Frederick II, Marquess of Saluzzo

Who was Frederick II, Marquess of Saluzzo?

Frederick II was marquess of Saluzzo from 1357 to his death. He succeeded his father, Thomas II of Saluzzo.

His mother was Ricciarda Visconti. She was a daughter of Galeazzo I Visconti, Lord of Milan and Beatrice d'Este. Beatrice was a daughter of Obizzo II d'Este by either his first wife Giacoma Fieschi or his second wife Constanza della Scala.

He inherited a marquistate impoverished by the recent civil war, and in bad relationships with the neighbouring Duchy of Savoy. Therefore he felt himself compelled to seek help to France, swearing loyalty to Charles, Dauphin of France in April 1375. In the following forty years the margraves repeatedly asked the French help against Savoy: in 1376, for example, Thomas went to Paris, asking to King Charles V that the quarrel with Savoy could be debated at the Paris Parliament.

Frederick was eventually succeeded by his son Thomas.