Scaligeri Scaligers Della Scala | |
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Patrician noble family | |
Country | Lordship of Verona (present-day Italy) |
Founded | 1180 |
Founder | Jacopino della Scala |
Final ruler | Antonio I della Scala |
Titles | Lord of Verona |
Motto | Nec descendere nec morari (broadly "he who hesitates is lost") |
Estate(s) | Scaliger Palaces, Verona |
Dissolution | 17th century |
Deposition | 1387 |
The House of Della Scala, whose members were known as Scaligeri (Italian: [skaˈliːdʒeri]) or Scaligers (/ˈskælɪdʒərz/; from the Latinized de Scalis), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387,[1] for a total of 125 years.[2]