The Marchioness and Duchesses of Montferrat were the consorts of the rulers of a territory in
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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south of the
Po and east of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
called
Montferrat
Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Province of Alessandria, ...
. 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.
O ...
was created by
Berengar II of Italy
Berengar II ( 900 – 4 August 966) was the King of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I. He succeeded his father as Ma ...
in 950 during a redistribution of power in the northwest of his kingdom. It was originally named after and held by the
Aleramici. In 1574, Montferrat was raised to a
Duchy by
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian II (31 July 1527 – 12 October 1576) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576. A member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, he was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany (Kin ...
(see
Duchy of Montferrat).
Marchioness of Montferrat
House of Aleramici
The House of Aleramici were a medieval Italian noble family of Frankish origin which ruled various northwestern counties and marches, in Piedmont and Liguria from the tenth to the 14th centuries.
History
The founder of the family was William I o ...
House of Paleologi
:''Spanish occupation until 1536.''
House of Gonzaga
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* Prince of Arches
* Duke of Montferrat
* Duke of Mantua
* Duke of Guastalla
* Duke of Nevers
* Duke ...
In 1536
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor granted the marquisate, despite competing claims from Savoy and from the
Marquis of Saluzzo
The marquises (also marquesses or margraves) of Saluzzo were the medieval feudal rulers city of Saluzzo (today part of Piedmont, Italy) and its countryside from 1175 to 1549. Originally counts, the family received in ''feudum'' the city from the ...
, to the Gonzagas. This was confirmed in 1559 by the
Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis
Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...
.
Duchess of Montferrat
House of Gonzaga
)
, type = Noble house
, country =
, estates = Ducal Palace (Mantua) Ducal Palace (Nevers)
, titles =
* Prince of Arches
* Duke of Montferrat
* Duke of Mantua
* Duke of Guastalla
* Duke of Nevers
* Duke ...
In 1574,
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian II (31 July 1527 – 12 October 1576) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576. A member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, he was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany (Kin ...
raised the Gonzaga marquis to a duke and the "march" became the
Duchy of Montferrat.
House of Gonzaga-Nevers
See also
*
List of Thessalonican consorts
*
List of Mantuan consorts
Lady of Mantua
House of Gonzaga, 1328–1433
Marchioness of Mantua
House of Gonzaga, 1433–1530
Duchess of Mantua
House of Gonzaga, 1530–1627
House of Gonzaga, Nevers line, 1627–1708
See also
* List of consorts of Montferrat
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References
Sources
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Monferrato
Lists of Italian nobility
Lists of duchesses
Lists of marchionesses