Boniface III Margrave of Tuscany [57315] ¹²⁷

   Cause of his death was assassination.

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_III_of_Tuscany

  Medical Notes:

He tried to restrict the rights of his valvassores , despite Conrad's imperial edict of 1037. It was this action against his undertenants which got him killed in 1052, during a hunting expedition. This version of Boniface's death is disputed. Some have alleged that Henry played a part in his assassination. It is also held by some that in 1044 there was an attempt made on the margrave's life at Brescia and that the conspirators fled to Verona, which Boniface subsequently sacked before expelling some Veronese conspirators from Mantua as well. One Scarpetta Carnevari apparently nursed a grudge for this act and years later, while Boniface was preparing a galley for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem , shot him with a poisoned arrow on the river Oglio , near Martino dall'Argine in the region of Spineta while on the hunt.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count (or lord), 1007. was the most powerful north Italian prince of his age. By inheritance he was Count (or lord) of Brescia , Canossa , Ferrara , Florence , Lucca , Mantua , Modena , Pisa , Pistoia , Parma , Reggio , and Verona from 1007 until his assassination in 1052

• Acceded: Margrave of Tuscany, 1027. by appointment, Margrave of Tuscany from 1027 until his assassination in 1052

Boniface married Richelida Marchioness of Tuscany [57316] [MRIN: 13759], daughter of Giselbert II of Bergamo [61121] and Alsinda [61120], probably before 1015. (Richelida Marchioness of Tuscany [57316] died between 1034 and 1037.)

Boniface next married Beatrice of Bar [57314] [MRIN: 13758], daughter of Frederick II Duke of Upper Lorraine [63434] and Matilde of Swabia Duchess of Swabia [63435]. (Beatrice of Bar [57314] was born about 1017, died on 18 Apr 1076 and was buried in Cathedral of Pisa.)