A report on Lombard League, Battle of Legnano and Piacenza
The Battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on May 29, 1176, near the town of Legnano in present-day Lombardy, in Italy.
- Battle of LegnanoFormed at Pontida on 1 December 1167, the Lombard League included—beside Verona, Padua, Vicenza and Venice—cities like Crema, Cremona, Mantua, Piacenza, Bergamo, Brescia, Milan, Genoa, Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Treviso, Vercelli, Lodi, Parma, Ferrara and even some lords, such as the Marquis Malaspina and Ezzelino da Romano.
- Lombard LeagueAt the Battle of Legnano on 29 May 1176, the emperor's army finally was defeated.
- Lombard LeagueFrom 1126, Piacenza was a free commune and an important member of the Lombard League.
- PiacenzaFrederick Barbarossa, then, summoned a second diet to Roncaglia (autumn 1158) where he reiterated the imperial dominion over the municipalities of Northern Italy, with the authority of the sovereign that imposed itself on that of the local institutions, establishing, among other things, that the regalie were entirely paid to the sovereign.
- Battle of LegnanoIn this role, it took part in the war against Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and in the subsequent battle of Legnano (1176).
- Piacenza2 related topics with Alpha
Cremona
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City and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the Pianura Padana (Po Valley).
Cremona and nearby Placentia (modern Piacenza, on the south bank of the Po), were founded in the same year, as bases for penetration into what became the Roman Province of Gallia Cisalpina (Cisalpine Gaul).
However, in 1167 the city changed sides and joined the Lombard League.
Its troops were part of the army that, on 29 May 1176, defeated Barbarossa in the Battle of Legnano.
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
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The Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later.
The fate of Milan led to the submission of Brescia, Placentia, and many other northern Italian cities.
) He was opposed by the pro-papal Lombard League (now joined by Venice, Sicily and Constantinople), which had previously formed to stand against him.
Frederick suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Legnano near Milan, on 29 May 1176, where he was wounded and for some time was believed to be dead.