page_title: Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan
section_title: Issue
hierarchical_section_title: Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan / Issue
caption_attribution_description: English: Albert Azzo II tomb - Vangadizza Abbey - Badia Polesine (Rovigo, Italy) Italiano: Sepolcro di Alberto Azzo II - Abbazia della Vangadizza - Badia Polesine (Rovigo)
context_page_description: Alberto Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, and Liguria, Count of Gavello and Padua, Rovigo, Lunigiana, Monselice, and Montagnana, was a powerful nobleman in the Holy Roman Empire. He is considered the founder of Casa d'Este, having been head of the first family to be master of Este, a town of Padua.
context_section_description: With his first wife, Chuniza, Azzo had one known child:
  Welf (died November 6, 1101, Paphos) Duke of Bavaria from 1070 to 1077 and from 1096 to his death who was the first member of the Welf branch of the House of Este.
  With his second wife, Garsende, Azzo had two known sons:
  Fulco I, Margrave of Milan (died 1128), ancestor of the Italian branch of the House of Este
  Hugh V, Count of Maine (died 1131), had no issue.
  Some sources say he also married Vitalia Orseolo, daughter of Peter Orseolo. They had a daughter: Itta.
  He had an extra-marital affair with, or perhaps married, Matilda, sister of William/Guglielmo, Bishop of Pavia (r.1069-1102/3), with whom he had a daughter named Adelasia, who married Guglielmo Adelardi.
caption: Albert Azzo II's tomb at Vangadizza Abbey
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