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Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
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Battle of Legnano
1176 Lombard victory over Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
The battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on 29 May 1176, near the town of Legnano, in present-day Lombardy, Italy. Although the presence of the enemy nearby was already known to both sides, they…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lombard League
1167–1250 Italian anti-Imperial alliance
The Lombard League was an alliance of cities formed in 1167, and supported by the popes, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman emperors to establish direct royal administrative control over the cities of the Kingdom of Italy after many decades of de facto local…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Frederick Barbarossa
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April 1155 in Pavia and emperor by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)