Ludovico II was marquis (margrave) of Saluzzo from 1475 until his death in 1503. Marquis has many different meanings: The French spelling of the title known in English as Marquess and Margrave. ... Saluzzo is a town in Cuneo province, Piedmont region. ...

Son of Ludovico I of Saluzzo and Isabella of Monferrat, he succeeded him as marquis upon the latter's death in 1475. In 1481 he married his cousin, Giovanna of Monferrat. Two years after her death in 1490, he remarried, to Marguerite of Foix.

During the Second Italian War, Ludovico supported Charles VIII of France in his invasion of Italy, culminating in Ludovico's defeat at the Battle of Garigliano in 1503. The Second Italian War (1499 – 1503) occured when Louis XII of France invaded Italy, capturing Milan and Naples. ... Charles VIII the Affable (French: Charles VIII lAffable) (June 30, 1470 – April 7, 1498) was King of France from 1483 to his death. ... Combatants France Aragon Commanders Marquis of Saluzzo Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Bartolomeo dAlviano The Battle of Garigliano was fought on December 29, 1503 between an Aragonese army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by the Marquis of Saluzzo. ...

Ludovico was succeeded by his and Marguerite's eldest child, Michele Antonio I of Saluzzo, in 1504.