Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Battles of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250), 1195 to 1250

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1237 and 1356: 3 battles and 4 sieges, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 913 km apart end to end, 152 km between engagements on average.

Siege of RavennaBattle of CasorateBattle of CortenuovaSiege of BresciaSiege of FaenzaSiege of ViterboBattle of ParmaBattle of CortenuovaSiege of BresciaSiege of FaenzaSiege of ViterboBattle of ParmaFlorenceVeniceTurinNiceGenoaBolognaPescaraTriestePisaBergamo200 km43.979N, 10.608E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

1230s: 2 engagements1240s: 4 engagements4 in 1240s1350s: 1 engagements1230s1350s
7 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cortenuova, 1237Siege of Brescia, 1238Siege of Faenza, 1240Siege of Ravenna, 1240Siege of Viterbo, 1243Battle of Parma, 1248Battle of Casorate, 135612371356
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
27 November 1237Battle of CortenuovaCortenuova, ItalyImperial victory; League field army virtually destroyed
1238Siege of BresciaBrescia, Italy34 km EGuelph victory; Imperial withdrawal; Brescia successfully...
July 1240Siege of FaenzaFaenza, Italy161 km SEImperial victory
July 1240Siege of RavennaRavenna, Italy76 km EImperial victory; Ravenna capitulates after four days...
1243Siege of ViterboViterbo, Italy222 km SPapal-Guelph victory; Frederick II abandons the siege...
1248Battle of ParmaParma, Italy301 km NWGuelph victory; Imperial blockade of Parma broken; Camp at...
1356Battle of CasorateItaly118 km NWInconclusive; Milan halts the Imperial offensive; Imperial...

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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.