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Azalaïs of Montferrat

Female 1150 - 1232  (82 years)


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  1. 1.  Azalaïs of Montferrat was born in 1150; died in 1232; was buried in Staffarda Abbey, Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1164
    • Alternate death: Aft 1231

    Notes:

    Also Adelasia, Alasia, etc. Regent of Saluzzo during her grandson's minority.

    From Wikipedia:

    Like her brother Boniface, Azalaïs was a patron of troubadours. She is mentioned in Peire Vidal's song, Estat ai gran sazo:

    Dieus sal l'onrat marques
    E sa bella seror...
    (God save the honoured marquis
    And his beautiful sister)

    and is the dedicatee of his Bon' aventura don Dieus als Pizas.

    Around 1192, she had built the church of San Lorenzo, which she granted to the canons of San Lorenzo in Oulx; her eldest son, Boniface, named after her brother, is mentioned for the first time in the donation. However, Boniface died in 1212, and with the death of her husband in February 1215, Azalaïs became regent of Saluzzo for her grandson, Manfred III.

    In 1216, she made a treaty with Thomas I of Savoy for a marriage between his son Amadeus and her granddaughter Agnes. However, the marriage never took place, possibly on grounds of consanguinity, since Azalaïs was a first cousin of Thomas's father. Amadeus married Anne of Burgundy, and Agnes became Abbess of the Cistercian convent of Santa Maria della Stella in Rifreddo. Azalaïs also made political and ecclesiastical agreements with Alba and with the Bishop of Asti.

    When young Manfred reached his majority in 1218, Azalaïs returned to church patronage. In 1224, she endowed the convent of Rifreddo with the income of the church of San Ilario. In 1227, she made further grants to the canons of Oulx.

    Family/Spouse: Manfredo II del Vasto. Manfredo (son of Manfredo I del Vasto and Eliana) was born about 1140; died in 1215. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. (Unknown) del Vasto  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Bonifacio di Saluzzo  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1172; died in 1212.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  (Unknown) del Vasto Descendancy chart to this point (1.Azalaïs1)

    Notes:

    The identification of her parents comes to us from Leo van de Pas, whose cited source is Genealogie medievali di Sardegna Publicazione della Deputazione di Storia Patria per la Sardegna (1983).

    Family/Spouse: Guglielmo II del Vasto. Guglielmo (son of Guglielmo I del Vasto) died in 1219. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Giorgio del Vasto  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ceva, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died in 1268.

  2. 3.  Bonifacio di Saluzzo Descendancy chart to this point (1.Azalaïs1) was born about 1172; died in 1212.

    Notes:

    Marquis of Saluzzo. "In 1197 he was given extensive lands by his uncle Bonifacio di Monferrato. In 1212 he led an army in defense of Cuneo and perhaps died in battle." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

    Bonifacio married Maria di Torres on 24 Aug 1202. Maria (daughter of Comita III, Giudice of Logudoro and Ispella de Lacon-Serra) died after 1215. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Manfredo III di Saluzzo  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1204; died before 12 Oct 1244.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Giorgio del Vasto Descendancy chart to this point (2.(Unknown)2, 1.Azalaïs1) was born in of Ceva, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died in 1268.

    Notes:

    Also called Giorgio di Ceva. Marquis of Ceva. "Ruled for a time collegially with several of his brothers and continued actively the policies of his father." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

    Family/Spouse: Menzia. Menzia was born about 1210 in Ceva, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Aluigia del Vasto  Descendancy chart to this point died on 22 Aug 1291.

  2. 5.  Manfredo III di Saluzzo Descendancy chart to this point (3.Bonifacio2, 1.Azalaïs1) was born about 1204; died before 12 Oct 1244.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1205
    • Alternate death: 29 Oct 1244

    Notes:

    Third marquis of Saluzzo. "As vassal of Emperor Friedrich II waged a long war with the pro-papal city of Milan but after 1234 played the role of peacemaker for his warring neighbors." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

    Manfredo married Beatrice of Savoy in Mar 1233. Beatrice (daughter of Amedee of Savoy and Marguerite of Burgundy) was born on 4 Mar 1223; died before 10 May 1259. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Alice di Saluzzo  Descendancy chart to this point died between 4 Oct 1309 and 12 Jul 1311.
    2. 8. Tomasso di Saluzzo  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1239 in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died on 3 Dec 1296.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Aluigia del Vasto Descendancy chart to this point (4.Giorgio3, 2.(Unknown)2, 1.Azalaïs1) died on 22 Aug 1291.

    Notes:

    Also called Aluyisia; Aloisia; Luisia; Luigia; Alusia di Ceva.

    Aluigia married Tomasso di Saluzzo in 1258. Tomasso (son of Manfredo III di Saluzzo and Beatrice of Savoy) was born in 1239 in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died on 3 Dec 1296. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Alice di Saluzzo  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died on 25 Sep 1292; was buried in Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire, England.

  2. 7.  Alice di Saluzzo Descendancy chart to this point (5.Manfredo3, 3.Bonifacio2, 1.Azalaïs1) died between 4 Oct 1309 and 12 Jul 1311.

    Alice married Edmund de Lacy in May 1247 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. Edmund (son of John de Lacy and Margaret de Quincy) was born about 1230; died on 2 Jun 1258; was buried in Stanlaw Abbey, Wirrall, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Margaret de Lacy  Descendancy chart to this point was buried in Church of the Friars Preachers, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England.
    2. 11. Henry Lacy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1250; died on 5 Feb 1310 in London, England; was buried in St. Paul's, London, England.

  3. 8.  Tomasso di Saluzzo Descendancy chart to this point (5.Manfredo3, 3.Bonifacio2, 1.Azalaïs1) was born in 1239 in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died on 3 Dec 1296.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1240, of Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
    • Alternate birth: 1244
    • Alternate death: 1299

    Notes:

    Fourth marquis of Saluzzo. "Built a great palace for his family in 1270. In the battle of Roccavione in 1275 he caused Charles d'Anjou to lose Piedmont; fought Savoy in 1290." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

    Tomasso married Aluigia del Vasto in 1258. Aluigia (daughter of Giorgio del Vasto and Menzia) died on 22 Aug 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Alice di Saluzzo  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; died on 25 Sep 1292; was buried in Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire, England.


 

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