Oberto Pelavicino
Italian leader
Also known as: Oberto Pallavicino
Oberto Pelavicino (born 1197, Polesine, near Cremona, Lombardy—died May 8, 1269, Gisalecchio, near Pontremoli, Tuscany) was a leader of the Ghibelline (imperial) party in northern Italy and a powerful supporter of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II and his sons. As a member of a great feudal family of Lombardy, Pelavicino fought at Frederick’s side in 1238 against Brescia, near Milan, and the following year became imperial vicar (deputy of the emperor) in Lunigiana and...