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Ezzelino III da Romano

Italian feudal lord (1194–1259)

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Source revisionJun 7, 2026
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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 most "notorious" of the "early tyrants".

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The public source identifies “Ezzelino III da Romano” as italian feudal lord (1194–1259). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ezzelino, Romano and Italian.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ezzelino III da Romano” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.