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Montferrat

Montferrat was a marquisate in Lombardy during the Middle Ages. Its marquises and their family members were related to the Kings of France and the Holy Roman Emperors and frequently participated in the Crusades.

Marquis William III had three notable sons, two of whom succeeded him:

• Conrad of Montferrat, titular king of Jerusalem
• Boniface of Montferrat, founder of the Kingdom of Thessalonica
• William Longsword, father of Baldwin V of Jerusalem

The marquisate passed into the Byzantine Palaeologus family in the 14th century. It then passed to Spain (1533-1536), Mantua (1536-1708), and finally to the Kingdom of Savoy.

Marquises

Aleramo dynasty

• Aleramo (967-?)
• Otto I (?-?)
• William I (990-1017)
• Otto II (1017-1084)
• William II (1084-c.1101)
  • Rainier (1084-c.1136)
• William III (c.1136-1191)
• Conrad (1191-1192)
• Boniface I (1192-1207)
• William IV (1207-1225)
• Boniface II (1225-1253)
• William V (1253-1290)
• John (1290-1305)

Palaeologan dynasty

• Theodore I (1305-1338)
• John II (1338-1372)
• Secondotto (1372-1378)
• John III (1378-1381)
• Theodore II (1381-1418)
• John James (1418-1445)
• John IV (1445-1464)
• William VI (1464-1483)
• Boniface III (1483-1494)
• William VII (1494-1518)
• Boniface IV (1518-1530)
• John George (1530-1533)

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Montferrat is also the name of several communes in France:

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