Hugo of Moncada

In 1495, he fought in Italy on behalf of king Charles VIII of France, who was in a dispute over Naples with the Spaniards using the services of Cesare Borgia.

Under Ferdinand II of Aragon he fought against Berber privateers in Italian waters, being promoted to Viceroy of Sicily in 1509 keeping such position till 1517.

[1] In January 1525 he tried to reconquer imperial territories lost to Andrea Doria, allied to the French King, he attacked the town of Varazze with a force of three thousand soldiers, but he was defeated and captured.

Moncada carried a message to the pope that should he ally with the French in the War of the League of Cambrai that Charles V would seek to turn the city-state of Siena in northern Italy against the Papal States and would also use his influence with the Colonna family to also turn this important Italian family against Pope Clement VII.

[7] In 1528, in the harbour of Naples, Moncada was blockaded by the French fleet under the command of the Genoese mercenary captain Filippino Doria.