Henry (c.1020-c.1044/5) was a member of the Aleramid dynasty. He was a younger son of

William III of Montferrat William III (c. 970 – 1042) was the third Marquis of Montferrat and Count of Vado from 991 to his death. He was the eldest son and successor of Otto I. William I and II were the father and son, respectively, of Aleram, the first Marquis, but ne ...

and Waza. From 1042, he was co-ruler of the

March of Montferrat The March (also ''margraviate'' or ''marquisate'') of Montferrat was a frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages and a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The margraviate was raised to become the Duchy of Montferrat in 1574. Or ...

with his older brother

Otto II of Montferrat Otto II (also ''Otho'', ''Ottone'', or ''Oddone'') (c. 1015 – 20 November 1084) was the fourth Marquis of Montferrat from 1042 until his death. He was a member of the Aleramid dynasty. Life Otto was the son and successor of William III and Waz ...

. Probably in 1041, certainly before 19 January 1042, he married Adelaide of Susa, the heiress of the

March of Turin The March or Marquisate of Turin ( it, marca di Torino) was a territory of medieval Italy from the mid-10th century, when it was established as the Arduinic March ( la, marca Arduinica). It comprised several counties in Piedmont, including the cou ...

, which temporarily united the two great northwestern Italian marches of Turin and Montferrat.Merlone, 'Prosopografia aleramica,’ p. 580.

References

* R. Merlone, 'Prosopografia aleramica (secolo X e prima metà dell'XI),' ''Bollettino storico-bibliografico subalpino'', LXXXI, (1983), 451–585.

External links

Heinrich I, Margraf von Montferrat
(in German) *

Notes

1045 deaths Marquesses of Montferrat Aleramici Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain {{Italy-noble-stub