Alboino I della Scala

Template:Short description Template:Template other Alboino I della Scala (died 29 November 1311) was the Scaliger Lord of Verona from 1304 until his death.Template:Sfn

Alboino was the second son of Alberto I della Scala and Verde da Salizzole. The date of his birth is unknown, but he was recorded as being "very young" in 1289.Template:Sfn In 1298 he had married Caterina Visconti, daughter of Matteo I Visconti; eight years later Alboino remarried with Betrice, daughter of Gilberto III da Correggio.Template:Sfn

On the death of his older brother Bartolomeo on 7 or 8 March 1304, Alboino succeeded him as Lord of Verona. From 1308 on Alboino associated his younger brother Cangrande as co-ruler.Template:Sfn The Scaligers profited from their support for the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VII. During Henry's descent into Italy in 1311, he appointed Alboino and Cangrande as Imperial vicars for Verona and its territory.

Alboino died on 29 November 1311Template:Sfn and was succeeded by Cangrande I, who ruled until his death in 1329 and expanded the Veronese domain into a major territorial state. After Cangrande's death, Alboino's sons Alberto II and Mastino II ruled Verona.Template:Sfn

Apart from his two sons, Alboino also had two daughters: from his first marriage Alboina (born c. Template:Trim), who became abbess of the monastery of San Michele in Campagna, and from his second marriage Verde, who in 1317 married Rizzardo da Camino.Template:Sfn

Sources

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