Nuño accompanied Ferdinand III in the reconquest of Andalusia and gained distinction in the battles of Baeza, Jaén, Córdoba and Seville.

Domingo Muñoz had also played an outstanding role in the reconquest of Andalusia in the battles of Andújar, Úbeda, Baeza, Córdoba and Seville.

His second son, Martín Alfonso de Córdoba, founded the branch of Lords of Montemayor, the origin of the Counts of Alcaudete.

Alonso's brother, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, earned the title of Duke of Terranova and the nickname of "Gran Capitán" (Great Captain) for his service in battle, and for his great ability in organizing and modernizing the army of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.

The threats were not named, but it is clear that the pact was to defend their privileges against two new instruments created by the Catholic Monarchs, the corregimientos and the Inquisition.

The new Marquis of Priego felt that Montalbán was within his jurisdiction and was strategically important to his Señorío of Aguilar in the disputed region bordering La Rambla.

Priego and his cousins of Montemayor were on bad terms at the time, so he arranged for another relative, the Alcaide de los Donceles, to buy the castle and town of Montalbán.

He commissioned his servant Luis Alvárez to distribute the farmland and vineyards to newcomers, and within forty years the population was over 500 families.

[2] The situation was unstable, and the occupation of offices by the rival supporters of Priego and the Count of Cabra almost caused a serious confrontation in the city in 1506.

The king sent Fernando López de Córdoba to investigate, and Priego imprisoned him at Montilla on the basis that he had not been appointed by Queen Juana.

[7] The king removed him from his offices, confiscated his property, ordered the destruction of his castle at Montilla[e] and fined him 20 million maravedis.

[1] Pedro Fernandez de Cordoba y Aguilar Pacheco died on 24 January 1517 in Olías del Rey, Toledo.