Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler

Ezzelino III da Romano

Italian feudal lord (1194–1259)

Ezzelino III da Romano was an Italian feudal lord, a member of the Ezzelini family, in the March of Treviso. He was a close ally of the emperor Frederick II, and ruled Verona, Vicenza and Padua for almost two decades. He became infamous as a cruel tyrant, and was, in fact, the…