MONTFERRAT

 

 

 

 

Otto, "Marchio Montiferratensis" 1040

 

1a) William III, Margrave of Ravenna, d.ca 1100; m.1st NN; m.2nd Otta, dau of Tebaldo di Agledo

 

[by 1st m.]:

 

1b) Enrico il Balbo, Marchese di Rocchetta, d.ca 1127

 

1c) Bernardo, Marchese di Rocchetta 1127/35

 

1d) Damicella; m.Alberto di Incisa

 

[by 2nd m.]:

 

2b) William IV "Inforzato", d.ca 1127

 

3b) Rainier, became Margrave of Montferrat 1111, d.ca 1137; m.Gisela (d.after 1133), dau of Guillaume, Cte de Bourgogne, and widow of Humbert, Ct of Maurienne, Mgve of Turin

 

1c) William V, Margrave of Montferrat, d.1191; m.before 28 Mar 1133 Judith (d.after 1178) dau.of Margrave Leopold III of Austria

 

1d) William "Lungaspada", Ct of Jaffa and Ascalon, d.1177; m.Sibylle d'Anjou, Queen of Jerusalem (d.Jul 1190)

 

1e) Baldwin V, King of Jerusalem 1183, b.after 20 Nov 1177, d.1186

 

2d) Conrad, Margrave of Montferrat, murdered at Tyrus 1192; m.1st NN; m.2nd 1187 Theodora, dau of Andronikos Dukas Angelos; m.3rd  1190 Isabelle d'Anjou, Queen of Jerusalem (1172-ca 1206)

 

1e) Maria, Queen of Jerusalem (Tyrus 1191-1212); m.14 Sep 1210 Jean de Brienne, Cte d'Eu, King of Jerusalem, Regent of Constantinople (d.27 Mar 1237)

 

3d) Boniface I, Margrave of Montferrat, King of Thessaloniki, Lord of Crete, k.a.4 Sep 1207; he was a leader of the Fourth Crusade in 1201; he had hoped to become emperor of Constantinople, and to improve his chances he had married the Hungarian Princess Maria, widow of Byzantine emperor Isaakios Angelos; he was opposed by Venice and had to settle for carving out a kingdom in Thessaloniki; he m.1st NN (possibly Elena di Busca); m.2nd 1204 Margareta=Maria of Hungary, dowager Empress of Byzantium (b.1175, d.after 1223)

 

[by 1st m.]:

 

1e) William VI, Margrave of Montferrat, d.17 Sep 1225; m.1st 1187 Sophie von Hohenstaufen (dsp), dau.of Emperor Friedrich I; m.2nd before 9 Aug 1202 Berta, dau of Marchese Bonifacio di Clavesana

 

1f) Boniface II, Margrave of Montferrat, d.1253/5; m.9 Dec 1235 Margaret (d.1254), dau of Ct Amadeus IV of Savoy

 

1g) William VII, Margrave of Montferrat, d.in prison in Alesssandria 6 Feb 1292; m.1st ca 1257 Isabelle (1240-ca 1271), dau of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; m.2nd 1271 Beatriz (1254-after 1280), dau of King Alfonso X of Castile

 

[by 1st marriage]:

 

1h) Margareta, d.after 1286; m.1281 Infant Juan of Castile, sn de Valencia del Campo (k.a.25 Jun 1319)

 

[by 2nd m.]:

 

2h) John I, Margrave of Montferrat (Milan 1278-ca 1305); m.23 Mar 1296 Margaret (d.1339), dau of Ct Amadeus V of Savoy

 

3h) Yolanda=Irene, d.1317; m.ca 1285 Andronikos II Dukas Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium; they had, besides other issue (for other issue see Byzantine pages):

 

1i) Theodoros Palaiologos, inherited Montferrat from his mother's family in 1306 (ca 1291-21 Apr 1338); m.1306/7 Argentina, dau of Obizzone Spinola, Signore di Genova

 

1j) John II, Mgve of Montferrat, sn d’Asti, d’Ivrea, de Gascogne, etc (d.20 Mar 1372); m.1st 1337 Cecile (d.after 23 Jun 1354), dau of Bernard Cte de Comminges, and widow of Amanieu Bernard Cte d’Astarac; m.2nd 1358 Isabela (d.after 1400), dau of King Jaime III of Mallorca (and later wife of Konrad von Reischach); all issue by 2nd marriage

 

1k) Secondotto, Margrave of Montferrat, b.1361; he went insane, and was killed in self-defense in Parma 16 Dec 1378; m.2 Aug 1377 Violanta (1354-Pavia Nov 1386), dau of Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, and widow of Lionel of England, Duke of Clarence (and later wife of Lodovico Visconti)

 

2k) John III, Mgve of Montferrat, k.a.Naples 25 Aug 1381

 

3k) Theodore II, Mgve of Montferrat (ca 1364-18 Aug 1418); m.1st Argentina, dau of Leonardo Malaspina; m.2nd 1393 Joanna (d.15 Jan 1402), dau of Duke Robert of Bar; m.3rd 17 Jan 1403 Margareta (d.23 Nov 1464), dau of Amadeus of Savoy, Pr of Achaia; both children by 2nd marriage

 

1l) John Jacob, Mgve of Montferrat, Imperial Vicar General of Italy (23 Mar 1395-1445); m.after 24 Apr 1411 Joanna of Savoy (16 Jul 1392-1460)

 

1m) John IV, Mgve of Montferrat, Imperial Vicar General in Italy, d.29 Jan 1464; m.1458 Margareta of Savoy (1439-Bruges 9 Mar 1483)

 

1n) Margareta, d.25 Jul 1496, bur Glatz; m.1480 Viktorin Frhr von Kunstadt, Duke von Münsterberg (d.1500)

 

2n) [illegitimate] Sara; m.1453 Niccolo Piccinino, from Perugia

 

3n) [illegitimate] Scipione, murdered Casale 1485 while trying to gain the throne

 

2m) William VIII, Mgve of Montferrat (19 Jul 1420-28 Feb 1483); m.1st 19 Jan 1465 Marie (d.1467), dau of Gaston, Cte de Foix; m.2nd 18 Jul 1469 Elisabetta (1456-1473), dau of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan; m.3rd 6 Jan 1474 Bernarde (d.17 Feb 1485), dau of Jean de Brosse by Nicole de Châtillon dite de Bretagne, Cts de Penthièvre

 

[by 2nd marriage]:

 

1n) Blanche (1472-30 Mar 1519); m.1 Apr 1485 Duke Charles I of Savoy (d.13 Mar 1490)

 

2n) Joanna, d.1490; m.Aug 1481 Marchese Lodovico di Saluzzo (d.1504)

 

3n) [illegitimate] Lucrezia; m.1st 11 Oct 1464 Gianbartolomeo, Marchese del Carreto; m.2nd 11 Jun 1472 Rinaldo d'Este (d.1503)

 

4n) [illegitimate] Margherita; m.24 Jul 1487 Hector Aynard, sn de Montfort (d.1501)

 

3m) Boniface IV, Mgve of Montferrat (Jun 1424-31 Jan 1494); m.1st Orvietana (dsp), dau of Pietro Fregoso, Doge of Genoa; m.2nd 1483 Hélène (dsp 1484), dau of Jean de Brosse by Nicole de Châtillon dite de Bretagne, Cts de Penthièvre; m.3rd 1485 Marija (1466-27 Aug 1495), dau of Stepan Brankovic, Despot of Serbia

 

1n) William IX, Mgve of Montferrat (10 Aug 1486-4 Oct 1518); m.31 Aug 1508 Anne (30 Oct 1492-18 Oct 1562), dau of René, Duc d'Alencon

 

1o) Maria (19 Aug 1509-1531)

 

2o) Margherita, heiress of Montferrat (11 Aug 1510-Casale 28 Dec 1566); m.1531 Federigo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (d.1540)

 

3o) Boniface V, Mgve of Montferrat (21 Sep 1512-d.at Casale during a wild boar hunt 17 Oct 1530)

 

2n) John George, 1530 Mgve of Montferrat (20 Jan 1488-d.in Casale one day after his wedding, 30 Apr 1533); m.Ferrara 29 Apr 1533 Giulia (d.10 Mar 1542), dau of Federigo of Aragón, King of Naples

 

1o) [illegitimate] Flaminio Paleologo, d.24 May 1571; m.Lucia Fanzini à issue

 

3n) [illegitimate] Francesca; m.ca 1489 Constantine Comnino Arianiti

 

4m) Theodore, 1467 Cardinal (15 Aug 1425-21 Jan 1484)

 

5m) Amadea, d.13 Sep 1440; m.1437/40 Jean de Lusignan, King of Cyprus (d.26 Jul 1458)

 

6m) Isabella; m.after 1431 Marchese Lodovico di Saluzzo

 

2l) Sofia, d.21 Aug 1434; she was engaged in 1404 to Filippo Maria Visconti, Cte de Pavia, but never married him; m.1421 Joannes Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium (d.1448)

 

4k) Guglielmo, d.Jun 1400

 

5k) Margherita, sna di Acqui, d.1420; m.1375 Pedro de Aragón, Cde de Urgel (d.1408)

 

6k) [illegitimate] Giovanni, sn di Occimiani

 

2j) Yolande=Violanta, sna di Caselle, d.4 Dec 1342; m.1 May 1330 Ct Aimon of Savoy (d.22 Jun 1343)

 

4h) Alasina; m.before 1305 Poncello Orsini

 

5h) [illegitimate]Bonifazio, fl 1296/1311

 

2g) Adalasia, d.1285; m.1st 1266 Duke Albrecht I of Braunschweig (d.1279); m.2d 1282 Ct Gerhard I of Holstein-Schauenburg (d.1290)

 

3g) [illegitimate] Niccolino, an ecclesiastic in Alessandria and Caselle

 

2f) Demetrius, fl 1224

 

3f) Beatrix, d.1274; m.ca 1219 Andre dit Guigues VI, Dauphin de Viennois (d.1237)

 

4f) Alasia, d.ca 1232; m.1229 Henry de Lusignan, King of Cyprus (d.1253)

 

5f) ?Elena; m.before 1240 Guglielmo di Verona

 

2e) Beatrice, fl 1202; m.Enrico, Marchese del Carretto

 

3e) Agnes, d.1208; m.4 Feb 1207 Henry of Flanders, Emperor of Constantinople (murdered 11 Jul 1216)

 

[by 2nd m.]:

 

4e) Demetrius, King of Thessaloniki, b.ca 1205, d.1230/9; may have married Beatrix de Vienne

 

4d) Frederick, Bp of Alba

 

5d) Rainier, b.1163, d.of poisoning 1182; m.1180 Maria Komnene (d.of poisoning 1182), dau.of Emperor Manuel I of Byzantium

 

6d) Adilasia (d.ca 1233); m.before Jun 1202 Marchese Manfredo II di Saluzzo (d.1215)

 

7d) a dau., m.before 22 Jul 1202 Marchese Alberto di Malaspina (d.1216)

 

8d) Agnes; m.Guido Guerra

 

2c) Joanna; m.1128 William Clito, Ct of Flanders (k.a.1128)

 

3c) Matilda, fl 1166; m.Alberto "Zueta", Marchese di Parodi

 

4c) Adalasia, a nun at Vandieu 1167/9

 

5c) Isabella; m.Cte Guido IV di Biandrate (fl 1134)

 

2a) Ardizzone; m.Richelde N

 

1b) Ardizzone II, Marchese di Felizzano

 

1c) Rainieri, fl 1193

 

2c) Bonifazio, fl 1193, ancestor of the signori di Asti

 

3c) Enrico, fl 1193/7