Also known as:
Ferdinand Francis d'Avalos;
Spanish: Fernando Francisco de Ávalos, Fernando de Ávalos;
Italian: Fernando Francesco d'Avalos
ÁVALOS, Ferdinando Francesco d', Marquis of Pescara. - Born in 1490 and died in Milan, as a result of a war wound, in 1525. As a vassal of Spain he served that king and then that emperor with great success, indeed becoming one of the most active generals in the military campaign in Italy. He was present at the battle of Ravenna and was taken prisoner by Gaston de Foix. He fought against Venice (1513-14) and in the great struggle of Charles V against Francis I of France for European supremacy, which was fought largely in Italy, he led Charles V's armies to that victory of Pavia, in which the French monarch was taken prisoner. In the attempt that Gerolamo Morone, a skilful agent of the Sforza, made to form an Italian league against Spain - a league favoured by Giberti and by Clement VII - Ávalos, who was known to be ambitious and discontented with Charles V (Guicciardini, XVI, ch. 3), was invited to take part in it, with the promise of the crown of Naples. And it seemed that he agreed with positive intentions; but warned of the dangers and aware of the incurable discord among the Italian princes, he revealed the conspiracy and had Milan occupied, securing its dominion for Spain. He was the husband of Vittoria Colonna, who mourned him bitterly in his untimely death; but perhaps, in life and in love, she was not repaid.
Bibliography5 worksFor his life the standard work is P. Giovio, La vita del Marchese di Pescara, Bari 1937; for the battle of Pavia, F. Guicciardini, Storia d'
BIBL.: For his life the standard work is P. Giovio, La vita del Marchese di Pescara, Bari 1937; for the battle of Pavia, F. Guicciardini, Storia d'Italia, V-IX, and Pastor, IV, II, pp. 314-28; A. Champollion - Figeac, La captivité de François I, Paris 1847; for the relations with Morone, G. De Leva, Storia documentata di Carlo V, II, Venice 1864, pp. 278-300; for the relations with Vittoria Colonna, A. Reumont, Vittoria Colonna, Turin 1892, passim.
Berra, Luigi. “Ávalos, ferdinando francesco d', marchese di pescara.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 505. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/avalos-ferdinando-francesco-d-marchese-di-pescara.
MLA
Berra, Luigi. “Ávalos, ferdinando francesco d', marchese di pescara.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 505. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/avalos-ferdinando-francesco-d-marchese-di-pescara.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_avalos_ferdinando_francesco_d,
author = {Berra, Luigi},
title = {Ávalos, ferdinando francesco d', marchese di pescara},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {505},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/avalos-ferdinando-francesco-d-marchese-di-pescara}
}
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