Henry, Marquess of Montferrat

Henry (died 1044 or 1045) was the son of William III of Montferrat and Waza. He was the younger brother of Otto II of Montferrat. He and his brother were co-lords of the March of Montferrat

March of Montferrat

The March of Montferrat was frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages. It was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Western Liguria was constituted as the marca Aleramica for Aleram in 961...

 (marchio Monferratensis) from 1042.

Probably in 1041, certainly before 19 January 1042, he married Adelaide of Susa

Adelaide of Susa

Adelaide of Susa was the Marchioness of Turin from 1034 to her death. She moved the seat of the march from Turin to Susa and settled the itinerant court there...

, the heiress of the March of Turin

March of Turin

The county or march of Turin was founded in 941 by Hugh of Italy, who appointed Arduin Glaber as its governor. Arduin had captured Turin and the Susa Valley from the Saracens...

, thus uniting the two great northwestern Italian marches.