Ramón de Cardona

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Ramón de Cardona (1467 - 1522) was a Spanish general and politician, who served as the Spanish viceroy of Naples during the Italian Wars and commanded the Spanish forces in Italy during the War of the League of Cambrai. In 1512 he was defeated by Gaston de Foix at Ravenna, but returned to Lombardy with a new army the following year and fought successfully at the Battle of La Motta. He failed, however, to stop the Venetian army from joining with the French at the Battle of Marignano.

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• Norwich, John Julius (1989). A History of Venice. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-72197-5.
• Taylor, Frederick Lewis (1973). The Art of War in Italy, 1494-1529. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-8371-5025-6.