Ghibelline

Etymology
From, from , from , the name of a castle in held by the Hohenstaufen dynasty (nowadays in the township of ), from , , possibly a suffixed form of the personal name ,.

The emperor's supporters used the name as a rallying cry, which was probably introduced to Italy during the reign of, 1155—1190.

Noun

 * 1)  In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Holy Roman Emperor in a long struggle against the Guelphs and the Pope.
 * 2) * 2012, Elizabeth K. Haller, Dante Aleghieri (1265—1321), Lister M. Matheson (editor), Icons of the Middle Ages, Volume 1,  page 246,
 * The Ghibellines gained power in Florence in 1249 and immediately banished the Guelphs. Ezzelino da Romano was one of the leaders of the Ghibelline movement and had a reputation for cruelty. He is depicted by Dante as a tyrant in The Divine Comedy.
 * The Ghibellines gained power in Florence in 1249 and immediately banished the Guelphs. Ezzelino da Romano was one of the leaders of the Ghibelline movement and had a reputation for cruelty. He is depicted by Dante as a tyrant in The Divine Comedy.

Usage notes
The division between Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy persisted until the 15th century, long after the original controversy had been resolved.

Translations

 * Arabic: غيبلين
 * Azerbaijani: gibellin
 * Basque: Gibelino
 * Belarusian: гібелі́н
 * Breton: Gibellin, Gibelin
 * Bulgarian: гибелин
 * Catalan: gibel·lí, gibel·lina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吉伯林
 * Czech: ghibellin
 * Danish: ghibellin
 * Esperanto: Gibelino
 * Estonian: gibelliin
 * Finnish:
 * French: Gibelin,, Gibeline,
 * Georgian: გიბელინ
 * German: Ghibelline, Gibelline, Waiblinger
 * Greek: Γιβελλίνος
 * Hebrew: גיבלינ
 * Hungarian: ghibellin
 * Icelandic: gíbellín
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: Ghibellin
 * Italian:, ghibellina
 * Japanese: 皇帝派, ギベリン
 * Korean: 기벨린
 * Norwegian: ghibellin
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: gibelino, gibelina
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гибели́ни
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: gibelin
 * Spanish: gibelino,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: กิเบลลิโน
 * Ukrainian: ґібелі́н