A report on Casale Monferrato and William VIII, Marquis of Montferrat
When William died in Casale Monferrato, he was succeeded by his brother Boniface III.
- William VIII, Marquis of MontferratIn 1471, after William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat had chosen Casale as the permanent location of the marquisate court, construction began of the church of San Domenico, to the north of Piazza Mazzini.
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Boniface III, Marquis of Montferrat
0 linksMarquis of Montferrat from 1483 until his death.
Marquis of Montferrat from 1483 until his death.
He succeeded his brother William VIII who had got involved in the War of Ferrara.
This decision was spurred by the assassination of Scipione Palaiologos, the illegitimate son of John IV of Montferrat who tried to gain the throne, at Casale Monferrato by his relative Ludovico II, Marquis of Saluzzo, who was also a candidate to the succession.