Ezzelino da Romano {}

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[2008-04-27 do NOT use unless find exact source -- Chambers speaks of his brother but not Ezz himself, in terms of "poet in provençal"; [ghibelline] follower of Frederick II (1220-1250); CC Biogr 328 "Ezzelin le 'féroce'"; "terrible", "cruel"; Ezzelino and his brother Alberico da Romano ordered the kidnap ca. 1225-1226 of Cunizza (their sister) [GRLMA VI.2 E #5720 "Cunizza, fille d'Ezzelino II, enlevee par Sordel en 1226 a son mari"]; Chambers 71:37, vicar of Frederick II in the march of Treviso (Verona); en 1239 le pouvoir d'Ezzelino III (tyran de Trévise, allié de Frédéric II) baisse; DOM Supl1 0; Handbook Martinez p280 E was pro-imperial after 1232; it has been argued that through E a chansonnier made its way to Frederick's court; GRLMA VI.2 E #5368 s.v. Uc de Saint Circ:'en 1239 le pouvoir d'Ezzelino III (tyran de Trévise, allié de Frédéric II) baisse; 1194–1259, Italian Ghibelline leader (see Guelphs and Ghibellines) and soldier. After 1232 a faithful supporter of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II against the pope, he held Verona, Vicenza, Padua, and other cities. When Frederick defeated (1237) the Lombard League at Cortenuova, Ezzelino became the greatest power in N Italy. He married (1238) an illegitimate daughter of Frederick. Continuously at war with the Guelphs, excommunicated (1254) by Pope Innocent IV (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ez/Ezzelino.html); Ezzelino da Romano , 1194–1259;

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