Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato) is part of the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy. It comprises the modern provinces of Asti and Alessandria. Within the territory of Montferrat are located the most important centres of Italian wine and spumante production. Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Asti (It. ... Alessandria (It. ... A glass of red wine This article is about the beverage. ... Spumante is a type of Italian wine similar to French Champagne. ...

Originally a county, it was elevated to marquessate under count Aleramo in 961, following the transition of power in Northern Italy from Berengar of Ivrea to Otto I of Germany. Its marquesses and their family members were related to the Kings of France and the Holy Roman Emperors. Members of the family participated frequently in the Crusades, and intermarried with the royal family of Jerusalem and the Byzantine Imperial families of Comnenus and Palaeologus. A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe China and Japan. ... Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ... The following list of German Kings and Emperors is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a short-lived country established in the 12th century by the First Crusade. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus The Comnenus family was an important family in the history of the Byzantine Empire. ... The Palaeologus family was the last dynasty ruling the Byzantine Empire. ...

The descendants of Aleramo in the male line ruled Montferrat until it passed to the Imperial Byzantine Palaeologus family in 1305. It was briefly controlled by Spain (1533-1536) before it passed to the Gonzaga Dukes of Mantua (1536-1708). With the War of the Mantuan Succession (1628-1631) a piece of the marquisate passed to the Kingdom of Savoy, the remainder passing to Savoy in 1708, as Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor gained possession of the Gonzaga territory. The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Palaeologus family was the last dynasty ruling the Byzantine Empire. ... Gonzaga is the name of an historical Italian family of rulers, for which, see below. ... Gonzaga (Corradi di Gonzaga), Lords 1328, than Marqueses, than 1545 Dukes of Mantua Luigi I 1328-1360 Guido 1360-1369 Luigi II 1369-1382 Francesco I 1382-1407 Gianfrancesco, first Marquese 1407-1444 Luigi III 1444-1478 Federico I 1478-1484 Francesco II 1484-1519 Federico II/I as duke... 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 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.S. Bach appointed as chamber musician and... 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

• Aleramo (954-991)
  • Otho I (c.969-bef.991), co-ruler?. Son of Aleramo
• William I (991-bef.1042), son of Otho I
• Otho II (bef.1042-c.1084), son of William I
• William II (c.1084-c.1100), son of Otho II
• Renier I (c.1100-c.1136), son of William II
  • William (c.1100-c.1127), co-ruler. Son of William II
• William III (c.1136-1191), son of Renier I
• Conrad (1191-1192), son of William III. King of Jerusalem
• Boniface I (1192-1207), son of William III. King of Thessalonica from 1205
• William IV (1207-1225), son of Boniface I
• Boniface II (1225-1253/55), son of William IV. Titular king of Thessalonica (1239/49-1255)
• William V (55-1292), son of Boniface II. Titular king of Thessalonica
• John (1292-1305), co-ruler from 1290, son of William V. 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 VI (1464-1483), son of John Jacob
• Boniface III (1483-1494), son of John Jacob
• William VII (1494-1518), son of Boniface III
• Boniface IV (1518-1530), son of William VII
• John George (1530-1533), son of Boniface III

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Gonzaga dynasty

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

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• Montferrat, in the Isère département
• Montferrat, in the Var département