See also

Family of Otto of MONTFERRAT and Gerberga of ITALY

Husband: Otto of MONTFERRAT (c. 965-991)
Wife: Gerberga of ITALY (945- )
Children: William III + of MONTFERRAT (970-1041)
Riprando of MONTFERRAT (c. 972- )
Otta of MONTFERRAT (c. 974- )
Waldrada of MONTFERRAT (c. 976- )

Husband: Otto of MONTFERRAT

Name: Otto of MONTFERRAT
Sex: Male
Father: Alerum + of MONTFERRAT (c. 960-967)
Mother: Gerberga of ITALY (945- )
Birth 0965 (est) Italy
Occupation Margrave of Montferrat
Title Margrave of Montferrat
Death 0991 (age 25-26)

Wife: Gerberga of ITALY

Name: Gerberga of ITALY
Sex: Female
Father: Berenger II + (919- )
Mother: Willa + of TUSCANY (924- )
Birth 0945 Italy

Child 1: William III + of MONTFERRAT

Name: William III + of MONTFERRAT
Sex: Male
Spouse: Waza + (915- )
Birth 0970 Montferrat, Piedmont, Italy
Occupation Margrave of Montferrat
Title frm 0991 to 1042 (age 20-72) Margrave of Montferrat
Death 1041 (age 70-71)

Child 2: Riprando of MONTFERRAT

Name: Riprando of MONTFERRAT
Sex: Male
Birth 0972 (est)

Child 3: Otta of MONTFERRAT

Name: Otta of MONTFERRAT
Sex: Female
Birth 0974 (est)

Child 4: Waldrada of MONTFERRAT

Name: Waldrada of MONTFERRAT
Sex: Female
Birth 0976 (est)

Note on Husband: Otto of MONTFERRAT

Otto I (also Otho or Ottone) (died 991) was the Margrave of Montferrat briefly following his father Aleram on the throne.

 

Otto was the son of Aleram and his first wife. Notably obscure, he did not appear with his parents and his younger brother Anselm at the foundation of the monstery of Grazzano in 961. On Aleram's death in 967, the great marca Aleramica was broken up: Montferrat went to Otto and Liguria to Anselm. Their elder brother William II had already deceased.

 

In his own lifetime, Otto does not appear in any document with the margravial title, but he appears in the documents of later generations cited as such. He appears in a confirmation of the possessions of the abbacy of Fruttuaria with the title in a patronymic. He probably never used the title in life, but his descendents retroactively applied it to him, as he held the same post as they.

 

Otto died in 991, as known by the foundation act of his son for the monastery of Spigno, which Otto himself had planned on building.[1] By his unnamed wife, he left two sons: an eldest named William, who succeeded him, and younger named Riprando. He also left two daughters, Otta and Waldrada (Gualderada).