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Invasion of Italy

Name: Invasion of Italy – Germany factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Germany · House / House of Hohenstaufen. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1157–1174Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1157

Frederick I Barbarossa1157

Lombardy · House / House of Hohenstaufen

Invades Italy & seizes Milan, Brescia & other towns in Lombardy

1167

Frederick I Barbarossa1167

House / House of Hohenstaufen

Driven out of Italy by the Lombard League, a coalition of Lombard cities

1174

Frederick I Barbarossa1174

House / House of Hohenstaufen

Returns to Italy having made a generous alliance with the German Princes

Names involved

Frederick I Barbarossa

Provenance

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