Manfredo V, marchese di Saluzzo

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Manfredo V del Vasto (Saluzzo, ... – 1392) fu usurpatore del marchesato di Saluzzo. Primo signore di Cardè.

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BIOGRAPHY Manfredo V, marchese di Saluzzo, was the son of Manfredo IV, marchese di Saluzzo, and his second wife Isabella Doria. He was margrave of Saluzzo from 1330 to 1332, and later usurper from 1341 to 1342. The influence of his mother at court caused his father to appoint Manfredo to succeed him as sixth margrave of Saluzzo. However, on the elder Manfredo's death in 1330, his eldest son Federigo contested the throne and a civil war broke out. Through the intercession of their cousin Aymone, comte de Savoie, Manfredo was forced to cede the throne to his brother in 1334.

In 1333 Manfredo had married Eleonore de Savoie, daughter of Philippe de Savoie, prince of Achaja and Morea, and Cathérine de La Tour du Pin. Their son Tommaso would have progeny.

After the death of Federigo in 1336, Manfredo declared war on the legitimate heir, his young nephew Tommaso II. His army was mostly composed of Angevine mercenaries. In 1341, after a short siege, Saluzzo surrendered and his troops sacked it, also destroying the castle. Tommaso was imprisoned. However, the fortunes of Manfredo's protector Robert d'Anjou, king of Naples and Sicily, declined after the Battle of Gamenario of 22 April 1345, a decisive battle of the wars between the Guelfs (Angevins) and Ghibellines (Lombards), in which the Ghibellines were victorious, dealing a severe blow to Angevin influence in Piedmont. In consequence Manfredo was compelled by the Viscontis to abandon Saluzzo in 1342.