Boniface del Vasto, Margrave of Savona and Western Liguria

1055 - 1125  (70 years)

• Name	Boniface del Vasto
  Birth	About 1055  [2]
  General Information	He was also known as Boniface de Saluzzo. Boniface was also the guardian of his brother Manfred's children: Henry del Vasto, who married Flandrina, a daughter of Roger I of Sicily, and Adelaide del Vasto, who was Roger's third wife. Following Roger's death, Adelaide married Baldwin I of Jerusalem. Two of Manfred's unnamed daughters married Roger I of Sicily's sons from previous relationships, Jordan, Count of Syracuse, and Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa (who may have died before the marriage actually took place).  [2]
  Miscellaneous	1079 (24 years)  [1, 2]
  As his first wife, Boniface intended to marry an unnamed woman who had been betrothed to his brother, Anselm, before his death. In 1079 Pope Gregory VII commissioned the bishops of Turin, Asti and Alba to convince Boniface del Vasto not to marry the woman, because her betrothal to his brother created a relationship of affinity between them.
  Title(s)	1084 (29 years)  [2]
  In 1084 he became the Margrave of Savona and Western Liguria.
  Death	About 1125  [2]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Otto   (Father)  Bertha  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I7325	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage: Boniface is sometimes said to have married Alice of Savoy, the daughter of Peter of Savoy. This is unlikely, however, since Boniface and Alice were first-cousins-once-removed (Boniface's mother Bertha and Alice's grandmother Adelaide were sisters), and thus far too closely related to be permitted to marry according to canon law. [2]

  
  

Father	Otto
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Bertha
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F8206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Agnes of Vermandois
Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1]
Children	7 sons and 1 daughter
+   1. Manfred I, Marquis of Saluzzo   d. 1175, Italy  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Eleanor de Arborea  m. 1175     2. William del Vasto, Lord of Busca  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Hugh del Vasto  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Anselm del Vasto  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Henry del Vasto  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Otto Boverio del Vasto, Margrave of Loreto  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Boniface del Vasto, Bishop of Cortemilla  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   8. Sybil del Vasto  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ William IV of Montpellier
Family ID	F5353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	13 Aug 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Boniface del Vasto, Margrave of Savona and Western Liguria(1055 – 1125) 2Otto 4 8 16 17 9 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Bertha 6Ulric Manfred II of Turin, Count of Turin(992 – 29 Oct 1033/34) 12Manfred I, Marchese di Turino( – 1000) 24Ardoino III Glabrione, Count and Marchese of Turino and Count of Auriate( – 975) 25daughter di Mozezzo 13Prangarda di Canossa( – 991) 26Adalbert II of Canossa, Count of Modena and Canossa( – 988) 27Hildegard 7Bertha 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Del Vasto

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1758] Previt-Orton, Charles William. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233), (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1912). [S304] Wikipedia, Boniface del Vasto.