Giberto da Fogliano

Giberto da Fogliano (c. 1280–c. 1372), son of Niccolò da Fogliano and Caterina della Scala, was a condottiero who spent much of his life trying to retake Reggio nell'Emilia. In 1328 his family drove out the city's papal governor, and he sided with the Ghibellines under Louis the Bavarian, becoming imperial vicar of Reggio.

In 1335 the city passed to the Gonzaga, and he withdrew to Verona to serve the Scaligeri. Captured defending Treviso for Mastino II in 1336, he was freed three years later. A siege of Reggio in 1344 ended in his capture, and the Gonzaga tore down his buildings in revenge; a 1354 attempt also failed.

He then backed the Visconti, but their truce of 1369 again went against him, and he was imprisoned with his family, probably dying in 1372.