Siege of Crema
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The <entity_3> was a <entity_7> of the town of <entity_1> by the <entity_0> from 2 <entity_4> to <entity_2>. The main imperial ally, <entity_5>, was at the time quarreling with the nearby <entity_1> about rights and privileges namely owed to the bishops of <entity_5>. <entity_1> was also allied to Milan, and this was seen as a menace of extension of the Milanese power towards <entity_5> and the Po River. The besieging troops were formed mostly by Barbarossa's imperial contingents, part of which led by his brother, Conrad, and by the latter's son Frederick; by Bavarian troops under duke Henry the Lion; and by communal troops, mostly belonging to the main imperial allies, <entity_5> (under bishop Oberto of Dovara) and <entity_6>.
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