. The story of Verona . followingyear he opened negotiations with Carlo Visconti, a sonof Barnabos, and he also essayed to gain the PopeUrban VI. over to his cause. He died though beforeany of these dealings could be concluded (August1388) leaving his wife and family in such straits thatthey had no choice but to accept the bounty that theVenetian Republic vouchsafed to bestow upon left one only son, Can Francesco, who diedin 1392, only four years after his father, and in himthe male line of the Scaligers came to an end. Several years later an effort was made to restore therule of
. The story of Verona . followingyear he opened negotiations with Carlo Visconti, a sonof Barnabos, and he also essayed to gain the PopeUrban VI. over to his cause. He died though beforeany of these dealings could be concluded (August1388) leaving his wife and family in such straits thatthey had no choice but to accept the bounty that theVenetian Republic vouchsafed to bestow upon left one only son, Can Francesco, who diedin 1392, only four years after his father, and in himthe male line of the Scaligers came to an end. Several years later an effort was made to restore therule of the della Scalas in the person of Guglielmo, oneof the illegitimate sons of Cangrande II. The plothowever failed ; Guglielmo died a few days after hehad been proclaimed lord of Verona, and the hopes ofrestoring the dynasty of the Scaligers were at an endfor ever. Their rule had lasted for one hundred andtwenty-eight years, and it certainly comprised thebrightest, most stirring period in the annals of the tov/nof 102 OLD SHIELD Or THE SCALIGERS
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