Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy

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Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy were a series of medieval and early modern military expeditions by German emperors seeking to assert imperial authority and influence over the Italian peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event series
military campaign
hasCause assertion of imperial authority in Italy
conflict with the papacy over investiture and sovereignty
control of the Kingdom of Italy
control of trade routes and wealthy Italian cities
hasChronologicalContext Early modern period
High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
hasEffect devastation of parts of northern and central Italy
entanglement of the empire in Italian factional politics
prolonged political fragmentation of Italy
rise of Guelph and Ghibelline factions
shifts in balance of power between emperor and pope
strengthening of Italian city-state autonomy
hasEndTime 18th century
hasLocation Italian Peninsula
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Lombardy
Northern Italy
Rome
Tuscany
hasMainParticipants German kings and emperors
Holy Roman Empire
Italian city-states
Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
papacy
hasNotableCommander Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick I Barbarossa
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
hasObjective control over the papacy or influence on papal elections
dynastic control of Italian crowns such as Naples and Sicily
enforcement of imperial rights in the Kingdom of Italy
securing imperial coronation in Rome
subjugation of rebellious Italian communes
hasRelatedConflict Battle of Legnano
Charles IV’s Italian journey
Charles V’s Italian campaigns
Concordat of Worms
Frederick I Barbarossa’s Italian campaigns
Frederick II’s Italian campaigns
Henry III’s Italian expeditions
Henry II’s Italian campaigns
Henry IV’s Italian campaigns
Henry VII’s Italian expedition
Investiture Controversy
Italian Wars
Lombard League wars
Louis IV’s Italian expedition
Maximilian I’s Italian campaigns
Napoleonic campaigns in Italy
Ottonian campaigns in Italy
Sack of Rome (1527)
Thirty Years’ War Italian operations
War of the Austrian Succession Italian campaigns
War of the Spanish Succession Italian campaigns
Wars between Guelphs and Ghibellines
hasStartTime 10th century
opposedBy Kingdom of France
Lombard League
Republic of Florence
Republic of Venice
Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy

papal states
linked to: Papal States
partOf history of Italy
history of the Holy Roman Empire

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Invasions of Italy hasPart Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy
Conrad the Red participantIn Italian campaigns of Otto I
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Italian campaign of 951 partOf Ottonian expansion into Italy
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Italian campaign of 951 result Otto I gains influence over the Kingdom of Italy
linked to: Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy
Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy hasRelatedConflict Henry II’s Italian campaigns
linked to: Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy
Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy hasRelatedConflict Henry III’s Italian expeditions
linked to: Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy
Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy hasRelatedConflict Henry IV’s Italian campaigns
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Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy hasRelatedConflict Frederick II’s Italian campaigns
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