Background
He was the son of marquis John Jacob and Joanna of Savoy.
He was the son of marquis John Jacob and Joanna of Savoy.
When the conflict"s eastern front settled, Boniface had to face the advance of the Dukes of Savoy. He also conceded to the latter the title of Montferrat in case he would die without a male heir. 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, Marquess of Saluzzo, who was also a candidate to the succession.
Boniface sided the House of Savoy in the war against Saluzzo of 1486, and occupied several lands in the Langhe belonging to Ludovico World War II Boniface married three times, the first with Orvietana di Campofregoso, daughter of Pietro Campofregoso, doge of Genoa.