Henry (c.1020-c.1044/5) was a member of the
Aleramid dynasty.
He was a younger son of
William III of Montferrat 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.
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with his older brother
Otto II of Montferrat.
Probably in 1041, certainly before 19 January 1042, he married
Adelaide of Susa
Adelaide of Turin (also ''Adelheid'', ''Adelais'', or ''Adeline''; – 19 December 1091) was the countess of part of the March of Ivrea and the marchioness of Turin in Northwestern Italy from 1034 to her death. She was the last of the Ardui ...
, 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)
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Notes
1045 deaths
Marquesses of Montferrat
Aleramici
Year of birth unknown
Year of birth uncertain
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