Bartolomeo I della Scala (died 7 or 8 March 1304) was

lord of Verona The Lords 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 was raised to the rank of ''capitano del popolo'' from that of ''podestà''. His descendants, the Scalig ...

from 1301, a member of the

Scaliger The Della Scala family, 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 Wh ...

family and protector of

Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian people, Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', origin ...

during his exile from

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

. The son of Alberto I della Scala, Bartolomeo succeeded him after his death in 1301. He had married in 1291 Costanza di Antiochia, daughter of Corrado d'Antiochia. Bartolomeo died in 1304. His brother Alboino succeeded him.

References

*A. Castagnetti, G. M. Varanini, Il Veneto nel medioevo: Le signorie trecentesche, Verona, Banca Popolare di Verona, 1995. Scala, Bartolomeo 1 Scala, Bartolomeo 1 Bartolomeo 1 Lords of Verona {{italy-hist-stub