Gonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba (Cartagena, 27 July 1520 – 3 December 1578 in Odón), third Duke of Sessa, was the grandson of a Viceroy of Naples, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, first duke of Sessa, the son of the first duke's daughter, Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique, and of her husband, Luis Fernández de Córdoba. Gonzalo II, holder of several dukedoms and many other lesser titles, Spanish and Italian, was Captain General of the Spanish Troops in Italy, Great Admiral of the Kingdom of Naples, and a member of the Spanish king Royal Council for Italy and the Royal War Council.
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1520
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1578 (aged 57)
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