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Cangrande was born in Verona, the third son of Alberto I della Scala, ruler of Verona, by his wife Verde da Salizzole.Christened Can Francesco, perhaps partly in punning homage to his uncle Mastino ("mastiff") I, the founder of the Scaligeri dynasty, his physical and mental precocity soon earned him the name Cangrande, signifying "big dog" or "great dog".
The Simonetti family is an Italian noble family with origins in Tuscany. During the 12th century different branches in Florence , Terni , Lucca , Pistoia and Pescia developed. Other famous branches of this family were established in Jesi , Palermo , Milan and Bologna .
The first formal biography of Dante was the Vita di Dante (also known as Trattatello in laude di Dante), written after 1348 by Giovanni Boccaccio. [70] Although several statements and episodes of it have been deemed unreliable on the basis of modern research, an earlier account of Dante's life and works had been included in the Nuova Cronica of ...
Cacciaguida degli Elisei (c. 1098 – c. 1148) was an Italian crusader and the great-great-grandfather of Dante Alighieri. Little is known about his life. He was born in Florence, and two documents from 1189 and 1201 mention his existence. The 1189 document lists his sons as Preitenetto and Alighiero, the latter being Dante's great-grandfather ...
The Malaspina family were a noble family who were hospitable to Dante. He had a positive view of the family not just because they welcomed him but because he deemed them to be virtuous. Moreover, Alagia's husband was Dante's patron and friend, and Dante celebrated him in the Divine Comedy as "Vapor of Val di Magra" (Inferno 24.145) in which he ...
Alighiero's first wife was Bella and the couple had one child, Dante, in 1265. After Bella's death, Alighiero married his second wife, Lapa Cialuffi, in 1270 or 1271 and they had two children, Francesco and Gaetana (Tana), who were Dante's half-brother and half-sister, respectively. [1] [2] Alighiero died sometime between 1281 and 1283. [3]
Dante's position on the island has become a nice piece of real estate, visible from four directions. Across Central Avenue, a former hero of Detroit's German population has grown obscure and obscured.
Jacopo del Cassero was born in Fano around 1260. He was the son of Uguccione and was part of the powerful Guelph family of Berarda. He was a Guelph magistrate of Fano, and between 1288 and 1289 he participated with the Guelphs of the Marche region allied with Florence in the Battle of Campaldino against the Ghibellines of Arezzo.