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Origins. The (Younger) House of Welf is the older branch of the House of Este, a dynasty whose earliest known members lived in Veneto and Lombardy in the late 9th/early 10th century, sometimes called Welf-Este. The first member was Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, also known as Welf IV. He inherited the property of the Elder House of Welf when his ...
The House of Welf (historically rendered in English as Guelf or Guelph) was a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century and Emperor Ivan VI of Russia in the 18th century. The House of Welf is the older branch of the House of Este, a dynasty whose earliest known members lived in Lombardy in the 9th century, sometimes called Welf-Este. The ...
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria. William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg. Categories: German noble families. House of Este. Lower Saxon noble families. Nobility of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Ruling families of the Duchy of Saxony. Royal houses of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
The Elder House of Welf (known as Rudolphins in Burgundy) [1] [2] was a Frankish noble dynasty of European rulers documented since the 9th century. Closely related to the Carolingian dynasty, it consisted of a Burgundian and a Swabian group. It has not been definitively clarified, however, whether the two groups formed one dynasty or whether ...
The Elder House of Welf (known as Rudolphins in Burgundy) [1] [2] was a Frankish noble dynasty of European rulers documented since the 9th century. Closely related to the Carolingian dynasty, it consisted of a Burgundian and a Swabian group. It has not been definitively clarified, however, whether the two groups formed one dynasty or whether ...
Jan 29, 2024 · The House of Welf is the older branch of the House of Este, a dynasty whose earliest known members lived in Lombardy in the late 9th/early 10th century, sometimes called Welf-Este. The first member was Welf IV; he inherited the property of the Elder House of Welf when his maternal uncle Welf III, Duke of Carinthia and Verona, the last male Welf ...
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Welf Dynasty. English Guelf, or Guelph, Italian Guelpho, dynasty of German nobles and rulers (cf. Guelf and Ghibelline) who were the chief rivals of the Hohenstaufens in Italy and central Europe in the Middle Ages and who later included the Hanoverian Welfs, who, with the accession of Georg Ludwig (1660-1727) to the British throne, became rulers of Great Britain.
