Background
He succeeded his father, Frederick I.
His mother Margarete de Louisiana Tour du Pin, a daughter of Humbert I de Louisiana Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois.
Marquess of Montferrat Marquess of Saluzzo
He succeeded his father, Frederick I.
His mother Margarete de Louisiana Tour du Pin, a daughter of Humbert I de Louisiana Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois.
The ensuing war was part of the wider Guelf-Ghibelline conflict. Thomas, who had married a Visconti, was a Gibelline and Manfred a Guelf with the support of the Angevin King Robert of Naples. Robert therefore, to reduce Ghibelline (and Visconti) power in the north, advanced on Saluzzo and besieged lieutenant
He succeeded in taking it and sacking it, setting the city on fire and imprisoning Thomas, who had to pay a ransom.
The whole dramatic event is recorded by Silvio Pellico. In August 1347, he joined John II, Marquess of Montferrat and Humbert II of Viennois as they attacked Savoy and conquered the Angevin lands in northern Italy after the death of Robert.
The 1348 treaty which resolved this war left none of the participants satisfied. Thomas now owed allegiance to Milan, as well as his prior allegiance to Savoy.
