Thomas II of Saluzzo

Thomas II (1304–1357), son of Frederick I, became Marquess of Saluzzo in 1336 and lost his city five years later. His uncle Manfred V contested the succession with a Guelf army paid by Robert of Naples. Thomas could not hold Saluzzo, which fell on 13 April 1341 and was sacked the next day.

Rather than treat with his uncle, Thomas surrendered to the Angevin seneschal and was freed after about a year for eighty thousand florins' ransom. After the Angevin defeat at Gamenario, Manfred handed the throne back, and in August 1347 joined John II of Montferrat in conquering Angevin lands in northern Italy.

His later years were spent recovering land lost in the civil war, alternately allying and warring with Savoy and Achaea. By Ricciarda Visconti he left a son, Frederick II, his successor.