Thomas II of Saluzzo

Thomas II (Italian: Tommaso del Vasto) (1304 – 18 August 1357) was Marquess of Saluzzo from 1336 to his death.

Thomas, who had married a Visconti, was a Ghibelline and Manfred a Guelf with the support of the Angevin King Robert of Naples.

Robert therefore, to reduce Ghibelline (and Visconti) power in the north, advanced on Saluzzo and besieged it.

He succeeded in taking it and sacking it, setting the city on fire and imprisoning Thomas, who had to pay a ransom.

In August 1347, he joined John II, Marquess of Montferrat and Humbert II of Viennois as they attacked Savoy and conquered the Angevin lands in northern Italy after the death of Robert.