Hugo of Moncada
Hugo de Moncada a.k.a. Ugo de Moncada, (Chiva, Valencia, circa 1476 - Gulf of Salerno, May 28, 1528), was a Spanish political and military leader of the late 15th and early 16th century. Originally he seems to have been some sort of Abbot of Santa Eufemia in Calabria, Italy, in the quality of Prior of the military Order of Saint John in Messina, Italy. He served as General of Ocean and Land , Viceroy of Sicily, 1509–1517, Viceroy of Naples, 1527 - 1528.
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Early life
He was one of the sons of Gastón de Moncada, Sieur of Moncada, 10th Sieur of Aitona, a.k.a. Aytona, Sieur of Serós, and Mequinenza, who had married Angelica de Tolça y Ripoll, lady of the baronies of Palma, Ador and Benarche in the kingdom of Valencia, Spain.
As a young man, he was made Knight of the Order of San Juan.
Service with the French
In 1495, he fought in Italy on behalf of king Charles VIII of France, (- king 1483 - 1498), disputing Naples to the Spaniards getting then under the service of Cesare Borgia, (1475 - killed March 1507, at Viana, Navarre, now in Spain) . In 1496, he fought the French in Catalonia and Rosillon.
Service with the Spanish
Under Ferdinand II of Aragon he fought against Berber privateers in Italian waters, being promoted to Viceroy of Sicily in 1509 keeping such position till 1517. In 1513, he helped the Count of Oliveto, Pedro Navarro, attack the port of Tripoli providing galleys from Sicily. In 1522, as a general for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he besieges the battlements of Tournai. In 1524, with 16 galleys, he attacked and took the ramparts of Toulon, Hières and Frejus, but is defeated and captured by Andrea Doria at the mouth of the river Var.[1] He is liberated in 1526 by the Treaty of Madrid. Under the terms of this Treaty, Moncada was exchanged for Montmorency.[2] In June of 1526, Moncada was sent by Emperor Charles V, as an ambassador to Pope Clement VII in Rome. Moncacda carried a message to the pope that should he ally with the French in the War of the League of Cambrai that Charles V would seek to turn the city-state of Siena in northern Italy against the Papal States and would also use his influence with the Colonna family to also turn this important Italian family against Pope Clement VII.[3] Pope Clement recognized the potency of these two threats and as the French marched into Lombardy, Pope Clement withdrew all his forces back to Rome.
The Sack of Rome
He took command of the armies to take Lombardy and then marched to Rome. In May of 1527, Moncada's Imperial troops sacked Rome.[4] Ultimately, Moncada aided Clement VII, when the latter finally became a supporter of the emperor Charles V. In September of 1527, Charles de Lannoy, the Viceroy of Naples died and Moncada was appointed in his place.[5] In 1528, in the harbor of Naples, Moncada was blockaded by Genoese and French fleets under the command of Andrea Doria.[6] In the major naval battle of the whole of the Italian wars, Moncada tried to break out of the blockade that surrounded Naples. Most of the ships of Moncada's fleet were sunk or captured and Moncada, himself was killed in the battle.[7]
Hugo was a young brother of Juan de Moncada, 3rd count di Marmilla, Sicily, 11th Sieur of Aitona and 1st count of Aitona since 1532, baron of Serós, Mequinenza and Soses, Sieur of Vallobar, Palma[disambiguation needed], Ador and Beniarche, 3rd baron of Llagostera, Great Seneschal and "Maestre Racional" of Catalunya, "Maestro Giustiziere" of the kingdom of Naples 1529, del Regno de Sicilia 1529, "Presidente del Regno" on 20 December 1535, Viceroy and Captain General of the kingdom of Sicily since 12 January 1536, deceased later.
Juan de Moncada y de Tolça married first, Giovanna La Grua, daughter of Giovanni Vincenzo La Grua, signore di Carini e Misilmeri, later also of Montechiaro, deceased at Carini on 29 May 1517, and his 1st wife Elisabetta Bracco e Calvello, daughter of Giorgio Bracco, Regio milite a Palermo.
He married, second, Ana de Cardona, daughter of Fernando de Cardona, 2nd duke of Cardona, 2nd marquis of Pallarés, Great Constable and Admiral of Aragon Gran Condestable and Francisca Manrique de Lara, the daughter of Pedro Manrique de Lara, 1st duke of Nájera, 2nd count of Treviño, (1443, + 1 February 1515) and Guiomar de Castro, daughter of Álvaro de Castro, 1 count of Monsanto, in Portugal and Isabel da Cunha, dos senhores de Cascais, greatgranddaughter of king Pedro I of Portugal:
Issue from the 1st marriage : 1. Isabel de Moncada, who married in 1527 Giovanni II Ventimiglia , 6th marchese di Geraci, barone di Pettineo , signore di Castelbuono, Tusa, Gangi, dei feudi di Tiro, Ciura e dei marcati di Carcinella, Sciara e Pinola; Stratigoto di Messina (1532,1533, 1539, 1540), + after 1548, with issue (See GERACE, marchese di/IRACHE, marquis of).
Issue from the 2nd marriage: Francisco de Moncada y Cardona, 1st marquis of Aitona since 1 October 1581, title awarded by king Philip II of Spain who had married in 1560 Lucrecia Gralla.
Notes
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559 (Harlow, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2012) p. 149.
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559, p. 153.
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559, pp. 156-157.
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559, pp. 160-164.
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559, p. 164.
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559, p. 167.
- ↑ Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559, p. 167.
Some references
- Mallett, Michael and Shaw, Christine, The Italian Wars: 1494-1559 (Harlow, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2012).
- http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/aitona.htm
