de Saluzzo, Manfred I

1085 - 1175  (90 years)

• Name	de Saluzzo, Manfred  [1]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1085	Vasto, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 1142 and 1175	Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
  	1st Marquis de Saluzzo
  FSID	LD7Z-NDX
  Death	1175	Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
  Burial	1176	Abbazia Santa Maria, Revello, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy   [1]
  Person ID	I35538	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	de Arborea, Eléanora,   b. UNKNOWN, Arborea, Oristano, Sardegna, Italy d. 1175, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
  Children	1. de Salluzo, Manfredo II,   b. 1145, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy d. 22 Jan 1215, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy (Age 70 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F14137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 1085 - Vasto, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy Appointments / Titles - 1st Marquis de Saluzzo - Between 1142 and 1175 - Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy Death - 1175 - Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy Burial - 1176 - Abbazia Santa Maria, Revello, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/