Thomas III of Saluzzo

He was born in Saluzzo in north-western Italy to Frederick II del Vasto and Beatrice of Geneva.

He tried to continue the philo-French politics of his father, mainly to face the menace of Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy, who aimed to conquer the whole Piedmont.

In fact, the treaty stating the nominal submission to France was signed by Thomas well before his father's death.

In his late years Thomas assigned the succession to his young son Ludovico, under the regency of his brother Valerano and the marchioness Marguerite.

A man of great culture, Thomas was the author of one of the most important chivalric texts of the Middle Ages, Le Chevalier Errant, written probably during his imprisonment in Piedmont.