Íñigo Dávalos

For the cardinal, see Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona.

Íñigo Dávalos (Catalan: Enyego d'Àvalos, Italian: Innico d'Avalos; died 1484) was a Castilian general who served the Crown of Aragon in Italy.^[1]

Medal of Don Íñigo Dávalos by Pisanello, 1449

Íñigo's signature

Arms as Knight of the Garter

Early life

His grandfather, Ruy López Dávalos, had been constable of Castile.

Career

Íñigo came to Italy with Alfonso V of Aragon in 1442. He took part in the naval battle of Ponza in 1435. In 1452, after the Aragonese conquest of the Kingdom of Naples, he was made Count of Monteodorisio.

Reportedly, Íñigo has been proposed as the author of the romance Curial e Güelfa.

Personal life

In 1452 he married Antonella d'Aquino, heiress to the marquisate of Pescara, which was thenceforth part of the family's fiefs.

Íñigo died in Naples in 1484: his lands were inherited by his son Alphonso.

Descendants

His grandsons, Alfonso and Fernando, and his great grandson, Francesco Ferdinando d'Avalos, were generals for Spain in the Italian Wars.