Albert Pallavicini ( it, Alberto Pallavicini) was the fifth

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from his father's death until his own in 1311. His father was

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, a great-nephew of the first marquess, Guy. Albert married

Maria dalle Carceri Maria dalle Carceri (died 1323) was sovereign marchioness of Bodonitsa from 1311 until 1323. She succeeded her late spouse Albert Pallavicini on his death in 1311. While she avoided submitting her principality to the Catalan Company, she could n ...

, a Venetian noblewoman from

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. He even obtained a sixth of that island. He was a loyal vassal of the

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. In 1305, he was summoned by his lord Philip of Savoy to a

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and

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on the

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. In 1307, he obeyed the similar summons of

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. On 15 March 1311, he followed

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into the

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, but did not emerge alive. By the ''

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'', his fief was inherited by his widow and his daughter, Guglielma.

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