Pedro Navarro

For the Spanish politician, see Pedro Navarro (politician). For the Chilean footballer, see Pedro Navarro (footballer).
Not to be confused with Pedro de Navarra.
Pedro Navarro
Portrait at the Regional Military Museum of Burgos
Bornc. 1460
Garde? (Kingdom of Navarre)
Died28 August 1528
Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spain
Allegiance
BranchEngineering, Infantry, Artillery, Navy
RankGeneral
ConflictsItalian Wars

Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto (c. 1460 – 28 August 1528) was a Navarrese military engineer and general who participated in the War of the League of Cambrai. At the Battle of Ravenna in 1512, he commanded the Spanish and Papal infantry, but was captured by the French. In the service of Francis I of France, he would supervise the French crossing of the Alps before the Battle of Novara in 1513.

He is widely regarded as the inventor of modern siege mines.

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