March of Montferrat

Montferrat ( Monferrato Italian ) was a margraviate in Piedmont, between Turin and Genoa. She was raised in 1573 to a Duchy.

History

The territory of the Margraviate stretched from north to south in two separate parts between the Maritime Alps and the Po, consisted of 2750 km ² and Monferrato had the capital. Charlemagne was from the administration of the country counts that were 967 charged by Otto the Great to Marquis.

The ruling family took part in the forefront in the Crusades, and placed in the conquered countries, a number of monarchs, most notably the two sons and a grandson of the Marquis William V:

  • Conrad of Montferrat was titular king of Jerusalem ( † 1192 )
  • Boniface I of Montferrat, the Kingdom of Thessaloniki founded († 1207 )
  • Baldwin of Montferrat as Baldwin V was King of Jerusalem ( † 1186 )

Through inheritance, the Margraviate arrived in the 14th century to the Palaiologos who in turn inherited the Gonzaga 1533. Collected since 1573 to the Duchy, a small part of the country came to the Mantuan War of Succession ( 1628-1631 ) to the House of Savoy, the old claims (up to 1330 reaching ) claimed. The greater part of the Duchy remained the Gonzaga - Nevers, until these changed in the Spanish war of succession to the French side and therefore by Emperor Leopold I of Gonzaga all fiefs were confiscated.

With the Peace of Utrecht in 1712 and finally the 1648 Baden 1714 already confirmed in the Peace of Münster claims of the House of Savoy to the territory of Montferrat was taken into account and the Duke Victor Amadeus II, the entire duchy passed as an imperial fief.

List of Marquis of Montferrat

Aleramiden

  • William I ( † before 933 )
  • Aleramo I ( † 969 )
  • Wilhelm II ( † before 961 )
  • Otto I († 991 )
  • Anselm I.
  • William III. (991-1017 attested )
  • Otto II († 1084 )
  • William IV ( † around 1101)
  • Rainer ( † around 1136 )
  • William V († 1191 )
  • Konrad (1191-1192)
  • Boniface I. (1187-1207)
  • William VI. (1207-1225)
  • Boniface II ( 1225-1253/5 )
  • William VII ( 1253/5-1290 )
  • John I (1290-1305)

Palaiologues

  • Theodore I. (1305-1338)
  • Johann II (1338-1372)
  • Otto III. (1372-1378)
  • Johann III. (1378-1381)
  • Theodore II (1381-1418)
  • Johann Jakob (1418-1445)
  • John IV (1445-1464)
  • William X. (1464-1483)
  • Boniface III. (1483-1494)
  • Wilhelm XI. (1494-1518)
  • Boniface IV (1518-1530)
  • Johann Georg (1530-1533)

Gonzaga

  • Federico II Gonzaga (1533-1540)
  • Francesco III. Gonzaga (1540-1550)
  • Guglielmo Gonzaga (1550-1587)
  • Vincenzo I Gonzaga (1587-1612)
  • Francesco IV Gonzaga ( 1612 )
  • Ferdinando Gonzaga ( 1612-26 )
  • Vincenzo II Gonzaga (1626-1627)
  • Carlo I. Gonzaga (1627-1637), Duke of Nevers and Rethel
  • Carlo III. Gonzaga (1637-1665), Duke of Nevers and Rethel to 1659
  • Carlo IV Gonzaga (1665-1708)
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