Alberto I della Scala
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Alberto I della Scala was lord of Verona from 1277, a member of the Scaliger
Scaliger
The noble family of the Scaliger were Lords of Verona. When Ezzelino III was elected podestà of the commune in 1226, he was able to convert the office into a permanent lordship...

 family.

The son of Jacopino della Scala
Jacopino della Scala
Jacopino della Scala was an Italian merchant and politician, a member of the Scaliger family of future lords of Verona.Initially he worked as wool trader, not rich and without any noble title...

, he was podestà
Podestà
Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state , but also as a local administrator, the representative of the Emperor.The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power...

of Mantua
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...

 in 1272 and 1275. In 1277, after the assassination of his brother Mastino
Mastino I della Scala
Mastino I della Scala , born Leonardo or Leonardino, was an Italian condottiero, who founded the Scaliger house of Lords of Verona....

, inherited the seigniory of Verona.

Alberto died in Verona in 1301. His son Bartolomeo
Bartolomeo I della Scala
Bartolomeo I della Scala was lord of Verona from 1301, a member of the Scaliger family.The son of Alberto I della Scala, Bartolomeo succeeded him after his death in 1301. He had married in 1291 Constance of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Corrado d'Antiochia.Bartolomeo died in 1304. His brother Alboino...

 succeeded him. His other sons Alboino
Alboino I della Scala
Alboino I della Scala was the Scaliger Lord of Verona from 1304 until his death.He was the son of Alberto I della Scala, and became seignior and imperial vicar in the city after the death of his brother Bartolomeo in 1304...

 and Francesco
Cangrande I della Scala
Cangrande della Scala was an Italian nobleman, the most celebrated of the della Scala family which ruled Verona from 1277 until 1387. Now perhaps best known as the leading patron of the poet Dante Alighieri, Cangrande was in his own day chiefly acclaimed as a successful warrior and autocrat...

 (Cangrande) were also lord of Verona from 1304 and 1312, respectively.

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