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Birth:          ABT  985 
Death:          23 Dec 1035 
Burial:         Turin

Notes
m bef 1014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulric_Manfred_II_of_Turin
Ulric Manfred II (Italian: Olderico Manfredi II; 975 x 992 – 29 October 1033 or 1034) or 
Manfred Ulric (Manfredo Udalrico) was the count of Turin and marquis of Susa in the 
early 11th century. He was the last male margrave from the Arduinid dynasty. Ulric 
Manfred's daughter, Adelaide, inherited the majority of his property. Through marriage 
to Adelaide (c.1045), Otto of Savoy, a younger son of Count Humbert I of Savoy 
became margrave of Turin. Their descendants would later comprise the House of 
Savoy who ruled Sardinia and Italy.
Biography[edit]

Born in Turin, Ulric Manfred was the son of Manfred I and Prangarda (daughter of 
Adalbert Atto of Canossa). Ulric Manfred inherited a vast march centred on Turin 
(1000), which had been created from the lands of his ancestor Arduin Glaber. An 
imperial diploma, dated 31 July 1001, records that, for his faithful service, Emperor 
Otto III confirmed Ulric Manfred's possessions and granted him several privileges.[1]

Ulric Manfred, immediately upon his succession, began to consolidate his power vis-
à-vis Arduin of the March of Ivrea on one hand and Henry II on the other. In the fight 
over the regnum Italicum, he gained a great deal of territory at the expense of the 
March of Ivrea.[2]

Two charters issued by Ulric Manfred and his wife Bertha (a sale to the priest Sigifred, 
son of Adalgis in 1021 and a donation to the monastery of S. Solutore in Turin in 
1031), give a good impression of the cities and counties that Ulric Manfred controlled, 
which included: Turin, Ivrea, Albenga, Ventimiglia, Auriate, Tortona, and Vercelli.[3] In 
all the wars between Arduin and Henry, Ulric Manfred prudently avoided any 
confrontation with the two leaders and gradually extended his territories by arms (he 
was at war with the margrave of Tuscany, Boniface III, in 1016) and by increasing his 
authority within his proper domains. In 1024, following the death of Henry II, he 
opposed the election of Conrad II and instead invited William V of Aquitaine to take 
the Italian throne, but to no avail.[4]

Ulric Manfred had a palace in Turin, but like many other medieval lords, he lived an 
itinerant life. He moved from castle to castle in order to maintain his control and to 
effect the administration of his dominions. It is often said that Ulric Manfred's daughter 
Adelaide abandoned Turin as a capital and began to reside permanently at Susa. This 
is incorrect. Adelaide is documented far more frequently at the margravial palace in 
Turin than anywhere else.[5]

Around 1028, Ulric Manfred, along with his brother, Bishop Alric of Asti, Archbishop 
Aribert of Milan and Bishop Landulf of Turin acted to suppress a heretical movement 
which had developed at Monforte.[6]

Ulric Manfred restored the old church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Susa and Novalesa 
Abbey. In May 1028 with his wife Bertha, Ulric Manfred founded the convent of Santa 
Maria at Caramagna. The following year, in July 1029, along with his wife, Bertha, and 
his brother, Bishop Alric of Asti, Ulric Manfred founded the Benedictine abbey in of S. 
Giusto in Susa, which housed the relics of Saint Justus of Novalesa. The church of 
the Abbey of San Giusto is now Susa Cathedral.

Ulric Manfred fortified the villages of Exilles and Bardonecchia.

He died in 1033 or 1034 and was buried in Turin Cathedral.[7]

Family[edit]

Ulric Manfred married Bertha by 1014 at the latest (that year, Emperor Henry II 
confirmed their joint donation to the abbey of Fruttuaria).[8]

With Bertha, Ulric Manfred had three daughters:[9]
Adelaide, his heir
Immilla
Bertha

Parents
OF TURIN Manfredo I (ABT  960 - ABT 1000)
DI CANOSSA Prangarda (ABT  960 - )

Siblings
____ Odalrico Manfrido II (Ulric) (ABT  985 - 23 Dec 1035)

Marriage To OF ESTE Bertha (ABT  997 - 29 Dec 1037)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Oberto (Humbert) I (ABT  955 - ABT 1020)
____ Railinda (ABT  957 - )

Children by OF ESTE Bertha ABT  997 - 29 Dec 1037
VON SUSA Adelaide (ABT 1015 - 19 Dec 1091)
OF TURIN Immilla (ABT 1020 - 21 Jan 1078)
OF TURIN Berta (ABT 1023 - AFT 1064)

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