Jacopino della Scala

Jacopino della Scala an Italian merchant and politician, whose sons, and their descendants, were lords of Verona from 1277 till 1387. Initially he was a wool trader, not rich and without noble title. However, Jacopino used his entrepreneurial and political skills to gain the title of Imperial vicar at Ostiglia, and podestà of Cerea. Jacopino’s sons, Mastino I and Alberto were appointed podestà of Verona, and were, in fact if not formally, the lords of the city.