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367: 102: 78: 38: 90: 710: 414:, approached him with a scheme for expelling French, Spaniards and Germans alike from Italy, and for gaining a throne for himself. D'Ávalos may have listened to the tempter, but in the act he was loyal. He reported the offer to Charles V and put Morone into prison. His health, however, had begun to give way under the strain of wounds and exposure, during late November, and he died at Milan on December 3, 1525. 362:
in Spain, where the emperor then was, to state his own claims. Charles V, with whom he had long and confidential interviews, persuaded him to submit for the time to the superiority of Colonna. But in these meetings, he gained the confidence of Charles V. His Spanish descent and sympathies marked him
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invaded Italy in 1524 d'Ávalos was appointed as lieutenant of the emperor to repel the invasion. The difficulties of his position were very great, for there was much discontent in the army, which was very ill-paid. The tenacity, patience and tact of d'Ávalos triumphed over all obstacles. His
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Historia del fortissimo, y prudentissimo capitan don Hernando de Ávalos marqués de Pescara, con los hechos memorables de otros fiete excell. capitanes del Emperador don Carlos V ... con una adición hecha por Diego de
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On February 24, 1525, he defeated and took prisoner Francis I by a brilliant attack. D'Ávalos' plan was remarkable for its audacity and for the skill he showed in destroying the superior
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La vita del Signor Don Ferrando Davalo Marchese di Pescara, scritta per Mons. Paolo Giovio, Vescovo di Nocera, et tradotta per M. Lodovico Domenichi con la tavola delle cose notabili
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with a noblewoman from the Papal States. According to the Renaissance historian Francesco Guicciardini, Fernando d'Ávalos considered himself more Spanish than Italian.
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Farnando's father was killed during a French invasion of Naples, while the boy was still a babe in arms. At the age of six the boy was betrothed to
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on April 29, 1522, he continued to serve in command of the Spaniards and as the colleague rather than the subordinate of
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and light horse. It was believed that he was dissatisfied with the treatment he had received from the emperor, and
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appointed Colonna commander-in-chief. D'Ávalos, who considered himself aggrieved, made a journey to
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Warriors for a Living: The Experience of the Spanish Infantry During the Italian Wars, 1494-1559
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out as a safer commander of the imperial troops in Italy than a "full" Italian could have been.
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published a contemporary biography in Latin of Fernando Francesco which was included in his
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in 1512, he was taken prisoner by the French but was released at the conclusion of the
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in his Italian wars. In 1512, he commanded a body of light cavalry at the
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Historia del fortissimo y prudentissimo capitan Don Hernando de Ávalos
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Paolo Giovio: The Historian and the Crisis of Sixteenth-Century Italy
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in 1551. Giovio's biography was also translated into Spanish by
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D'Ávalos had no children; his title descended to his cousin
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History of Italt, Francesco Guicciardini, Book 16, ch.11
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by assailing them in the flank with a mixed force of
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Francesco Ferdinando d'Avalos

Kingdom of Naples
Duchy of Milan
Kingdom of Naples
Spanish Empire
Holy Roman Empire
General
War of the League of Cambrai
Battle of Ravenna
Battle of La Motta
Italian War of 1521–1526
Battle of Bicocca
Battle of Pavia
Pescara
Neapolitan
condottiero
nobleman
Aragonese
Spain
Holy Roman Empire
Italian Wars
Battle of Ravenna
War of the League of Cambrai
Charles V
Habsburg-Valois Wars
Bicocca
Pavia
arquebusiers
volley fire

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