'Montferrat1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Marquis de Cleva, Marquis of Eastern Liguria, Marquis of Montferrat, Marquis of Saluzzo

                               
Montferrat is a region of Piedmont in north-west Italy. It should not be confused with Montserrat, a volcanic island in the Caribbean!
Witekind / William / Guglielmo (a 925)
1. Alramus or Aleramo, Marquis of Liguria and Piedmont, Sn de Montferrat (d 991)
  m. Gerberge of Ivrea (b 945, d 986, dau of Berengar of Ivrea, King of Italy)
ROYL inserts an additional generation here, a William/Guglielmo, whom it numbers William I. GenEU, which we follow, does not show that William but numbers the first Guglielmo/William below as Guglielmo III.
  A. Bonifacio or Oddone I, Marquis of Montferrat (dvp)
  m. Marie
  i. William / Guglielmo, Marquis of Montferrat (a 1030)
  a. Enrico, Marquis of Montferrat (dsp c1044)
  m. ?? (dau of Olderico Manfred II, Marquis of Turin, by Berta d'Este)
b. Bonifacio / Oddone II, Marquis of Montferrat (d 20.11.1084)
  m. Constantia of Savoy (dau of Amadeus, Count of Savoy)
  (1) William / Guglielmo, Marquis of Montferrat (d c1100)
  m. Aude d'Aglie (dau of Tibaldo d'Aglie)
  (A) Rainer, Marquis of Montferrat (d c1126/36)
  m. (1105) Gisela of Bourgogne (b c1070, d after 1133, dau of Guillaume, Count of Burgundy)
(i) William (Guglielmo), Marquis of Montferrat
  m. Judith of Austria (dau of Leopold, Margrave of Austria)
  (a) William / Guglielmo, Marquis of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Askalon (d 06.1177)
  m. (1176) Sibylle, Queen of Jerusalem (d 1190, dau of Amaury I, King of Jerusalem)
  ((1)) Baldwin, King of Jerusalem (d c09.1186)
  (b) Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat, Prince of Tyrus (d 28.04.1192)
  m1. (1187, div before 1190) Theodora Angeline (dau of Andronikos Dukas Angelos)
  m2. (1190/1) Isabelle, Queen of Jerusalem (d 1206, dau of Amaury I, King of Jerusalem)
  ((1)) Maria, Queen of Jerusalem (b 1191, d 1212)
  m. (1210) Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem, Emperor of Constantinople (d 1237)
(c) Bonifacio, Marquis of Montferrat, King of Thessalonika (d 04.09.1207)
  ROYL identifies Bonfiacio's wives as Helen, Mary of Pomerania and Eleonora of Savoy. We follow GenEU.
  m1. Helen of Busca
  ((1)) William / Guglielmo, Marquis of Montferrat (d 1225)
  m1. (sp) Sophie of Staufen (d c1187)
m2. (1202) Berta of Clavesana (dau of Boniface, Marquis of Clavesana) @1@ below
  ((A)) Bonifacio, Marquis of Montferrat (d 1253)
  m. (12.1235) Margerita of Savoy (d 1254, dau of Amadeus, Count of Savoy)
  ((i)) William / Guglielmo 'the Great', Marquis of Montferrat, 'King of Salonika' (d 1292) had issue
  ((ii)) Alessina of Montferrat (d 06.02.1285) HS
m1. Albert I 'Magnus', Duke of Braunschweig (b 1236, d 15.08.1279) HS
  m2. Gerhard, Count of Holstein (d 12.1290)
  ((B)) Beatrix of Montferrat (b c1210, d 1274)
  m1. Andre / Guigues VI, Dauphin de Viennois (b 1184, d 1237)
  m2. Guy II, Count of Bauge (d 1255)
  m3. Pierre de la Roue
m2. Eleonora (not Sofia or Alice) of Savoy (d 1202/4, dau of Umberto, Count of Savoy)
  ((2)) Demetrios, King of Thessalonika (d before 1240)
  ((3)) Agnes of Montferrat (d 1208)
  m. (1207) Henri, Emperor of Constantinople (b c1176, dsp 17.02.1216)
  m3. (1204) Margaret of Hungary (a 1223, dau of Bela III, King of Hungary)
  (d) Alasia di Montferrato (d c1232) HJY
  m. Manfredo II, Marchese di Saluzzo (b 1140, d 02.1215) @2@ below HJY
  (e)+ other issue
(ii) Adelicia of Montferrat (d 1127)
  m. (1127) William Clito, Count of Flanders (b 1101, d Aelst 1128)
  B. Anselme I di Savona, Marquis of Eastern Liguria (Marchese della Liguria Orientale)
  m. Gisela di Vincenza (possibly dau of Adalberto II, Marquis of Tuscany)
  i. Anselme II, Marquis of Eastern Liguria (Marchese della Liguria Orientale) (d c1027)
  a. Oddone (or Tete) , Marquis of Eastern Liguria (Marchese della Liguria Orientale) (d c1084)
  m. Berta (dau of Olderico Manfred II, Marquis of Turin & Susa by Berta d'Este)
(1) Bonifacio del Vasto, 'Marquis de Vasto', Marchese della Liguria Orientale (d 1125/35)
  m. Agnes de Vermandois (dau of Hugh I, Count de Vermandois)
  (A) Manfredo I, Marchese di Saluzzo (d 1175)
  m. Eleanora (possibly dau of Giudice d'Arborea)
  The following comes from GenEU (Saluzzo1).
(i) Manfredo II, Marchese di Saluzzo (b 1140, d 02.1215)
  m. Alasia di Montferrato (d c1232, dau of Guglielmo, Marquis of Montferrat) @2@ above
  (a) Bonifacio I, Marchese di Saluzzo (d 1218)
  m. (1202) Maria (dau of Guidice di Torres by Sinispella)
  ((1)) Manfredo III, Marchese di Saluzzo (d 1244)
m. (1233) Beatrice di Savoia (d 1259, dau of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, by Matilda d'Albon)
  ((A)) Tomaso I, Marchese di Saluzzo (d 03.12.1296)
  m. Luisa (d 1291/3, dau of Giorgio, Marquese di Ceva) @3@ below
  ((i)) Alaisia di Saluzzo (d 1292) HJY
  m. (before 1285) Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel HJY
  ((ii))+ other issue
  ((B)) Margherita di Saluzzo (nun)
  ((C)) Alaisia di Saluzzo (d before 1312)
  m. (1247) Edmund de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (d 1258)
  ((D)) Agnes di Saluzzo (d 1265)
  m. John de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick (dsp)
((2))+ other issue
  (b) daughter HJY
  m. Guglielmo II de Vasto, Marquis di Cleva @4@ below HJY
  (c)+ other issue
  (ii)+ other issue
  (B) Anselmo, Marquis di Cleva & Clavesana
  GenEU ends with this Anselm. The following comes from various web sites.
  (i) Bonficace, Marquis de Clevesana (d 1221)
(a) Berta de Clevesana HS
  m. (1202) Guglielmo, Marquis of Montferrat (d 1225) @1@ above HS
  (ii) Guglielmo I de Vasto, Marquis di Cleva
  (a) Guglielmo II de Vasto, Marquis di Cleva
  m. ?? (dau of Manfredo II, Marchese di Saluzzo @4@ above, wife of Gugliemo, presumed mother of ...
  ((1)) ?? di Ceva presumed intermediary generation
  ((A)) Giorgio, Marquese di Ceva
  ((i)) Luisa (d 1291/3) HJY
  m. Tomaso I, Marchese di Saluzzo (d 03.12.1296) @3@ above HJY
  (C) Sibillia del Vasto (d 1172)
  m. (08.1129) Guglielmo VI, Sn de Montpellier (d 1162)
  (D)+ other issue - Guglielmo (Marchese de Busca), Ugo
  C. Guglielmo (William)

Main source(s): GenEU (Montferrato), ROYL (table CCCCV)
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