Paleologhi di Montferrato
Theodore Palaiologos, Margrave of Montferrato (1306-38) =Teodoro I, *Constantinople 1291, +Casale 21.4.1338, he inherted his mothers margravate of Montferrat; m.Hagia Sophia, Constantinople X.1307 Argentina Spinola (*Genoa ca 1295, +Casale 1337), dau.of Obizzino di Corrado Spinola, Duke of Genoa by Violante di Saluzzo

• A1. Giovanni II, Mgve of Montferrato (1338-72), Signore di Asti (1339-40)+(1356-60)+(1361-72), Signore di Novara (1356-58), Vicario Imperiale 1355, *Casale 1313, +Casale 20.3.1372; 1m: 1337 Cecile de Comminges, Cts de Astarac (+25.6.1354); 2m: Montpellier 4.9.1358 Isabel de Majorca (*1337, +after 1403), titular Queen of Majorca
  • B1. [2m.] Ottone II dit Secondotto, Mgve of Montferrato (1372-78), Signore d'Ivrea, *Casale 1358/61, +k.a.Parma/Piacenza 16.12.1378; m.2.8.1377 Violante Visconti (*1354 +XI.1386)
  • B2. Giovanni III, Mgve of Montferrato (1378-81), *Casale 1360, +Acqui 25.8.1381
  • B3. Teodoro II, Mgve of Montferrato (1381-1418), Captain general (=Doge) of Genoa (1409-13), Signore di Savona (1409-13), Imperial vicary in Italy, *Casale 1364, +Moncalvo 26.5./2.12.1418; 1m: Argentina (+1387), dau.of Marquis Leonard de Malaspina di Lunigiani; 2m: 8.9.1393 Joanna de Bar (+15.1.1402); 3m: 17.1.1403 Pss Margherita of Achaia (*VI.1390 +23.11.1464)
    • C1. [2m.]Gian Giacomo, Mgve of Montferrato (1418-45), Conte d'Acqui (1414-18), *Trino 23.3.1395, +Casale 13.3.1445; m.26.4.1411 Pss Giovanna of Savoy (*16.7.1392 +I.1460)
      • D1. Giovanni IV, Mgve of Montferrato (1445-64), Conte d'Acqui (1418-45), *Casale 24.6.1413, +Casale 29.1.1464; m.2.5.1458 Pss Margherita of Savoy (*IV.1439 +9.3.1483/85)
        • E1. Helena Margherita di Montferrato, *1459/64, +25.7.1496, bur Glatz; m.1480 Duke Viktorin II of Münsterberg (*29.5.1443 +30.8.1500)
        • E2. [illegitimate] Scipione, Signore di Cellamonte e Rosignano 1463, *Casale ca 1460, +k.a.Casale 25.3.1485
        • E3. [illegitimate] Sara, a nun in Casale, *Casale 1462, +Casale 1503
      • D2. Sebastiano Ottone, *Casale 16.1.1419, +Casale 15.4.1419
      • D3. Guglielmo VIII, Mgve of Montferrato (1464-83), *Casale 19.7.1420, +Casale 1483; 1m: 19.1.1465 Cts Marie de Foix (*after 1452 +1467); 2m: Milano 18.7.1469 Elisabetta Maria (*Milan 1456, +Casale 1473), dau.of Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan; 3m: 6.1.1474 Jeanne Bernardine (*ca 1450, +Casale 17.2.1485), dau.of Jean I de Brosse, by Nicole de Chatillon, Css de Penthiévre
        • E1. [1m.] Giovanna, *Casale 1466, +Saluzzo 1490; m.1481 Mgve Ludovico II del Vasto, Mgve of Saluzzo (*29.3.1429 +27.1.1504)
        • E2. [2m.] Lucrezia, *Casale 1468, +Ferrara 1508; 1m: Pietro Alciati; 2m: 1485 Gian Bartolomeo del Carretto, Marchese di Novello, Gorzegno e Monesiglio (*Gerbole ca 1450, +Casale 1493); 2m: 1495 Rinaldo d'Este (*ca 1435 +8.4.1503), illegitimate son of Niccolo III Lord of Modena
        • E3. [2m.] Bianca, titula Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia, *Casale 1472, +Turin 30.3.1519; m.1.4.1485 Duke Carlo I of Savoy (*29.3.1468 +13.3.1490)
        • E4. [illegitimate] Annibale, Signore di Frassinello 1477, *ca 1460, +Casale 1523
      • D4. Bonifacio III, Mgve of Montferrato (1483-93) abdicated, *Casale 13.6.1424, +Casale 31.1.1494; 1m: ca 1470 Orvietana di Campo-Fregoso (*ca 1455 +1482); 2m: 31.8.1483 Cts Helene de Brosse-Penthiévre (*ca 1460, +Casale VIII.1484), dau.of Jean I de Brosse; 3m: Innsbruck 1485 Pss Marija Kantakuzaina Brankovic of Raska (*1466 +27.8.1495)
        • E1. Guglielmo IX Secondo Lazzaro, Mgve of Montferrato (1494-1518), Conte d'Acqui, *Pontestura 10.8.1486, +Trino 4.10.1518; m.Blois 31.8.1508 Pss Anne d'Alençon, Dame de La Guerche (*30.10.1492, +18.10.1562)
          • F1. Bonifacio IV, Mgve of Montferrato (1518-30), Conte d'Acqui, *Casale 21.9.1512, +Casale 17.10.1530
          • F2. Maria, Mgvne of Montferrato (1533-60), a nun in Casale, *Casale 19.9.1508/09, +Casale/Mantua 15.9.1530; m.1517 OR (only proposed) to Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantova (*Mantua 17.5.1500, +Mantua 28.6.1540)
          • F3. Margherita, Mgvne of Montferrato (1533-66), heiress of Montferrat, *Casale 11.8.1510, +Mantova 28.12.1566; m.Mantova 3.10.1531 Federico II Gonzaga, Duca di Mantova (*17.5.1500 +28.6.1540)
        • E2. Giangiorgio Sebastiano or Jean-Georges, Abbot of Lucedio (1507-18), Bp of Casale (1517-18), Mgve of Montferrato (1530-33), *Casale 20.1.1488, +Casale 30.4.1533; m.Ferrara 29.3.1533 Pss Giulia di Napoli (*ca 1492 +10.3.1542)
          • F1. [illegitimate] Flaminio, Signore di San Giorgio e Caluso 1532, *Casale 1507, +Goito in prison 24.5.1571; m.Lucia (+24.9.1593), dau.of Nobile Sigismondo Fanzini of Mantua, they had issue
            • G1. Ferdinando, he had issue exctincted in 2Oth century
            • G2. Teodoro, he had issue still living
            • G3. Margherita; m.11.7.1589 N Scazzoso
        • E3. [illegitimate] Francesca, +Rome 1561; m.1495 Pr Konstadini Arianiti Kominatos Komnenos (*Durres 1456, +Montefiore 8.5.1530), an Albanian nobleman
      • D5. Teodoro, Abbot of Lucedio 1467, Cardinal 1467, Bp of Casale (1475-81), *Casale 14.8.1452, +Casale 21.1.1481
      • D6. Aimee/Amadea, Queen of Cyprus, titular Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia, *3.8.1429, +Nicosia 13.9.1440; m.V.1435/1440 Jean III de Lusignan (*16.5.1418 +28.7.1458), King of Cyprus
      • D7. Isabella, *Moncalvo 7.9.1427, +Manta Castle 1470/after 1475; m.7.8.1435 Ludovico I del Vasto, Mgve of Saluzzo (*1406, +8.4.1475)
    • C2. [2m.]Sibilla, *Casale 1397, +Casale 1401
    • C3. [2m.]Sofia, Emps of Constantinople, *Casale 1396/99, +Turin 10.12.1437; 1m: 1406 (anulled 1411) Filippo Maria Visconti, Ct of Pavia (*Milan 23.9.1392, +Milan 13.8.1447); 2m: 19.1.1421 (div 1426) Ióannés VIII Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium (*16.12.1392, +31.10.1448)
  • B4. Guglielmo, Cte di Montferrato, *Casale 1365, +Saluzzo VI.1400
  • B5. [1m.] Margherita, senora d'Acqui, *Casale 1364, +Saragosa/Urgel 1420; m.1375 Pedro de Urgel (*1340 +Balaguer 28.6.1408)
• A2. Yolande/Violante, *Moncalvo VI.1318, +Chambery 4/24.12.1342; m.1.5.1330 Ct Aymon of Savoy (*15.12.1291 +22.6.1343)
• A3. [illegitimate] Giovanni, Gonfaloniere di Asti, Signore di Montemagno, *Casale 1412, +k.a.Gamerario 23.4.1445; m. VII.1431 Blanche de Thorpe (*Glemsford Castle ca 1310, +ca 1360), dau.of Edmund Baron of Glemsford

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