Montferrat
Proper noun
Meaning
Montferrat
A historical region in Piedmont, Italy, comprising parts of Asti and Alessandria.
Examples
An election forced Richard to accept Conrad of Montferrat as King of Jerusalem, and he sold Cyprus to his defeated protégé, Guy.
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.
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.
Events Births * February 5 John II, Marquess of Montferrat (d.
Captured by Boniface, Alexios and his retinue were sent to Montferrat before being brought back to Thessalonica in c. 1209.
Crete was initially granted to leading Crusader Boniface of Montferrat in the partition of spoils that followed.