Cangrande succeeds in obtaining the title of Imperial Vicar of Mantua from the Emperor, intending to move against the ruling Gonzaga family in that city.
These plans are put on hold however as a change of government at Treviso has produced a number of powerful exiles willing to help him conquer the city in exchange for their reinstatement.
On July 2, 1329 Cangrande leaves Verona for the last time and within a few days his large army is laying siege to Treviso.
Running quickly low on supplies and bereft of external help, the city's overlord Guecello Tempesta surrenders the city to Cangrande.
Cangrande makes his state entry to Treviso on July 18, the crowning moment in his long struggle to subdue the cities of the Trevisan Mark.
However, his triumph is marred, for he has become seriously ill as the result, according to contemporary accounts, of drinking from a polluted spring a few days before.
As soon as he arrives at his lodgings he takes to his bed and on the morning of July 22, 1329, after settling his affairs as best he can, he dies.
Cangrande's body is taken out of Treviso at nightfall and drawn on a bier to …
