- Hugo of Moncada
Hugo de Moncada (Valencia 1466 or 1467- Gulf of Salerno, May 28, 1528). was a Spanish political and military leader of the late 15th and early 16th century. Also known as Ugo de Moncada, He served as General of Ocean and Land, and
Viceroy of Naples and Sicily.Born to a noble family, desecended from the dukes of Bavaria. As a young man, he was made Knight of the the
Order of San Juan .Some state by 1495, he fought in Italy, but in 1495, he abandons the service to
Cesare Borgia , to fight against the French. In 1496, he fights the french in Catalonia and Rosillon.He fights for
Ferdinand II of Aragon against berber privateers in Italian waters, and is named viceroy. In 1513, he helped the Count of Oliveto,Pedro Navarro , attack the port ofTripoli providing galleys from Sicily. In 1522, as a general for Charles V, he besieges the battlements of Tournai. In 1524, with 16 galleys, he attacks and takes the ramparts ofToulon , Hieres y Frejus, but is defeated and captureed byAndrea Doria at the mouth of the river Var. He is liberated in 1526 by theTreaty of Madrid .He takes command of the armies to take Lombardy and then to Rome where his troops participated in the
Sack of Rome (1527) and ultimately, aidedClement VII , when the latter finally became a supporter of the emperor Charles V. In 1528, in the harbor ofNaples , he is blockaded by Genoese and French fleets. Dies while his fleet attacks and tries to break out. Most of the ships of his fleet were sunk or captured.
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