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]

1. de Saluzzo, Boniface was born in 1180 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; died on 22 Jul 1212 in Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; was buried after 22 Jul 1212 in Abbazia Santa Maria, Revello, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy.

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]

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• FSID: GJ94-4T6