The Lords of Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

ruled the city from 1260 until 19 October 1387 and for ten days in 1404. The lordship was created when Mastino I della Scala

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....

 was raised to the rank of capitano del popolo

Capitano del popolo

The capitano del popolo was an administrative title used in Italy during the Middle Ages.It was created in the early 13th century when the populares, the increasing wealthy classes of merchants, professionals, craftsmen and, in maritime cities, ship-owners, who were of non-noble origin, were able...

 from that of 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...

. His descendants, 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...

, all Ghibellines, ruled the city and its vicinity as a hereditary seigniory for a century and a half, during which the city experienced its golden age.

Italicised names are those of mere claimants, mostly living at the imperial court.

• Mastino I
  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....
  
  , 1260–1277
• Alberto I
  Alberto I della Scala
  Alberto I della Scala was lord of Verona from 1277, a member of the Scaliger family.The son of Jacopino della Scala, he was podestà of Mantua in 1272 and 1275. In 1277, after the assassination of his brother Mastino, inherited the seigniory of Verona.Alberto died in Verona in 1301. His son...
  
  , 1277–1301
• Bartolomeo I
  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...
  
  , 1301–1304
• Alboino I
  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...
  
  , 1304–1311
• Cangrande I
  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...
  
  , 1308–1329
• Mastino II
  Mastino II della Scala
  Mastino II della Scala was lord of Verona. He was a member of the famous Scaliger family of northern Italy.He was the son of Alboino I della Scala and Beatrice da Correggio. At the death of Cangrande I, he and his brother Alberto II were associated in the rule of Verona. Soon, however, Mastino's...
  
  , 1329–1351
• Alberto II
  Alberto II della Scala
  Alberto II della Scala was lord of Verona from 1329 until his death. He was a member of the famous Scaliger family of northern Italy....
  
  , 1329–1352
• Cangrande II
  Cangrande II della Scala
  Cangrande II della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1351 until his death.In 1351, after the death of his father Mastino II della Scala, he inherited the lordship of Verona and Vicenza, initially under the regency of his uncle Antonio...
  
  , 1351–1359
• Paolo Alboino (II)
  Paolo Alboino della Scala
  Paolo Alboino della Scala was a lord of Verona of the Scaliger dynasty.In 1351, after the death of his father Mastino II della Scala, he inherited the lordship of Verona and Vicenza, nominally together his brothers Cangrande and Cansignorio although soon Cangrande stripped them of all effective...
  
  , 1359–1365
• Cansignorio
  Cansignorio della Scala
  Cansignorio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.-Biography:...
  
  , 1359–1375
• Bartolomeo II
  Bartolomeo II della Scala
  Bartolomeo II della Scala was lord of Verona from 1375 until his death, together with his brother Antonio I della Scala.The illegitimate son of Cansignorio della Scala, he obtained the power in Verona after the latter's death by assassinating Cansignorio's brother, Paolo Alboino...
  
  , 1375–1381
• Antonio I
  Antonio I della Scala
  Antonio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1375 until 1387, initially together with his brother Bartolomeo.Antonio was the illegitimate son of Cansignorio della Scala. At the latter's death, he was associated in the lordship with his brother Bartolomeo. In 1378 he married Samaritana da Polenta,...
  
  , 1381–1387
• Verona was conquered by Milan.
• Canfrancesco
  Canfrancesco della Scala
  Canfrancesco della Scala was the son of Antonio I della Scala. In 1387, when his father was defeated by the Visconti of Milan and fled to Ravenna, Canfrancesco remained behind and prepared to resist. However, his efforts failed, and he soon joined his father in exile in Ravenna. He tried to retake...
  
  , 1390
• Guglielmo
  Guglielmo della Scala
  Guglielmo della Scala was the son of Cangrande II della Scala. He assassinated his father in 1359, but was edged out of power by his uncle Cansignorio....
  
  , 1404
• Bruno
• Antonio II