Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Between 1215 and 1244, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; 3rd Marquess

Notes:

Manfred III (died 1244) was the third Marquess of Saluzzo, from 1215 to his death. He was the son of Boniface of Saluzzo and Maria di Torres of Sassari (in Sardinia). Since his father died in 1212, he succeeded his grandfather Manfred II as marquess on the latter's death in 1215. His paternal grandmother Azalaïs or Adelasia of Montferrat was regent during his minority until 1218.[1] During that period, his grandmother paid tribute to Count Thomas I of Savoy.[2]

Manfred fought the expansionistic policies of Thomas, as had his father, and he defended the borders of his march with care. He died in 1244 and was succeeded by his son Thomas.

He married in March 1233 to Beatrice, daughter of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy.[3] The couple had the following children:

Alésia (c. 1236 – before 12 Jul 1311); married Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract and had issue
Thomas I, Marquess of Saluzzo (1239–1296);[3] succeeded Manfred as Marquess of Saluzzo.
Agnes (1245 – after 4 August 1265); born posthumously, married John, son of Eustace de Vesci, no issue.
Margaret (born 1245); born posthumously, twin of Agnes.

Manfredi married de Savoie, Princess Beatrice in Mar 1233 in Italy. Beatrice (daughter of de Savoie, Amadeus IV and Burgundy, Marguerite of) was born in 1214 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was christened between 8 Jan 1235 and 7 Jan 1236 in Spain; died in 1259 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; was buried in 1259 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Saluzzo, Thomas was born in 1239 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; died in 1296 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy.

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Member of the House of Aleramici
• FSID: GM2Q-C13

Notes:

BONIFAZIO, son of ODDONE Marchese della Liguria Occidentale & his wife Berta di Susa (1060 - 1127/35). "Berta comitissa filia quondam Maginfredi et item Maginfredus et Anselmus, Bonifacius, Oto clericus germani et filii quondam Toto itemque marchionis, mater et filii" donated property to the monastery of San Silo near Genoa by charter dated 31 Aug 1064. "Berta comitissa et Manfredus, Bonifacius et Anselmus marchioness et Henricus et Oto germani, mater et filii" donated property to the church of Santa Maria "de episcopatu Astensi" by charter dated 22 Apr 1065. Marchese del Vasto. "Bonifacius marchio filius quondam Othonis" donated property to the church of Acqui by charter dated 22 Jul 1090 "in castro de Ceva". "Bonifacius marchio filius quondam Teutonis…marchio et Henrico nepos suus" donated property to the canons of the church "in valle Burmia in loco…Ferranica" by charter dated 1097. "Bonifacius marchio filius Teutonis…marchio…cum Alice cometissa filia qd. d. Petri marchio atque Theotone, Petro, Magnifredo, Hugone et Willielmo filiis eorum" donated property to "monasterio sancti Petri…in…villa Saviliani" by charter dated 21 Dec 1099. "Bonifacius marchio cum filiis suis Manfredo atque Ugone" donated property to "ecclesie S. Donati de Monte" by charter dated 1121. "Bonifacius marchio" appointed "filiis suos Maginfredum et Wilielmum adque Ugonem necnon Anselmum…et Anricum et Bonefacium minorem atque Odonem" as his heirs and provided dowries for "filiabus…Sibilie et Adalaxia et alie filie si ex hac uxore nata fuit", but disinherited "Bonifacium…incixie nominatum", by charter dated 1125. "Bonifatius marchio…Agnes comitissa uxor ipsius marchionis…filii eius Mainfredus et Ugo" donated "domum sancti Laurentii" to Lérins by charter dated 1127.

married 1stly ALIX de Savoie, daughter of PIERRE I Comte de Savoie & his wife Agnès de Poitou. "Bonifacius marchio filius Teutonis…marchio…cum Alice cometissa filia qd. d. Petri marchio atque Theotone, Petro, Magnifredo, Hugone et Willielmo filiis eorum" donated property to "monasterio sancti Petri…in…villa Saviliani" by charter dated 21 Dec 1099. Szabolcs de Vajay dismisses this individual as an imaginary person designed to explain the claims of Marchese Bonifazio to Turin, which he in fact inherited through his mother who was the younger sister of Adelaida di Susa, mother of Comte Pierre. It is uncertain whether he was aware of the charter quoted above when he made this suggestion. Even if the charter in question was spurious, it is unclear what purpose would have been served by fabricating the ancestry of Marchese Bonifazio´s wife.
Bonifazio & Alix had 5 children:
1. OTTONE (-[21 Dec 1099/1121]).
2. PIETRO (-[21 Dec 1099/1121]).
3. MANFREDO (-[4 Jun 1175/Mar 1176], bur Staffarda). Marchese di Saluzzo. - ancestor of MARCHESI di SALUZZO.
4. UGO (-after 18 Aug 1162).
5. GUGLIELMO (-after 1160). Signori di Rossano 1155. - ancestor of MARCHESI di BUSCA e LANCIA.

Marchese Bonifazio & his 1st or 2nd wife had 2 children:
6. ANSELMO (-after 1140). - ancestor of MARCHESI di CEVA e CLAVESANA.
7. BONIFAZIO (-after 22 Dec 1142) - ancestor of MARCHESI di INCIZA

married 2ndly - AGNES de Vermandois, daughter of HUGUES de France Comte de Vermandois et de Valois [Capet] & his wife Adelais Ctss de Vermandois [Carolingian] (1085-after 1127). It should be noted that Bonifazio´s 2nd wife Agnes de Vermandois was considerably younger than her husband.The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis refers to (but does not name) the first of the daughters of "Hugonem Magnum [et] Adelaide comitissa Veromandensium" as wife of "Bonefacius marchio", parents of "Bonefacium archidiaconum Noviomensem et filios et filias, quarum una nupsit Guilelmo de Monte-pessulano". "Bonifatius marchio…Agnes comitissa uxor ipsius marchionis…filii eius Mainfredus et Ugo" donated "domum sancti Laurentii" to Lérins by charter dated 1127.
Bonifazio & Agnes had 6 children:
8. daughter (before 1108/15-). Ivo Bishop of Chartres wrote to "Hugoni...Trecensium comiti" referring to a possible marriage between "regis" Louis VI King of France and “consobrinæ tuæ filiæ Bonifacii marchionis” by charter dated to 1108/15.
9. ENRICO I "il Guercio" (Clavesana 1115 - Finale 1184). - ancestor of MARCHESI di SAVONA e CARETTO.
10. BONIFAZIO "minor" (... - 1188/26 May 1190).
11. OTTONE "Boerio" (-before 1188).
12. SIBILLA (-before 11 Dec 1146).
married (contract Aug 1129) GUILLAUME VI Seigneur de Montpellier, son of GUILLAUME V Seigneur de Montpellier & his wife Ermesende --- (-1162).
13. ADELAIDA (-after 1125).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MONFERRATO,%20SALUZZO,%20SAVONA.htm#EnricoISavonadied1184A
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Boniface del Vasto (c. 1055 – c. 1125) was the margrave of Savona and Western Liguria from 1084 to c.1130. He was the son and successor of Otto and of Bertha, daughter of Ulric Manfred II of Turin. Boniface was a member of the Aleramici dynasty.
As his first wife, Boniface intended to marry an unnamed woman who had been betrothed to his brother, Anselm, before his death. In 1079 Pope Gregory VII commissioned the bishops of Turin, Asti and Alba to convince Boniface del Vasto not to marry the woman, because her betrothal to his brother created a relationship of affinity between them.

Boniface married a woman named Agnes, who is thought to have been the daughter of Hugh, Count of Vermandois. Children with Agnes of Vermandois including:
. Manfred I of Saluzzo
. William, lord of Busca, and perhaps also Lancia
. Hugh
. Anselm, progenitor of the margraves of Ceva
. Henry, from whom the Del Carretto dynasty were descended.
. Otto Boverio, margrave of Loreto
. Boniface, 'the younger', bishop of Cortemilla
. Sybil, who married William VI of Montpellier

Boniface was also the guardian of his brother Manfred's children: Henry del Vasto, who married Flandrina, a daughter of Roger I of Sicily, and Adelaide del Vasto, who was Roger's third wife. Following Roger's death, Adelaide married Baldwin I of Jerusalem. Two of Manfred's unnamed daughters married Roger I of Sicily's sons from previous relationships, Jordan, Count of Syracuse, and Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa (who may have died before the marriage actually took place).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_del_Vasto

Boniface married of Torres, Maria. Maria (daughter of de Lacon-Gunale, Comita III and de Arborea, Ispella) was born in 1181 in Torres, Logudoro, Sardegna, Italy; died in 1264 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; was buried in 1264 in Abbazia Santa Maria, Revello, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GFVW-KM4
• Name: di Torres de Cerdanya, di Torres di Sassari
• Name: Maria De Torres
• Name: Maria De Torres
• Name: Maria di LACON-GUNALE
• Name: Maria di LACON-GUNALE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Vicaire Impérial en Lombardie
• House: House of Aleramici
• House: House of Aleramici
• FSID: GQRB-L8K
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1175 and 22 Jan 1215; 2nd Marquis de Saluzzo

Notes:

Manfred II (1140–1215) was the second marquess of Saluzzo from his father's death in 1175 to his own. He was the son of Manfred I and Eleanor. He placed the capital of the margravate definitively in Saluzzo.
He married Azalaïs of Montferrat before 1182, forming an alliance with one of the most powerful dynasties in northern Italy.

Manfred expanded the march and fought against the expansionism of the neighboring Counts of Savoy. After several minor skirmishes, the two principalities came to terms in 1213 and peace was established for the final two years of his life. Since his eldest son Boniface had predeceased him in 1212, he was succeeded by his grandson, Manfred III, under the regency of Azalaïs. She had to pay tribute on behalf of young Manfred, and for the next century, Saluzzo was a vassal of Savoy.

Manfred and Azalais had:
. Agnes, married Comita III of Torres
. Boniface (the heir, who predeceased his father), married Maria di Torres, daughter of aforementioned Comita.[ambiguous] They were the parents of Manfred II's successor, Manfredo III of Saluzzo
. Margaret, married Geoffrey de Salvaing
. María, married Marquis William II of Ceva
. Thomas.

He also fathered an illegitimate son, Bastardino.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_II_of_Saluzzo

Manfredo married de Aleramici, Alice before 1182 in Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy. Alice was born in 1160 in Montferrat, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy; died in 1232 in Montferrat, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy; was buried in 1232 in Santa Maria, Tigliole, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: K8B6-KX8
• Appointments / Titles: 1182; Marchioness Consort of Saluzzo
• Appointments / Titles: Between 27 Feb 1215 and 1223; Regent de Saluzzo - for her grandson Manfred III

Notes:

Azalaïs of Montferrat (also Adelasia or Alasia) (1150–1232) was marchioness consort of Saluzzo, and regent for her grandson, Manfred III from 1212 to 1218.
Azalaïs was one of at least three daughters of William V of Montferrat and his wife Judith of Babenberg. Her brothers included William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, Conrad I of Jerusalem, and Boniface of Montferrat.

She married Marquis Manfred II of Saluzzo before 1182, in which year she received lands in Saluzzo, Racconigi, Villa, Centallo and Quaranta, in case her marriage (like that of her sister Agnes) should need to be annulled for reasons of sterility.

Like her brother Boniface, Azalaïs was a patron of troubadours. She is mentioned in Peire Vidal's song, Estat ai gran sazo:
Dieus sal l'onrat marques
E sa bella seror...
(God save the honoured marquis
And his beautiful sister)
and is the dedicatee of his Bon' aventura don Dieus als Pizas.

Around 1192, she had built the church of San Lorenzo, which she granted to the canons of San Lorenzo in Oulx; her eldest son, Boniface, named after her brother, is mentioned for the first time in the donation. However, Boniface died in 1212, and with the death of her husband in February 1215, Azalaïs became regent of Saluzzo for her grandson, Manfred III.

In 1216, she made a treaty with Thomas I of Savoy for a marriage between his son Amadeus and her granddaughter Agnes. However, the marriage never took place, possibly on grounds of consanguinity, since Azalaïs was a first cousin of Thomas's father. Amadeus married Anne of Burgundy, and Agnes became Abbess of the Cistercian convent of Santa Maria della Stella in Rifreddo. Azalaïs also made political and ecclesiastical agreements with Alba and with the Bishop of Asti.

When young Manfred reached his majority in 1218, Azalaïs returned to church patronage. In 1224, she endowed the convent of Rifreddo with the income of the church of San Ilario. In 1227, she made further grants to the canons of Oulx. She died in 1232, and was buried in the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria di Staffarda.

Manfred and Azalaïs had at least five children:
. Agnes m. Comita III, giudice of Logudoro, in Sardinia.
. Boniface (the heir, who predeceased his father) m. Maria of Torres (daughter of Agnes's husband). They were the parents of Manfred II's successor Manfred III of Saluzzo
. Margaret m. Geoffrey de Salvaing.
. (daughter, given name unknown) m. Marquis William II of Ceva.
. Thomas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azalaïs_of_Montferrat

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Lacon-Gunale de Thori
• FSID: LRQZ-NPM
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1198 and 1218, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy; Giudice di Torres
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1198 and 1218, Torres, Logudoro, Sardegna, Italy; Judge of Torres ... Giudice of Torres / Logudoro

Notes:

Comita III (ca. 1160 - 1218) was the giudice of Logudoro, with its capital at Torres, from 1198 until 1218. He was the youngest of four sons of Barisone II of Torres and Preziosa de Orrubu. He ruled at a time when the great families, usually foreign, were superseding the giudici in power and influence on Sardinia.

Around 1180, he married Ispella (daughter of Barisone II of Arborea by his first, divorced, wife Pellegrina de Lacon), herself widow of Hug de Cervera and mother of Ugone de Bas, co-giudice of Arborea. By her he had four children: Maria, who married Boniface, heir of Manfred II of Saluzzo; Preziosa; Marianus, his heir; and Giorgia, who married Manuele Doria. He himself married as his second wife Agnes, the sister of Boniface.

In December 1198, his elder brother Constantine II died heirless in battle with William I of Cagliari. Comita succeeded to the giudicato. Both Constantine (and subsequently Comita) and William were at war with Peter I of Arborea over the co-rule of Arborea. At the time of his succession to the pro-Genoese state of Logudoro, Goceano was in William's hands. In exchange for Goceano, Comita considered siding with Pisa and expelling the Genoese from his giudicato, as well as relinquishing his claims to Arborea. In an ensuing peace treaty with Cagliari, Marianus, Comita's heir, married Agnes of Massa, William's daughter, who brought with her Goceano as a dowry.

Soon, however, Comita accused William to Pope Innocent III of aggression and other breaches of their accord. Arborea came under papal protection. In response, William married another daughter of his to Ugone, the co-judge of Arborea and a stepson of Comita. William effectively took control of Arborea.

In 1203, William Malaspina, a cousin of William of Cagliari, tried to marry the daughter of Barisone II of Gallura. This attempt to control the Galluran judgeship was nixed by the pope. In 1205, Lamberto Visconti married her. By a treaty confirmed in 1211, Comita allied with Genoa to conquer the whole island and bring under their control. There were to be no separate peaces. Together they invaded Gallura, now ruled by Lamberto. After that, with the support of Innocent, they invaded Arborea, an invasion which ended in the partition of the realm: half going to Barisone III, son of Peter I, and a quarter each going to Comita and William of Cagliari. The 1212 campaign was interrupted by Pisan repercussions and in 1214, William died. Lamberto and Ubaldo I Visconti took the opportunity that year to launch an offensive at Gallura, Cagliari, and Arborea, but were beaten off by Comita and Genoa. The war continued at sea, but was arrested by the entreaties of Pope Honorius III, who forced Comita to come to terms with Pisa (1 December 1217). Comita died sometime the next year, when his successor appears first as giudice on 10 November 1218.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comita_III_of_Torres

Comita married de Arborea, Ispella. Ispella was born in 1157 in Sardegna, Italy; died on 22 Jan 1215 in Sardegna, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Lacon Serra
• FSID: L2BM-SRN

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LD7Z-NDX
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1142 and 1175, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; 1st Marquis de Saluzzo

Notes:

Manfred I (died 1175) was the founder and first ruler of the marquisate of Saluzzo from 1142 until his death.

Manfred was the eldest of seven sons of Bonifacio del Vasto, the ruler of scattered holdings between Savona and the Tanaro. He is first recorded in a document of 1123. After Bonifacio's death in 1125, his lands were ruled jointly by the brothers, but in 1142 they divided them up. Manfred took most of the lands between the Alps, the Po and the Stura. His new lordship was larger than his brother's and better positioned to become a true principality. It only came to be known as the marquisate of Saluzzo after his death. In his own life he used the title of marquis without a territorial designation, or else "marquis of Vasto" (Latin marchio de Vasto). He made his the strategically important castle of Saluzzo in the centre of his domain his seat.

In 1127, Manfred founded the monastery of Staffarda. He was an ally of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, recognizing him as his suzerain and trying to maintain peace between him and the Lombard cities. Four diploma attest to his periodic attendance at Barbarossa's court at Milan (1161), Turin (1162) and Rimini (1167).
Manfred married Eleonora, the daughter of Judge Gonario II of Arborea. He was succeeded by his son Manfred II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_I_of_Saluzzo

Manfred married de Arborea, Eléanora. Eléanora was born in UNKNOWN in Arborea, Oristano, Sardegna, Italy; died in 1175 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GJ94-4T6