Ettore Fieramosca (Massimo D’Azeglio)

During the conquest war of the Kingdom of Naples (1502-1504) between Spain and France, in the course of the siege of Barletta by the French, the captain Guy de la Mothe, who was the prisoner of the Spanish troops, insulted the honour of Italians fighting on the Spanish side. What followed was the tournament of Barletta on the thirteen of February 1503 between thirteen French champions, led by Guy de la Mothe, and thirteen Italians, led by Ettore Fieramosca from Capua.