# Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat

> He set out to reclaim Jerusalem and ended up carving a kingdom from the Byzantine Empire's wreckage instead. The Marquis of Montferrat led the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople, not the Holy Land, and walked away wearing a different crown.

*King of Thessalonica*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/boniface-i-marquess-of-montferrat

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1150
- **Died:** 1207-09-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Boniface inherited Montferrat around 1192, a northwestern Italian march with more ambition than means. By 1201 he'd positioned himself at the head of the Fourth Crusade, ostensibly bound for Egypt and Jerusalem. The expedition famously derailed - financial trouble, Venetian debt, a detour to sack Constantinople in 1204 - and the crusaders dismantled the Byzantine Empire rather than fight the Saracens. In the division of spoils Boniface claimed Thessalonica, proclaiming himself king in 1205. He spent his remaining years defending that turbulent new realm against Bulgarian incursions and Greek resentment. He died in battle on 4 September 1207, three years into a kingship no one had planned.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312369)
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- [Bonifacius af Montferrat](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacius_af_Montferrat)
- [Bonifatius I. (Montferrat)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius_I._(Montferrat))
- [Βονιφάτιος ο Μομφερρατικός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Boniface I, Marquis of Montferrat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_I%2C_Marquis_of_Montferrat)
- [Bonifacio de Montferrato](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_de_Montferrato)
- [بونیفاس یکم، مارکی مونتفرات](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA)
- [Boniface de Montferrat](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_de_Montferrat)
- [Boniface de Montferrat](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_de_Montferrat)
- [Bonifacio de Montferrato](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_de_Montferrato)
- [Montferrati Bonifác](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montferrati_Bonif%C3%A1c)
- [Bonifacius I dari Montferrat](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacius_I_dari_Montferrat)
- [Bonifacio I del Monferrato](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_I_del_Monferrato)
- [ボニファーチョ1世 (モンフェッラート侯)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8B%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A71%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E4%BE%AF))
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- [Бонифациј Монфератски](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Bonifatius I van Monferrato](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius_I_van_Monferrato)
- [Bonifatius av Montferrat](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius_av_Montferrat)
- [Bonifacy z Montferratu](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacy_z_Montferratu)
- [Bonifácio I de Monferrato](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonif%C3%A1cio_I_de_Monferrato)
- [بونيفاس الاول مركيز مونتفيرات](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA)
- [بونيفاس الأول ماركيز مونتفيرات](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA)

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