Manfred I, margrave of Turin

Margrave of Turin

Count of Auriate

Margrave Susa-Piemonte

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1000.

Place of Death: unknown.

Previté-Orton (p. 149) states that he was dead by 31 July 1001. Wolf gives between 991 and 1001.

Relationships

Father: Arduin “Glaber”, margrave of Turin.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 148), by Pivano, by Bertolini, and by Wolf.

Mother: unknown.

Pivano states that she was a daughter of Manfredo di Mosezzo. Previté-Orton (p. 148 fn2) notes that Count de Vesme argues that she was probably a sister of Milo, count of Verona, and of Manfredo, count of Lomello, based on the name Manfredo coming into the family and Adelaida’s possession of half of Mosezzo in 1061.

Spouse: Prangarda di Canossa.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (pp. 148-149), by Pivano, by Wolf, and by Bertolini.

Children:

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Olderic Manfred (992 - 29 October 1034), margrave of Susa and of Turin, married Berta degli Obertenghi.

Alric (died 7 December 1036), bishop of Asti.

Otto (died after 1029), margrave.

Hugo (died after 1029), margrave.

Atto (died after 1029).

Wido (died after 1029).

References

Bertolini, Margherita Giuliana. ”Arduino” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 4 (1962).

Creber, Alison Madeleine. Adelaide of Turin (c. 1014/24-1091): Imperial Politics and Regional Power in Eleventh-Century Northern Italy (PhD thesis, King’s College London; 2017).

Pivano, Silvio. “Arduinici” in Enciclopedia Italiana (1929)

Previté-Orton, Charles William. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000 - 1233). (Cambridge University Press: 1912).

Vergano, Ludovio. “Alrico” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani v. 2 (1960).

Wolf, Armin. Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen: Alternativen zu dem Werk von Eduard Hlawitschka. 2010. Selbstverlag des Herold, Berlin.