 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Papa mutsva - Innocent IV - akasarudzwa. Pakutanga, Frederick akagutsikana nesarudzo yacho sezvo Innocent aiva nehama mumusasa waMambo. Zvisinei, Papa mutsva wacho akabva angopandukira Frederick. Apo Guta reViterbo rakapandukira, Papa akatsigira vaGuelphs. Frederick akabva angofamba achienda kuItaly ndokukomba Viterbo. Papa wacho akasaina chibvumirano chorugare namambo, achibvisira guta racho mutoro. Zvisinei, pashure pokunge Mambo aenda, Cardinal Raniero Capocci, somutungamiriri weViterbo, akaita kuti varwi vacho vaurayiwe. Papa akaita chimwe chibvumirano asi iye pakarepo akachiputsa ndokupfuurira kutsigira vaGuelphs, achitsigira Henry Raspe, Landgrave weThuringia saMambo wevaRoma uye nokukurumidza akaronga kuti Frederick aurawe. Apo kuedza kwakakundikana papa akatizira kuLiguria. Nenguva isipi zvinhu zvakachinja kuva zvakaipa nokuda kwebato ramambo sezvo guta reLombard reParma rakapandukira uye Enzo - uyo akanga asipo - akakumbira baba vake kuti vamubatsire. Frederick na Ezzelino III da Romano, Mutongi weVerona, vakakomba guta racho. Zvisinei musasa wamambo wakapinzwa mumusungo navaGuelph uye muhondo yakatevera yeParmaboka ramambo rakakundwa, richirasikirwa nechikamu chikuru chepfuma yavo. Frederick akadzokera shure ndokuunganidza rimwe uto asi kuramba kweParma kwakakurudzira mamwe maguta kupandukira uye Frederick akanga asina simba rokuita chinhu chipi nechipi. Zvinhu zvakava zvakaipa nokuda kwebato ramambo sezvo vaGhibelline vakakundwa muHondo yeFossalta nevaBolognese, umo Enzo akabatwa ndokuiswa mutorongo kusvikira afa. Kunyange zvazvo vaGhibelline vakatanga kupora, vakakunda vaGuelph muHondo yeCingoli, panguva iyoyo Frederick akanga ava kurwara. Asati afa, zvakawanda zvenharaunda yake zvakadzorerwa nomwanakomana wake Conrad IV, nokudaro achisiya Italy iri murugare kwemakore mashomanene zvikuru. 