Proper noun
Montferrat
A historical region in Piedmont, Italy, comprising parts of Asti and Alessandria.
An election forced Richard to accept Conrad of Montferrat as King of Jerusalem, and he sold Cyprus to his defeated protégé, Guy. Source: Internet
Fifth Tale (I, 5) The Marchioness of Montferrat by a banquet of hens seasoned with wit checks the mad passion of the King of France. Source: Internet
Friends of the young Alexios II now tried to form a party against the empress mother and the prōtosebastos; Alexios II's half-sister Maria, wife of Caesar John ( Renier of Montferrat ), stirred up riots in the streets of the capital. Source: Internet
Events Births * February 5 John II, Marquess of Montferrat (d. Source: Internet
Captured by Boniface, Alexios and his retinue were sent to Montferrat before being brought back to Thessalonica in c. 1209. Source: Internet
Crete was initially granted to leading Crusader Boniface of Montferrat in the partition of spoils that followed. Source: Internet