Battle of Legnano

When

5 Jun 1176

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.60° N, 8.91° E

Description

1176 battle

1176 Lombard League victory over Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

The Battle of Legnano was fought on 29 May 1176 between the army of Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, and the forces of the Lombard League near Legnano, between Milan and Como, in the Kingdom of Italy. It was the climactic field engagement of Frederick's fifth Italian campaign and one of the most consequential battles of the long conflict between the emperor, the northern Italian communes and Pope Alexander I…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Legnano: The Imperial army (some 5,500 men) led by Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) is defeated by forces of the Lombard League”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein lombardisches Heer, an dessen Spitze sich Papst Alexander III. gesetzt hatte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la Ligue lombarde défait l’empereur Frédéric à Legnano”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Леньяно”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Legnano entre el emperador Federico I Barbarroja y la Liga Lombarda”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “莱尼亚诺战役。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “レニャーノの戦い（神聖ローマ帝国）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page