Cangrande I della Scala

Cangrande (christened Can Francesco) della Scala (9 March 1291 – 22 July 1329) is an Italian nobleman, the most celebrated of the della Scala family which rules Verona from 1277 until 1387.

Now perhaps best known as the leading patron of the poet Dante Alighieri, Cangrande is in his own day chiefly acclaimed as a successful warrior and autocrat.

Between becoming sole ruler of Verona in 1311 and his death in 1329 he takes control of several neighboring cities, notably Vicenza, Padua and Treviso, and comes to be regarded as the leader of the Ghibelline faction in northern Italy.

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