Michele Antonio of Saluzzo

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{{Infobox noble

| name = Michele Antonio del Vasto

| title = Marquess of Saluzzo

| image = Michel-Antoine, marquis de Saluces (1485-1528).jpg

| caption = Portrait by Jean Clouet, c. 1525

| birth_date = 26 March 1495

| birth_place = Saluzzo

| death_date = {{death date and age|1528|10|18|1495|3|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Aversa

| burial_place = Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome

| noble family = House of Aleramici

| spouse =

| father = Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo

| mother = Margaret of Foix-Candale

}}

Michele Antonio del Vasto (26 March 1495 – 18 October 1528) was the Marquess of Saluzzo from 1504 until his death.

Born in Saluzzo, the elder son of Ludovico II of Saluzzo and Margaret of Foix-Candale,{{sfn|Tavuzzi|2007|p=134}} he was Count of Carmagnola until he succeeded to his father. He took part, initially alongside Ludovico, in the Italian Wars of Louis XII and Francis I of France. In particular, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Pavia (1525).{{sfn|Rapple|2009|p=52-53}}

Michele Antonio died from wounds sustained by a cannonball at the Battle of Aversa.{{efn|Gregorovius simply states Saluzzo died of wounds.{{sfn|Gregorovius|1902|p=641}}}}{{sfn|Gregorovius|1902|p=641}} According to his last will, he was buried in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome,{{sfn|Gregorovius|1902|p=641}} while his heart was kept in Piedmont.

A ballad about the wounded marquess explaining his last will was popular among the Italian Alpini during World War I.