Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175)

Target entity: Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175)
Context triple: [Alessandria, historicalEvent, Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175)]

• A. Siege of Pavia
  The Siege of Pavia was the decisive 8th-century military engagement in which Charlemagne’s Frankish forces captured the Lombard capital, effectively ending the Lombard Kingdom in Italy.
• B. Siege of Peschiera del Garda
  The Siege of Peschiera del Garda was a key 1848 engagement in which Piedmontese and allied Italian forces captured the Austrian-held fortress of Peschiera during the First Italian War of Independence.
• C. Siege of Ravenna (1512)
  The Siege of Ravenna (1512) was a military operation during the War of the League of Cambrai in which French forces besieged the strategically important Italian city of Ravenna shortly before the famous pitched battle fought nearby.
• D. Siege of Nice
  The Siege of Nice was a 1543 military engagement during the Italian Wars in which Franco-Ottoman forces besieged the strategically important city of Nice, then under the control of the Duchy of Savoy allied with the Holy Roman Empire.
• E. Siege of Turin (1640)
  The Siege of Turin (1640) was a major engagement in the Franco-Spanish War and the wider Thirty Years' War, in which French and allied forces sought to wrest control of the strategically vital city of Turin from Spanish influence in northern Italy.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175)
Target entity description: The Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) was a major conflict in northern Italy during the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League, in which the newly founded city of Alessandria successfully resisted imperial forces.

• A. Siege of Pavia
  The Siege of Pavia was the decisive 8th-century military engagement in which Charlemagne’s Frankish forces captured the Lombard capital, effectively ending the Lombard Kingdom in Italy.
• B. Siege of Peschiera del Garda
  The Siege of Peschiera del Garda was a key 1848 engagement in which Piedmontese and allied Italian forces captured the Austrian-held fortress of Peschiera during the First Italian War of Independence.
• C. Siege of Ravenna (1512)
  The Siege of Ravenna (1512) was a military operation during the War of the League of Cambrai in which French forces besieged the strategically important Italian city of Ravenna shortly before the famous pitched battle fought nearby.
• D. Siege of Nice
  The Siege of Nice was a 1543 military engagement during the Italian Wars in which Franco-Ottoman forces besieged the strategically important city of Nice, then under the control of the Duchy of Savoy allied with the Holy Roman Empire.
• E. Siege of Turin (1640)
  The Siege of Turin (1640) was a major engagement in the Franco-Spanish War and the wider Thirty Years' War, in which French and allied forces sought to wrest control of the strategically vital city of Turin from Spanish influence in northern Italy.
• F. None of above. chosen