The Marquess of Montferrat is the title derived from Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato), a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin. It was held by the Aleramici, a family who were in the 12th century one of the most considerable in Lombardy, related to the Kings of France and the Holy Roman Emperors. Members of the family participated frequently in the Crusades, and became kings and queens of Jerusalem. They also married into the Byzantine imperial families of Comnenus, Angelus and Palaeologus and, as a result of the Fourth Crusade, founded the Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica. Montferrat was a marquisate in Lombardy during the Middle Ages. ... Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ... PO may stand for: Pareto optimality Parole Officer Per os, Latin for by mouth or orally Perfect Orange a third wave ska based in Knoxville, TN from 2002-2005 Pilkington Optronics, now Thales Optronics Pissed off (often used as a verb or adjective, as in POed or POed) Platforma... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po river valley. ... The following list of French monarchs is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... The following list of German Kings and Emperors is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... This is a list of Kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day. ... Byzantine Empire (Greek: ) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus The Comnenus or Komnenos family was an important dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire. ... This is a list of the Emperors of the late Eastern Roman Empire, called Byzantine. ... The Palaeologus (Gr. ... The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204), originally designed to conquer Jerusalem by taking Egypt first, instead, in 1204, conquered and sacked the Orthodox Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. ... The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived Crusader State founded after the Fourth Crusade. ...

The descendants of Aleramo in the male line ruled Montferrat until it passed through the female line to the imperial Byzantine Palaeologus family in 1305. It was briefly controlled by Spain (1533-1536) before it passed again through a woman to the Gonzaga Dukes of Mantua (1536-1708). With the War of the Mantuan Succession (1628-1631) a piece of the marquessate passed to the Duchy of Savoy, the remainder passing to Savoy in 1708, as Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor gained possession of the Gonzaga territory. The Palaeologus (Gr. ... The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. ... The Duchy of Mantua was an Italian state that was ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708. ... Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg (June 9, 1640 – May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain. ...

Marquesses

Aleramo dynasty

Arms of Montferrat (House of Aleramo): Argent a chief gules

• William I (d. before 933)
• Aleramo (933-967)
  • William II , co-ruler?. Son of Aleramo
  • Otto I (967-991), son of Aleramo
• William III (991-bef.1042), son of Otho I
• Otho II (bef.1042-c.1084), son of William III
• William IV (c.1084-c.1100), son of Otho II
• Renier I (c.1100-c.1136), son of William IV
  • William (c.1100-c.1127), co-ruler. Son of William IV
• William V (c.1136-1191), son of Renier I
• Conrad (1191-1192), son of William V. King of Jerusalem, de jure from 1190, confirmed by election 1192
• Boniface I (1192-1207), son of William V. King of Thessalonica from 1205
• William VI (1207-1225), son of Boniface I
• Boniface II (1225-1253/55), son of William VI. Titular king of Thessalonica (1239/49-1255)
• William VII (1253/55-1292), son of Boniface II. Titular king of Thessalonica
• John (1292-1305), co-ruler from 1290, son of William VII. Titular king of Thessalonica

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Palaeologi dynasty

• Theodore I (1306-1338), nephew of John
• John II (1338-1372), son of Theodore I
• Otho III (1372-1378), son of John II
• John III (1378-1381), son of John II
• Theodore II (1381-1418), son of John II
• John Jacob (1418-1445), son of Theodore II
• John IV (1445-1464), son of John Jacob
• William VIII (1464-1483), son of John Jacob
• Boniface III (1483-1494), son of John Jacob
• William IX (1494-1518), son of Boniface III
• Boniface IV (1518-1530), son of William IX
• John George (1530-1533), son of Boniface III

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Gonzaga dynasty

• Federico I (1533-1540), Duke of Mantua. Married to Margaret, daughter of William IX
• Francesco I (1540-1550), Duke of Mantua. Son of Federico.
• William X (1550-1587), Duke of Mantua. Son of Federico.
• Vincenzo I (1587-1612), Duke of Mantua. Son of William VIII
• Francesco II (1612), Duke of Mantua. Son of Vincenzo I
• Ferdinando (1612-26), Duke of Mantua. Son of Vincenzo I
• Vincenzo II (1626-27), Duke of Mantua. Son of Vincenzo I
• War of Mantuan Succession (1627-1631)
• Carlo I (1627-1637), Duke of Mantua and Nevers. Son of Ludovico, Duke of Nevers, son of Federico I
• Carlo II (1637-1665), Duke of Mantua. Of Nevers until 1659. Grandson of Carlo I and Francesco II
• Ferdinando Carlo (1665-1708), Duke of Mantua. Son of Carlo II

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Sources & Further Reading

• Circolo Culturale I Marchesi del Monferrato (external link to website devoted to dynastic history)
• Haberstumpf, Walter. Dinastie europee nel Mediterraneo orientale. I Monferrato e i Savoia nei secoli XII–XV, 1995 (external link to downloadable text).
• The Margraves of Montferrat and Kings of Thessalonica, 961-1573 AD
• Usseglio, Leopoldo. I Marchesi di Monferrato in Italia ed in Oriente durante i secoli XII e XIII, 1926.