Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175)

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The Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) was a major conflict in northern Italy during the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League, in which the newly founded city of Alessandria successfully resisted imperial forces.

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Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attackedBy imperial army of Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
belligerent Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Lombard League ⓘ
commune of Alessandria ⓘ
chronologyWithin 12th century ⓘ
conflictDuring High Middle Ages ⓘ
conflictIn wars of the Lombard League ⓘ
linked to: Lombard League
country Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) ⓘ
defendedBy Lombard League forces ⓘ
linked to: Lombard League

militia of Alessandria ⓘ
describedIn medieval Italian chronicles ⓘ
modern historiography on Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
endTime 1175 ⓘ
followedBy Peace of Constance ⓘ
hasCause conflict between Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League ⓘ
foundation of Alessandria as a Lombard League stronghold ⓘ
imperial attempt to assert control over Lombard communes ⓘ
hasCommander Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
Lombard League commanders ⓘ
communal leaders of Alessandria ⓘ
imperial commanders of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasDuration approximately one year ⓘ
historicalPeriod conflict between empire and Italian communes ⓘ
historicalRegion Po Valley ⓘ
location Alessandria ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
namedAfter city of Alessandria ⓘ
opponentOf Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
Lombard League ⓘ
opposedBy Lombard League communes ⓘ
linked to: Lombard League

citizens of Alessandria ⓘ
outcome Alessandria successfully resisted imperial forces ⓘ
partOf wars between Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League ⓘ
precededBy earlier imperial campaigns in northern Italy ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Legnano ⓘ
Peace of Constance (1183) ⓘ
linked to: Peace of Constance
result Lombard League victory ⓘ
imperial siege lifted ⓘ
significantFor consolidation of the Lombard League ⓘ
defense of communal liberties in northern Italy ⓘ
resistance to imperial authority ⓘ
startTime 1174 ⓘ

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Alessandria → historicalEvent → Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) ⓘ