Jacopino della Scala

Jacopino della Scala (12th century–after 1248) was a Veronese wool merchant and politician, father of the first Scaliger lords of Verona. A grandson of Balduino della Scala, he held no noble titles and no great fortune, but was known as an able, peace-loving politician.

He served as imperial vicar of Ostiglia. By his first wife Margherita Giustiniani he had a son Manfredo, later bishop of Verona, and by his second wife Elisa Superbi he fathered Mastino I and Alberto I, the first Scaliger lords.