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Ludovico II del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo (1438 - 1504)

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Birthplace: Saluzzo, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Death: January 27, 1504 (65)
Genova, Liguria, Italy
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Son of Lodovico I del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo and Isabella Paleologa, del Monferrato
Husband of Giovanna Paleologa, del Monferrato and Marguerite de Foix-Candale
Father of Margherita di Saluzzo, del Vasto; Michele Antonio del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo; Giovanni Ludovico del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo; Francesco Ludovico del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo and Gabriele Ludovico del Vasto, ultimo marchese di Saluzzo
Brother of Margherita di Saluzzo

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About Ludovico II del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_II_of_Saluzzo

Ludovico II del Vasto (March 23, 1438, Saluzzo – January 27, 1504) was marquess of Saluzzo from 1475 until his death. Before his accession ar marquis he held the title of Count of Carmagnola.

Son of Ludovico I of Saluzzo and Isabella of Monferrat, he succeeded him as marquis upon the latter's death in 1475. He continued his father's war against Charles I of Savoy, which had depleted Saluzzo's fortunes, but again without notable results.

In 1481 he married his cousin, Giovanna of Monferrat. Two years after her death in 1490, he remarried, to Margaret of Foix-Candale.

During the Second Italian War, Ludovico supported Charles VIII of France in his invasion of Italy, fighting alongside him in the battle of Fornovo (1495). When Louis XII of France invaded the Duchy of Milan, Ludovico was again on the French side, culminating in his defeat at the Battle of Garigliano in 1503 against the Spanish forces. His military expenses further denied any possibility of recovery to the exhausted marquisate.

Ludovico was succeeded by his and Marguerite's eldest child, Michele Antonio I of Saluzzo, in 1504. A monument to him is located in the church of San Giovanni at Saluzzo, commissioned by his wife Margaret and executed by Benedetto Briosco in 1508. Ludovico II was also the initiator of the Neo-Gothic Cathedral of Saluzzo and of the first Alpine tunnel, the Buco di Viso (2,880 meters over the sea level).

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Ludovico II del Vasto, marchese di Saluzzo's Timeline

1438
March 29, 1438
Saluzzo, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
1480
1480
Saluzzo, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
1495
March 26, 1495
1496
October 18, 1496
Saluzzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
1498
February 25, 1498
Saluzzo, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
1501
September 26, 1501
Saluzzo, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
1504
January 27, 1504
Age 65
Genova, Liguria, Italy