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 and east of Turin called Montferrat. The March of Montferrat was created by Berengar II of Italy in 950 during a redistribution of power in the no ...

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

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alongside his younger brother,

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until Henry's death, c.1045. Thereafter, Otto ruled alone until his own death in 1084. He married Constance of Savoy, daughter of

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. He was succeeded by their son

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. His second son

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was the founder of the dynasty of the Marquiss of

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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 {{Europe-noble-stub