Manfred V was
marquess of Saluzzo from 1330 and 1332, and later usurper from 1341–1342.
He was the second son of
Manfred IV of Saluzzo and first by his second wife, Isabella Doria. The influence of his mother at court caused his father to appoint him to succeed him as sixth
marquess of Saluzzo. However, on the elder Manfred's death in 1330, his eldest son,
Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
= Anhalt-Harzgerode =
* Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
= Austria =
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria fro ...
, contested the throne and a civil war broke out. Through the intercession of Frederick's cousin,
Amadeus VI of Savoy
Amadeus VI (4 January 1334 – 1 March 1383), nicknamed the Green Count () was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. He was the eldest son of Aymon, Count of Savoy, and Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat. Though he began his rule under a regency, ...
, Manfred was forced, after being caught in a sex scandal with his own mother, to cede the throne to his brother in 1334.
After the death of Frederick in 1336, Manfred declared war on the legitimate heir, his young nephew
Thomas II. His army was mostly composed by
Angevin mercenaries. In 1341, after a short siege, Saluzzo surrendered and his troops sacked it, destroying also the castle. Thomas was imprisoned.
However, when the fortunes of Manfred's protector
Robert of Anjou,
King of Naples
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House of Anjou
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, declined after the
battle of Gamenario, he was compelled by the
Viscontis to abandon Saluzzo in 1342. He died in
Pavia
Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086.
The city was a major polit ...
in 1392 and was buried in the
church of San Francesco.
References
Manfred 5
14th-century deaths
Aleramici
Year of birth unknown
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