Alboino I della Scala
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Alboino I della Scala was 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...

 Lord of Verona from 1304 until his death.

He was the son of Alberto I della Scala
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...

, and became seignior and imperial vicar
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

 in the city after the death of his brother 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...

 in 1304. In 1298 he had married Caterina Visconti
House of Visconti
Visconti is the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. There are two distinct Visconti families: The first one in the Republic of Pisa in the mid twelfth century who achieved prominence first in Pisa, then in Sardinia where they became rulers of Gallura...

, daughter of Matteo I Visconti; eight years later Alboino re-married with Betrice, daughter of Gilberto III da Correggio.

He was succeeded by the joint government of his son Alberto
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....

 under the tutelage of his brother Cangrande
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...

. Alboino's younger son Mastino
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...

 ruled Verona after the latter's death in 1329.


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