Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Frederick Barbarossa

Battles of Frederick Barbarossa

Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190, 1122 to 1190

Frederick Barbarossa is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1155 and 1176: 1 battle and 3 sieges, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 260 km apart end to end, 87 km between engagements on average.

Siege of TortonaSiege of CremaSiege of AlessandriaBattle of LegnanoSiege of TortonaSiege of CremaSiege of AlessandriaBattle of LegnanoGenevaMilanFlorenceVeniceTurinGenoaBolognaVeronaLausanneBergamo200 km45.249N, 9.152E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1155: 1 engagements1 in 11551159: 1 engagements1 in 11591174: 1 engagements1 in 11741176: 1 engagements1 in 117611551176
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Tortona, 1155Siege of Crema, 1159Siege of Alessandria, 1174Battle of Legnano, 117611551176
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 February 1155Siege of TortonaTortona, ItalyImperial victory
2 July 1159Siege of CremaCrema, Italy83 km NEImperial victory
29 October 1174Siege of AlessandriaAlessandria, Italy97 km SWLombard League victory; Imperial siege abandoned...
29 May 1176Battle of LegnanoLegnano, Italy80 km NLombard League victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Münzstätte Frankfurt a.M., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.