Manfredingi

The Manfredingi were a line of nobles of subalpine Italy stemming from Manfred V (or Matfrid), Comte de Orleans (765–836). Branches of the family included the Guasco, the Boidi and the Trotti

Forbears: the Counts of Orleans

In 712 AD Aripert II, Prince of the Lombards, was forced to flee his holdings in Northern Italy, along with his family. He died in flight crossing the river Ticino, but his younger brother Gumbert survived, assuming and maintaining the title Prince of the Lombards. Gumbert spent the remainder of his life in exile in France. His son Manfred II married the daughter of Peppin II Duke of the Franks, thus linking the family to the future line of Charlemagne.

Manfred II's son Manfred III and grandson Guagenfrido prospered in exile, and maintained the family title Prince of the Lombards.

Founder: Manfred

Manfred V inherited the title Comte de Orleans in 800 from a separate (extinguished) line of the family. In 815 he married a daughter of Charlemagne. Manfred V as Comte de Orleans backed Louis I during an insurrection by Louis' own sons. Louis maintained his throne and in gratitude in 834 restored to Manfred the family's Italian territories lost in 712 and extended them. Manfred V gave up the title of Comte de Orleans and in exchange received the titles Duke of Italia Neustria, Duke of Tuscia, and Lotario of Valtellina.

References

*citation|last=Guasco|first=Francesco| | year =1924|title= Tavole genealogiche di famiglie nobili alessandrine e monferrine dal secolo IX al secolo XX| place =Casale| publisher = Tipografia Cooperativa Bellatore, Bosco & C.
(Principe Don Francesco Guasco Marchese di Bisio, Patrizio di Alessandria, Genova, Novara, Modovì, was a member of the "Società Storica Subalpina", the "Società di Archeologica e Belle Arti", and of the "Rivista di Storia, Arte, Archeologia per la Provincia di Alessandria".)