Events
Date of Birth: in the middle of the 1000s.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Provero states that Bonifacio was born in about the middle of the 11th century. He attested a donation in 1064.
Date of Death: shortly after 1127.
Place of Death: unknown.
Bonifacio is last recorded when he attested a 1127 donation.
Relationships
Father: Tete, margrave.
This relationship is given by Provero, by Bresslau (p. 399) and by Cognasso (p. 141, Tavola III). He is sometimes called Teotone, Oddone or Ottone.
Mother: Berta di Susa.
This relationship is given by Provero, by Bresslau (p. 399), and by Cognasso (p. 141).
Spouse: unknown.
(supposed) Spouse: Alix de Savoie.
This relationship is given by Palluel-Guillard and by Cawley. Cawley notes that Szabolcs de Vajay states that Alix never existed, but tentatively gives her as a wife, citing a charter referring to her. Usseglio (p. 424) dismisses the charter as a fabrication.
Spouse: the widow of his brother, Anselmo.
This relationship is given by Provero.
Spouse: Agnès de Vermandois.
This relationship is given by Provero.
Children (by the widow of this brother, Anselmo):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Provero. Sources disagree about who the mothers of several of the children were.)
Bonifacio "d'Incisa"
A daughter.
Children (by Agnès de Vermandois):
Manfredo I, marquis of Saluzzo, married Eleonora.
Guglielmo, marquis of Busca.
Ugo.
Anselmo, marquis of Ceva.
Enrico “il Guercio” (about 1115 - 1184), marquis of Savona, married Comitissa.
Bonifacio “minor”.
Ottone "bovarius"
Sibilla married Guillaume (VI), lord of Montpellier.
Adelaida.
References
Bresslau, Harry. Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reiches unter Konrad II. Erster Band (Leipzig:1879). pp. 399-404.
Cognasso, Francesco. Il Piemonte Nell’ Età Sveva (Torino: 1968).
Cawley, Charles. “BONIFACIO” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Palluel-Guillard, André. “Pierre I” in La Maison de Savoie.
Previté-Orton, Charles William. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000 - 1233). (Cambridge University Press: 1912).
Provero, Luigi. “Vasto, Bonifacio del” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 24 (1980).
Tallone, Armando, Regesto dei Marchesi di Saluzzo (Biblioteca della Società Storica Subalpina XVI) (Pinerolo: 1906).
Usseglio, L. “I Marchesi del Vasto” in Rivista Storica Italiana Volume 10 (Torino:1893) pp. 385-429.