Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo de Albornoz ( –

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, 5 October 1487) was a Castilian nobleman who held the titles of 2nd

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, 2nd Viscount of Iznájar, 4th Lord of Baena and Marshal of Castile. He is best known for leading the Castilians during the

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(1483), in which the last emir of Granada Boabdil was taken prisoner.

Biography

He was the eldest surviving son of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor and María Carrillo y Venegas Fundacion Medinaceli
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As a young man, he participated in the attacks on the

Nasrid Kingdom of Granada The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty. It was the last independent Muslim state in Western Europe. ...

during the first years of the reign of

Henry IV of Castile Henry IV of Castile (Spanish language, Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), nicknamed the Impotent, was King of Kingdom of Castile, Castile and Kingdom of León, León and the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Ca ...

. In 1455, he participated in the conquest of the

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, an act for which he received the title of Marshal of Castile. This title was until then held by his father, who in exchange was granted the title of 1st

. Likewise, a few years later Henry IV granted him the town of

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. He continued to participate in Granada campaigns with his father, distinguishing himself in the campaigns against

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and

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.Real Academia de la Historia
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between

and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, he fought against the rebellious nobles who proclaimed the Infante Alfonso king of Castile during the

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. Fulfilling his loyalty to the King, he reconquered the town of

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in 1466, receiving

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as a reward, although he never occupied it because his relative Alfonso de Aguilar prevented him from doing so. The enmity between the two became such that he was imprisoned by Alfonso in the castle of

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. The reprisals were not long in coming and, once released, Diego attacked the town of Santaella, where many of Alfonso's relatives lived. He kidnapped some of them, such as the young

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and imprisoned them in the castle of Cabra until the intervention of Queen

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Capture of Boabdil

Diego participated in the

that took place in 1483, where he helped his nephew

Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, 1st Marquis of Comares Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, 1st Marquis of Comares, (1463 – Oran, now in Algeria, 1518), invested 1st Marquis of Comares in 1512, was Governor of Oran and Mazalquivir, 1509–1512 and 1516–1518, and first Viceroy of Navarre, 1512 ...

to defeat the Granadan army, and where Boabdil, Nasrid Emir of Granada, was taken prisoner. In gratitude for the services rendered, the Catholic Monarchs gave him the sword of Boabdil, which is currently on display in the Army Museum in Toledo. After his death in 1487 in Baena, according to his will, he was buried in the Convento de Santa Marta in Córdoba. He was succeeded by Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza, the eldest of the eight children he had with his wife María Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, 1st Duke of the Infantado, or Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Suarez de Figueroa (Guadalajara, Castile, 25 September 1417 – Manzanares el Real, Spain, 25 January 1479) was a Spanish noble. Biograph ...

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