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Padua, which resisted, and Brescia, which was instead sacked after an easy victory<br />

of his German knights over the crusade army.<br />

In 1258 he launched a broad Ghibelline offensive in Lombardy and Veneto along<br />

with Oberto Pallavicino of Cremona. In 1259 he assaulted the castle of Priola, near<br />

Vicenza, and had all the defenders mutilated. After a failed attempt to assault Milan<br />

itself, he was wounded by an arrow in the course of the Battle of Cassano d'Adda.<br />

He had to retreat but was captured near Bergamo.<br />

Children of Selvaggia and Ezzelino III da Romano:<br />

Blanchefleur (1226–1279), Dominican nun in Montargis, France.<br />

Gerhard (died after 1255).<br />

The Hohenstaufen Dynasty - Page 65 of 200

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