House of Aleramici - Marchesi di Monferrato & di Saluzzo

The Aleramici were a medieval family of Italian nobility which ruled various northwestern counties and marches from the tenth to the fourteenth century. The founder of the family was Guglielmo (William) of Montferrat, a Frank, who came over to Italy in 888 or 889 to aid his fellow Frank Guy III of Spoleto in a quest for the Iron Crown of Lombardy. His son Aleramo was the first to carry the title marchio or margrave.

By the twelfth century, the Aleramici were one of the most considerable in Lombardy, related to the Capetians and the Hohenstaufen. Members of the family participated frequently in the Crusades, and became kings and queens of Jerusalem. They also married into the Byzantine imperial families of Comnenus, Angelus, and Palaeologus and, as a result of the Fourth Crusade, founded the Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica.

Guglielmo's son Aleramo was the marquess of Montferrat and Liguria (the marca Aleramica) in Northern Italy until his death. Originally a subject of the King of Italy, he had also allied himself to the royal family by marrying Gerberga, daughter of King Berengar II. When Italy came under the direct control of the Holy Roman Empire in 962, Aleramo's titles were confirmed by the Emperor Otto I. .... more

Conrad, Marquis di Monferrat, 1192

• A1 = Guglielmo I;
  • B1 = Aleramo di Monferrato, Marchese di Liguria and Piedmont, lvd:954/997, m. Gerberge of Italy;  ==>  Kings of Italy
    • C1 = Anselmo I di Savona, Marchese della Liguria Orientale, m. Gizela di Vincenza;
      • D1 = Anselmo II di Savona, lvd:1010, m. Adelasia;
        • E1 = Oddone del Vasto, lvd:1027, m. Bertha di Susa;
          • F1 = Bonifacio del Vasto, lvd:1084, m. Agnes de Vermandois;  ==>  House of Capet
            • G1 = Manfredo I, Marchese di Saluzzo, d:1175, m. Eleanora d'Arborea;
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        • H1 = Manfredo II, Marchese di Saluzzo, lvd:1140/1215, m. Azalaïs * di Monferrato;
          • I1 = Bonifacio, Marchese di Saluzzo, d:1218, m. Maria di Torres;
            • J1 = Manfredo III, Marchese di Saluzzo, d:1244, m. Beatrice di Savoia;  ==>  House of Savoy
              • K1 = Tomasso I, Marchese di Saluzzo, d:1296, m. Luisa di Ceva;
                • L1 = Alaisia di Saluzzo, d:1292, m. Sir Richard FitzAlan;  <==  FitzAlan family of England
    • C2 = Oddone I di Monferrato, d:991;
      • D1 = Guglielmo III, Marchese di Montferrato, d:1041;
        • E1 = Oddone II, Marchese di Montferrato, d:1084, m. Costanza di Savoie;  ==>  Savoy
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  • F1 = Guglielmo IV, Marchese di Montferrato, m. Aude d'Aglie;
    • G1 = Beatrice di Monferrato, m. Guigues V, Comte d'Albon et de Grenoble;
      • H1 = Beatrix d'Albon, m. Hugues III, Duke of Burgundy;  <==  Kings of Portugal
    • G2 ~ Rainier II, Marchese di Montferrato, d:1105, m. Gisela de Bourgogne;  ==>  House of Trastamara
      • H1 ~ Guglielmo V "il Vecchio", Marchese di Montferrato, m. Judith von Babenberg;  ==>  Babenbergs of Austria
        • I1 ~ Guglielmo VI di Monferrato, Count of Jaffa, m. Queen Sybille of Jerusalem;
        • I2 ~ Conrad, Marchese di Montferrato, Prince of Tyrus, m. Queen Isabelle of Jerusalem;
        • I3 ~ Azalaïs * di Monferrato, m. Manfredo II di Saluzzo;
        • I4 ~ Bonifacio I di Monferrato, King of Thessalonica, lvd:1150/1207, m. Elena di Bosco;
          • J1 ~ Guglielmo VI, Marchese di Montferrato, d:1225, m. Berta di Clavesana;
            • K1 ~ Boniface II "il Gigante", Marchese di Montferrato, d:1253, m. Marguerite di Savoie;  ==>  House of Savoy
              • L1 ~ Alessina di Monferrato, d:1285, m. Albrecht I von Braunschweig;  <==  Welf Dynasty

Marchesi Di Monferrato