Manfred II Lancia or Lança, was the eldest son of Manfred I and nominally margrave of Busca. He became an Imperial Vicar and a faithful follower of Frederick II.
Manfred II (Italian: Manfredo or Manfredi) Lancia or Lança (–Asti, ), was the eldest son of Manfred I and nominally margrave of Busca. He became an Imperial Vicar and a faithful follower of Frederick II.
Life
Nothing is known of Mainfredus Lancia before 1215, when he is recorded as assistant and advisor to Manfred, margrave of Saluzzo. The following year he is recorded as Frederick II's representative in Piedmont and is a party to a number of charters in the period to 1219.
He is next seen in Frederick's court in Sarzana in 1226, and there are frequent references to him in the court records over the next six years. At this time Frederick's relationship with his mistress Bianca Lancia, Manfred's niece, resulted in the birth of Constance and Manfred, later King of Sicily.
He followed Frederick II against rebels in Sicily in 1233 and then Lazio, and was probably on his 1235 expedition to Germany, following which he was commissioned to escort the emperor's rebellious son and king of the Romans, Henry, to Apulia.
