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Manfred I or Maginfred (died {{circa|lk=no|1000}}) was the second Arduinici marquis of Susa from 977 until his death. __NOTOC__Manfred was the eldest son of Arduin Glaber, from whom he inherited the county of Auriate and the vast March of Susa.{{sfnp|Sergi|1971|pp=659 ff}} The march extended from the Susa Valley by the Alps south across the Po to the Ligurian Sea. Although he ruled for almost twenty-five years, there is little evidence of his activities in surviving sources. Under him, Pavia became a mercantile city.{{sfnp|Trillmich|1991|p=348}} He also controlled the road between Genoa and Marseilles.{{sfnp|Trillmich|1991|p=348}}Manfred married Prangarda, daughter of Adalbert Atto of Canossa, probably after 962.{{sfnp|Previté-Orton|1912|pp=148 ff}} With Prangarda Manfred had several children, including:{{sfnp|Previté-Orton|1912|pp=149, 165 f}}

• Ulric Manfred
• Alric
• Otto
• Atto
• Hugo
• Wido

Gundulph, father of St Anselm, may have been one of his sons or grandsons.{{sfnp|Rule|1883|pp=1–4}}

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Citations

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Bibliography

• {{citation |last=Previté-Orton |first=C.W. |title=The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) |date=1912 |url=https://archive.org/stream/earlyhistoryofho00prevuoftpage/n5/mode/2up |location=Cambridge }}.
• {{citation |last=Rule |first=Martin |title=The Life and Times of St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Britons, Vol. I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUBTzaMXEDEC |location=London |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co. |date=1883 |isbn=9781974119073 }}
• {{citation |last=Sergi |first=G. |contribution=Una grande circoscrizione del regno italico: la marca arduinica di Torino |title=Studi Medievali, No. XII |date=1971 |pages=637–712 }}. {{in lang|it}}
• {{citation |last=Trillmich |first=W. |title=Kaiser Konrad II und seine Zeit |date=1991 }}. {{in lang|de}}

External links

• Manfred I, Markgraf von Turin (in German)
• Chronicon Novaliciense. ((wikisource:la:Chronicon Novaliciense|Chronicon Novaliciense) at Wikisource)

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