Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1645)

Don Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Prince of Maratea
Equestrian engraving of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba by Wenceslas Hollar.
Governor of the Duchy of Milan
In office 1625–1629
Monarch	Philip IV of Spain
Preceded by	Gómez Suárez de Figueroa
Succeeded by	Ambrosio Spinola
Personal details
Born	(1585-12-31)31 December 1585 Cabra, Province of Córdoba, Spain
Died	16 February 1645(1645-02-16) (aged 59) Montalbán, Spain
Religion	Roman Catholic
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Battles/wars	Eighty Years' War Capture of Maastricht Thirty Years' War Battle of Fleurus Palatinate campaign Capture of Bacharach Battle of Wimpfen Battle of Höchst Siege of Heidelberg Capture of Mannheim War of the Mantuan Succession

Gonzalo Andrés Domingo Fernández de Córdoba (31 December 1585 – 16 February 1645) was a Spanish military leader during the Eighty Years' War, Thirty Years' War and the War of the Mantuan Succession.

He was born at Cabra, in what is now the Province of Córdoba and was the third son of Antonio Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Requesens, the Duke of Soma and was great-great-great grandchild of his namesake Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, the Great Capitan. In 1624 was awarded the title of the first Prince of Maratea.

He participated in the battles of Wimpfen and Fleurus, as well as in Höchst whereby Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick were defeated. From 1621 to 1623, commanded the Spanish troops in the Palatinate, and Flanders, and defeated the Anglo-German Protestant troops in the sieges of Bacharach and Heidelberg.

From 1625 to 1629 he was Governor of the Duchy of Milan. In 1628 he took part in the War of the Mantuan Succession.
When he failed to take Casale and stop the French invasion in 1629, he was called back to Madrid and court-martialed.
He was reinstated a few years later and sent to the Netherlands in 1632. Here he conducted operations on the lower Rhine in the rear of the victorious army of Gustavus Adolphus, but he was unable to prevent the Capture of Maastricht by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. He was recalled to Spain in 1633 and died at Montalbán in 1645, without having been married, and with no issue.