Boniface del Vasto, Margrave of Savona and Western Liguria

1055 - 1125  (70 years)

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• Name	Boniface del Vasto
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  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 (Age 24)  [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 (Age 29)  [2]
  In 1084 he became the Margrave of Savona and Western Liguria.
  Death	About 1125  [2]
  Person ID	I7325	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2021

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Agnes of Vermandois
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1]
  Children	1. Manfred I, Marquis of Saluzzo   d. 1175, Italy   2. William del Vasto, Lord of Busca   3. Hugh del Vasto   4. Anselm del Vasto   5. Henry del Vasto   6. Otto Boverio del Vasto, Margrave of Loreto   7. Boniface "The Younger" del Vasto, Bishop of Cortemilla   8. Sybil del Vasto
  Family ID	F5353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [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.