His father was Thomas, a great-nephew of the first marquess, Guy.
Albert married Maria dalle Carceri, a Venetian noblewoman from Euboea.
In 1305, he was summoned by his lord Philip of Savoy to a tournament and parliament on the Isthmus of Corinth.
On 15 March 1311, he followed Walter V of Brienne into the Battle of the Cephissus, but did not emerge alive.
By the Assizes of Romania, his fief was inherited by his widow and his daughter, Guglielma.