Monday, February 02, 2015

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (El Gran Capitán), 1453-1515

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (El Gran Capitán), 1453-1515, was a Spanish general who reformed the infantry in the early stages of the Italian Wars, helping to create the famous tercio formation that made Spanish armies so formidable during the sixteenth century.

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