What the records say
- When
- 4 Dec 1237
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.53° N, 9.78° E
- Description
- 1237 middle ages battle
Battle of Cortenuova
Battle in 1237 in Italy
The Battle of Cortenuova was fought on 27 November 1237 between the army of Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen and the forces of the Second Lombard League, during the prolonged conflict conventionally associated with the Guelphs and Ghibellines Wars. It ended in a crushing imperial victory and the destruction of the League's field army.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cortenuova: Frederick II defeats the forces of the Lombard League; about 5,000 Lombards are captured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Norditalien erringt Kaiser Friedrich II. in der Schlacht von Cortenuova einen Sieg über ein Heer des Lombardenbundes unter Mailänder Führung”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Фридрих II разгромил Ломбардскую лигу при Кортенуове”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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