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Cangrande I della Scala

1291 - 1329

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Cangrande (christened Can Francesco) della Scala (9 March 1291 – 22 July 1329) was an Italian nobleman, belonging to the della Scala family that ruled Verona from 1308 until 1387. He was indeed one of the most important characters at the time of signorie during the period where italy divided in comuni. Now perhaps best known as the leading patron of the poet Dante Alighieri and featuring prominently in Giovanni Boccaccio's almost contemporary Decameron, Cangrande was 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 took control of several neighbouring cities, notably Vicenza, Padua and Treviso, and came to be regarded as the leader of the Ghibelline faction in northern Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cangrande I della Scala is the 2,135th most popular writer (down from 1,798th in 2019), the 2,128th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,870th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cangrande I della Scala ranks 2,135 out of 7,302. Before him are Anyte of Tegea, Harold Bloom, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, and Carl Zuckmayer. After him are Inger Christensen, Jón Arason, Joan Didion, Lu Ji, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, and Elizabeth von Arnim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1291, Cangrande I della Scala ranks 6. Before him are Pope Clement VI, Afonso IV of Portugal, Philippe de Vitry, Aymon, Count of Savoy, and Lippo Memmi. After him is Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Among people deceased in 1329, Cangrande I della Scala ranks 5. Before him are Robert the Bruce, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Edward, Count of Savoy, and Mahaut, Countess of Artois. After him is Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cangrande I della Scala ranks 2,128 out of 5,161. Before him are Nicola Salvi (1697), Piero del Pollaiolo (1443), Gaius Terentius Varro (-300), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (1964), Pietro I Orseolo (928), and Sabinus Julianus (300). After him are Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1440), Hermocrates (-500), Moana Pozzi (1961), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Titus Lartius (-600), and Caecilius Statius (-230).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Cangrande I della Scala ranks 142. Before him are Salvadore Cammarano (1801), Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), Alexis (-372), Niccolò de' Niccoli (1365), and Eugenio Barba (1936). After him are Caecilius Statius (-230), Luigi Pulci (1432), Cesare Zavattini (1902), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Frédéric Ozanam (1813), and Giuseppe Giacosa (1847).

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