Alessina (Monferrato) von Holstein (abt. 1248 - 1285)

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Alessina Monferrato was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Alessina di Montferrato, was the elder or only daughter of Bonifazio II, Marchese di Montferrato, and his wife Marguerite de Savoie.^[1]

Her birth date is unknown, but as she was described as a child (inpuberem) in the will of her father dated 12 June 1253,^[1] a birth date of circa 1248 is possible, particularly as her mother was born about 1224 to 1228.^[1] The will is the first document where she is mentioned.^[2]

First marriage and children

She was betrothed on 6 October 1262 to Albrecht I, Herzog von Braunschweig und Luneburg, as his second wife,^[1] but the marriage didn't take place until 1 November 1266 and in Kenilworth in England.^[1]; ^[2]

They had seven children^[2]

1. Heinrich I, born 1267, probably in August, succeeded in Grubenhagen;
2. Albrecht II, born circa 1268, succeded in Gottingen;
3. Wilhelm I, born circa 1270, succeeded in Wolfenbuttel;
4. Otto, born 1271;
5. Konrad, born circa 1272;
6. Luder, born circa 1275
7. Mechtild, born circa 1276.

Albrecht died in Braunschweig on 15 August 1279.^[2]

Second marriage

Alessina married in 1282, Gerhard I, Graf von Holstein-Schaeunburg in Itzehoe,^[2] again as his second wife. There were no children from this marriage.

Alessina died in February 1285. Sources vary as to whether it was the 4 or 5 February^[2] or 6 February.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Cawley, C., 'Monferrato, Saluzzo: Chapter 1C - Marchese di Montferrato 1111-1303', in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families (version 3.3 15 November 2017). Available at Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (FMG), (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MONFERRATO,%20SALUZZO,%20SAVONA.htm#Adalasiadied1285 : accessed 19 August 2018).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Schwennicke, D. ed., Europäische Stammtafeln, neue folge, Band I.1. Die fränkischen Könige und die Könige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfürsten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation, Frankfurt Am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Tafel 19.