Bartolomeo II della Scala (died 12 July 1381) was lord of
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
from 1375 until his death, together with his brother
Antonio I della Scala Antonio della Scala (1362 – 3 September 1388) was Lord of Verona from 1375 until 1387, initially together with his brother Bartolomeo.
Antonio was the illegitimate son of Cansignorio della Scala. At the latter's death, he was associated in the l ...
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The illegitimate son of
Cansignorio della Scala
Cansignorio della Scala (5 March 1340 – 19 October 1375) was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.
Biography
He inherited the lordship of Verona at the death of his father Mastino, together wit ...
, he obtained the power in Verona after the latter's death by assassinating Cansignorio's brother,
Paolo Alboino. He ruled Verona, who was then in bankruptcy and forced to accept the protectorate of
Bernabò Visconti
Bernabò or Barnabò Visconti (1323 – 19 December 1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman who was Lord of Milan. Along with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo II, he inherited the lordship of Milan from his uncle Giovanni. Later in 1355, he an ...
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After a period of moderate reign, Bartolomeo was assassinated by his brother Antonio.
1381 deaths
Medieval murder victims
Assassinated Italian people
Italian assassins
Bartolomeo 2
Assassins of heads of state
Year of birth unknown
Lords of Verona
14th-century murderers
14th-century Italian nobility
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