Ramon Folc de Cardona i Anglesola (Italian: Raimondo di Cardona) (1467 – 10 March 1522) was a Catalan general and politician, who served as the
Biography
The son of Antoni de Cardona-Anglesola i Centelles and Castellana de Requesens, he was 5th Baron of
King
In 1511 Cardona moved to northern Italy as the commander-in-chief of the League of Cambrai army, leaving the Neapolitan government to his wife Isabel de Requesens, 2nd countess of Palamós, 2nd countess of Avellino, 2nd countess of Trivento, baroness of Calonge, daughter of Galceran de Requesens the first holder of these titles.
In the following year he was defeated by Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours at the Battle of Ravenna. Cardona then moved to Tuscany to support the then Spanish-supported House of Medici. His troops besieged Prato, massacring the population after its fall.
In 1513 Cardona returned to Lombardy with a new army the following year and fought successfully at the Battle of La Motta, defeating the Venetian army led by Bartolomeo d'Alviano. He was however unable to prevent the Venetians from joining with the French at the Battle of Marignano.
In February 1513, after the death of Pope
He died at Naples in 1522. His cenotaph in Bellpuig, executed by Giovanni da Nola, is one of the most outstanding examples of Renaissance art in the region.
Children
He had two children :
- Viceroy of Sicily, deceased 13 September 1571.
- Caterina de Cardona y Requesens, deceased in 1577, married Don Grandees of Spain.
Notes
References
- Norwich, John Julius (1989). A History of Venice. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-72197-5.
- Taylor, Frederick Lewis (1973). The Art of War in Italy, 1494-1529. ISBN 0-8371-5025-6.
- http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/soma.htm
External links
Media related to Ramón de Cardona at Wikimedia Commons
