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Ezzelino | |
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Podestà of Verona | |
![]() 16th century woodcut of Ezzelino III da Romano. | |
Reign | 1226–30, 1232–59 |
Successor | Mastino I della Scala |
Other titles | Podestà of Padua (1236–59) Podestà of Vicenza (1237–56) |
Born | Tombolo | 25 April 1194
Died | 7 October 1259 Castle of Soncino | (aged 65)
Family | Ezzelini |
Spouse | Selvaggia of Hohenstaufen
(m. 1236; died 1244)Beatrice di Buontraverso
(m. 1244) |
Father | Ezzelino II da Romano |
Occupation | statesman, commander |
Ezzelino III da Romano (25 April 1194, Tombolo – 7 October 1259) was an Italian feudal lord, a member of the Ezzelini family, in the March of Treviso (in modern Veneto). He was a close ally of the emperor Frederick II (r. 1220–1250), and ruled Verona, Vicenza and Padua for almost two decades.[1] He became infamous as a cruel tyrant, and was, in fact, the most "notorious" of the "early tyrants".[2]