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Ramon Folch de Cardona (Italian: Raimondo di Cardona; 1467 - March 10, 1522) was a Catalan general and politician, who served as the viceroy of Naples during the Italian Wars and commanded the Spanish forces in Italy during the War of the League of Cambrai.
Cardon was born in Bellpuig, the heir of one of the greatest families in Aragon. In 1505 he took part, with the role of admiral, in the capture of Mers-el-Kébir . King Ferdinand II of Aragon, of whom he has been hypotized to be a natural son[1], made him viceroy of Naples in 1505. In 1510 he introduced the Inquisition in Naples, a decision which caused a popular revolt; alter the Spanish king cancelled the decree.
In 1511 Cardona moved to northern Italy as the commander-in-chief of the Holy League army, leaving the Neapolitan government to his wife Isabella. In the following year he was defeated by Gaston de Foix at Ravenna. Cardona then moved to Tuscany to support the Spanish-supported House of Medici. His troops besieged Prato, massacring the population after its fall.
In 1513 Cardona returned to Lombardy with a new army the following year and fought successfully at the Battle of La Motta, defeating the Venetian army led by Bartolomeo d'Alviano. He was however unable to prevent the Venetians from joining with the French at the Battle of Marignano. In 1513, after the death of Pope Julius II and the arrival in Italy of King Francis I of France, Cardona was called back to Spain. In 1515 he had received the title of Count of Alvito, a fiefdom in what is now southern Lazio. In 1519 the new king of Spain, Charles V, made him great admiral of the Kingdom of Naples.
He died at Naples in 1522. His sepulchre in Bellpuig, executed by Giovanni da Nola, is one of the most outstanding examples of Renaissance art in Catalunya.
| Preceded by Juan de Aragón |
Viceroy of Naples 1509-1522 |
Succeeded by Charles de Lannoy |
