Jacopino della Scala (died 1215), an Italian merchant and politician, was a member of the
Scaliger
The House of Della Scala, whose members were known as Scaligeri () or Scaligers (; from the Latinized ''de Scalis''), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years.
History ...
family of future lords of
Verona
Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...
. He was the son of
Leonardo della Scala, and also the grandson of
Karafina Gambarelli and her husband
Balduino della Scala, son of
Arduino della Scala, who gave rise to the
Della Scala dynasty
Initially he worked as wool trader, not rich and without any noble title. However, his friendship network and political skills granted him the title of
Imperial vicar
An imperial vicar () was a prince charged with administering all or part of the Holy Roman Empire on behalf of the emperor. Later, an imperial vicar was invariably one of two princes charged by the Golden Bull with administering the Holy Roman E ...
at
Ostiglia
Ostiglia ( Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua.
History
In Roman times, ''Hostilia'' was a trade hub from Emilia ...
, and ''
podestà
(), also potestate or podesta in English, was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of central and northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. Sometimes, it meant the chief magistrate of a c ...
'' of
Cerea
Cerea is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Verona, Veneto, northern Italy.
History
From 923 AD until 1223 Cerea was a ''castrum'' (fortification). On 1223 Cerea it became a "comune" but, a year after, it was plundered because of the war be ...
. He was an ancestor of most European monarchs.
He was the father of
Mastino I (Leonardo),
Alberto I, Manfredo and Bocca della Scala.
Sources
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12th-century births
1215 deaths
Jacopino
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