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Flag of the Lombard League. Coat of arms of the Lombard League Member cities of the first and second Lombard League.. The Lombard League (Latin: Societas Lombardiae; Italian: Lega Lombarda) was an alliance of cities formed in 1167, [1] and supported by the popes, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman emperors to establish direct royal administrative control over the cities of ...
The defeat at Parma was a seemingly decisive defeat for Frederick, who had to abandon his efforts to conquer northern Italy in for the immediate future. The Second Lombard League recovered some territories, the whole Emilia and Romagna embraced the Guelph cause, while the Marquisate of Montferrat and the Republic of Genoa remained hostile to ...
In the late 1970s Umberto Bossi, a former activist of the Italian Communist Party, [8] [9] emerged as the leading figure of Lombard nationalism. Through contacts with regional nationalist movements and parties, like the Valdostan Union (party leader Bruno Salvadori, who died in a car accident in 1980, was a close friend), the Ossolan Union for Autonomy, the List for Trieste and finally Liga ...
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. [64] This battle marked the turning point in Frederick's claim to empire. [65] He had no choice other than to begin negotiations for peace with Alexander III and the Lombard League.
MEDLEY, Fla. – Unrivaled stars Napheesa Collier, Azurá Stevens, Arike Ogunbowale and Aaliyah Edwards will have a chance to play for $200,000 when the league’s 1-on-1 tournament concludes Friday.
The Lombard League's army was virtually annihilated. Frederick made a triumphal entrance in the allied city of Cremona, with the Carroccio towed by an elephant and Tiepolo chained on it. [9] The latter was first detained in Apulia and then publicly executed in Trani. The Carroccio was later sent to Rome as a show of the imperial power. [9]
Deontay Wilder is 43-3-1 with 42 knockouts. Wilder is the best puncher the sport has seen since Mike Tyson and he has a strong argument for greatest puncher in the history of boxing.
Kiki Rice and Charisma Osborne helped UCLA overcome the absence of Lauren Betts in the Bruins' 84-55 win over California Baptist in the NCAA tournament.