Manfred IV (died 1330) was the fifth
marquess 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 ...
from 1296, the son of
Thomas I and Luisa of Ceva.
Biography
Manfred forced the commune of Saluzzo (granted it by his father) to sign a contract regulating the relations between the city, its ''
podestà'', and the marquess.
Manfred also continued his father's extension of the margravial territory, mostly through annexations of land and castles. On 27 August 1305, Manfred paid fealty to Amadeus V of Savoy for the Marquisate of Saluzzo. In 1322, in return for reorganising the debts of the Del Carretto family, he obtained the castles of
Cairo Montenotte, Rocchetta, and
Cortemilia.
By his first marriage, to
Beatrix of Sicily, daughter of
Manfred of Sicily and
Helena Angelina Doukaina, Manfred had one son:
Frederick. However, he fell under the influence of his second wife, Isabella Doria, by whom he had three children (
Manfred
''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction.
Byr ...
, Theodore, and Boniface), and tried to appoint his second eldest son Manfred to the succession. This precipitated a civil war after his death in 1330 that lasted until 29 July 1332, when the throne was ceded to Frederick.
Marriages and children
Manfred IV married first
Beatrix of Sicily, daughter of
Manfred of Sicily and
Helena Angelina Doukaina. They had two children:
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Frederick I of Saluzzo
*Caterina of Saluzzo. Married
William Enganna, Lord of the Barge
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.
He married secondly Isabella
Doria, daughter of Bernabo Doria and Eleonora Fieschi. Her parents were Patricians of the
Republic of Genoa. They had four children:
*
Manfred V of Saluzzo
*Boniface of Saluzzo.
*Theodore of Saluzzo.
*Eleonora of Saluzzo. Married
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* María Elena Oddone, Argentine writer and activist
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He also had an illegitimate daughter, Elinda of Saluzzo.
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13th-century births
1330 deaths
Marquesses of Saluzzo
Aleramici