List of Famous people with last name Montferrat
Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
Boniface II, called the Giant, was the eleventh Marquis of Montferrat from 1225 until his death. He became the titular King of Thessalonica in 1239.
William IX, Marquess of Montferrat
William IX Palaeologus was Marquis of Montferrat from 1494 until his death. He was a member of the House of Palaeologus-Montferrat, a cadet branch of the Palaiologos dynasty which had once ruled the Byzantine Empire.
Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat
Secondotto Palaeologus was the Margrave of Montferrat from 1372 to his death, the third of the House of Palaeologus-Montferrat. His name Secondotto may derive from his being the second Otto to rule Montferrat in his own right, though he would really be Otto III. More probably it is derived from Saint Secundus, the patron saint of Asti, which his father treated as the capital of the marquisate. The Otto may be in honour of Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, a close ally of his father.
William VI, Marquess of Montferrat
William VI was the tenth Marquis of Montferrat from 1203 and titular King of Thessalonica from 1207.
Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat
Amadea Palaiologina of Monferrato (1418–1440), was a queen consort of Cyprus, wife of king John II of Cyprus.
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga was the only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua and Montferrat, and the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga.
John III, Marquess of Montferrat
John III Palaeologus was the Margrave of Montferrat from 1378 to his death. He was the second son of John II of Montferrat and Isabella of Majorca and brother and successor of Secondotto. On 3 January 1379, John III was installed as margrave under the regency of his uncle Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.
Blanche of Montferrat
Blanche of Montferrat was the duchess of Savoy as the wife of Charles I of Savoy. She acted as regent for her only son Charles from 1490 until his accidental death in 1496.
Prince Oddone, Duke of Montferrat
Oddone of Savoy was an Italian humanist and philanthropist. He was the fourth child and third eldest son of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and his wife Adelaide of Austria. He was a Prince of Savoy.
Sophia of Montferrat
Sophia of Montferrat was a Byzantine empress by marriage to John VIII Palaiologos.