Francesco Novello da Carrara

He married Taddea, daughter of Niccolò II d'Este, Lord of Modena.

Burckhardt writes: "when the last Carrara could no longer defend the walls and gates of the plague-stricken Padua, hemmed in on all sides by the Venetians, the soldiers of the guard heard him cry to the devil 'to come and kill him.

'"[2] His sons Francesco and Giacomo who had also been captured were executed the following day.

[3] In Francesco's extensive familia, or ducal household, the painter Cennino Cennini imbibed the humanist culture expressed in his celebrated Libro dell'arte.

[4] Francesco II had several legitimate children:[5] He also had a number of illegitimate offspring:[5]