Major conflict1176

Battle of Legnano

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Legnano · Lombardy

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

On 29 May 1176, the Lombard League defeated Emperor Frederick Barbarossa near Legnano northwest of Milan, ending his fifth and last attempt to subdue the northern Italian communes by force. The defeat pushed Frederick toward a diplomatic settlement embodied in the 1183 Peace of Constance.

Belligerents2

Holy Roman Empire
Lombard League

ON THE MAPHoly Roman Empire

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Legnano
EBSCO Research Starters: Battle of Legnano
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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