Otto II (also ''Otho'', ''Ottone'', or ''Oddone'') (c. 1015 – 20 November 1084) was the fourth
Marquis of Montferrat
The marquises and dukes of Montferrat were the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po River, Po and east of Turin. The March of Montferrat was created by Berengar II of Italy in 950 during a redistribution of power in the northwest o ...
from 1042 until his death. He was a member of the
Aleramid dynasty.
Life
Otto was the son and successor of
William III and Waza. After his father's death in 1042, Otto ruled 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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alongside his younger brother,
Henry of Montferrat until Henry's death, c.1045. Thereafter, Otto ruled alone until his own death in 1084.
He married Constance of Savoy, daughter of
Amadeus II of Savoy
Amadeus II ( – 26 January 1080) was the count of Savoy from 1078 to 1080. His life is obscure and few documents mention him. During his rule, he was overshadowed by his mother, but he had good relations with the papacy and, for a time, the Holy ...
. He was succeeded by their son
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
. His second son
Henry
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* Henry (surname)
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was the founder of the dynasty of the Marquiss of
Occimiano.
Sources
*Schwennicke, Detlev. ''
Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten''. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1978. (in German)
External links
Oddone II at Marchesi Monferrato(in Italian)
(in German)
1010s births
1084 deaths
Marquesses of Montferrat
11th-century Italian nobility
Aleramici
Year of birth uncertain
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