Frontier town · Marquisate of Montferrat · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Trino

Po town on the Vercelli border, coveted by Vercelli.

Who holds it

Name
Boniface I
Title
Marquis of Montferrat
Since
1192
Confidence
high

DBI.

Lord in 1200

Boniface of Montferrat, until he sells it with Pontestura to Vercelli on 22 July 1202.

Overlord

The emperor.

How things stand that morning

Montferrat's.

Threats

  • Vercelli

Trade and crafts

Po river traffic.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

  1. 22 July 1202 (beyond 1200)Sold to Vercelli with Pontestura.Depends on: Boniface's debts. Stopped by: Money from elsewhere.

Primary sources for Montferrat

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • The Conquest of Constantinople (Villehardouin), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (about 1207 to 1213). Opens with the preaching of Fulk of Neuilly and the tournament at Ecry (28 November 1199) where Theobald III of Champagne and Louis of Blois took the cross, then the taking of the cross by Baldwin of Flanders, Hugh of Saint-Pol, Geoffrey of Perche and others through early 1200, the assemblies at Soissons and Compiegne in 1200, and the six envoys sent to Venice in the winter of 1200 to 1201. Read online

Sources and studies

  1. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: Bonifacio I, marchese di Monferrato

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.