Azalaïs of Montferrat

Azalaïs of Montferrat (1150–1232) was Marchioness of Saluzzo and later its regent. Daughter of William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg, she married Marquis Manfred II of Saluzzo before 1182, and like her brother Boniface of Montferrat patronised troubadours; around 1192 she founded the church of San Lorenzo.

After her son Boniface died in 1212 and her husband in 1215, she ruled Saluzzo as regent for her grandson Manfred III until 1218, making treaties with Savoy and Asti. In 1224 she endowed the convent of Rifreddo, and she died in 1232 and was buried at Staffarda Abbey.