margraviate · Italy
Marquisate of Saluzzo
Origins
The marquisate was formed in 1142 when the lands of Boniface del Vasto were divided among his sons, and Manfred I received Saluzzo and the upper valleys of the Po, Varaita and Maira.
Rule and society
The marquises ruled from their castle at Saluzzo over a small state of mountain valleys and plain. Squeezed between the County of Savoy and the Dauphiné, they often sought French protection. Marquis Thomas III wrote the allegorical romance Le Chevalier errant around 1400. Ludovico II opened the Buco di Viso tunnel under the Alps around 1480 to trade salt and goods with Provence, and the town flourished as a small Renaissance court.
Decline and legacy
After quarrels in the ruling family, King Henry II of France annexed the marquisate in 1548. It was occupied by Charles Emmanuel I of the Duchy of Savoy in 1588 and formally ceded to Savoy by the Treaty of Lyon in 1601.
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- Marquisate of Saluzzo was part of Kingdom of Italy (medieval)1142 CE – 1548 CE
- Marquisate of Saluzzo was conquered by Kingdom of France1548 CE – 1588 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Marquisate of Saluzzo. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/marquisate-of-saluzzo
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