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Welf VI (1115 – 15 December 1191) was the margrave of Tuscany (1152–1162) and duke of Spoleto (1152–1162), the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious family of the Welf (House of Guelph).
Henry IX the Black. Kunizza. Father. Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan. Mother. Kunigunde of Altdorf. Welf I (c. 1035/1040 – 6 November 1101) was Duke of Bavaria from 1070 to 1077 and from 1096 to his death. He was the first member of the Welf branch of the House of Este. In the genealogy of the Elder House of Welf, he is counted as Welf IV .
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The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph) is 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 originally Franconian family from the Meuse-Moselle area was closely related to the imperial family of the Carolingians .
RulerBornReignDeath760c. 800 -825825?825-864864?864-876876?864-876876Welf IV became duke of Bavaria as Welf I, in 1070. He abandoned his alliance with the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV to become an important supporter of the papal party in Italy. His 17-year-old son, Welf V (later Welf II of Bavaria), married the 43-year-old countess Matilda of Tuscany in 1089; the marriage ended in separation.
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Welf VI., Idealporträt im Weingartener Stifterbüchlein, um 1500 (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. hist. Q 584, fol. 38v) Kloster Steingaden (* 1115 ; † 15. Dezember 1191 in Memmingen ) aus dem Geschlecht der Welfen , auch der Milde Welf genannt, war Markgraf von Tuszien ( Toskana ) und Widersacher des staufischen Königs Konrad III.
Welf VI. remained tied to the Welf power center of Altorf (Weingarten)-Ravensburg until his death in 1191. The son of his older brother, Heinrich the Lion (1129-1195), outlived Welf VI. by only about four years. Consequently, duke Welf VI., under Heinrich the Lion, was the senior member of the Welf House.
The disenfranchised former duke Henry and his younger brother, Welf VI, went to war against Conrad. Henry the Proud died suddenly at the age of 31 in 1139, but Welf VI stepped forward to lead the rebellion. The Welf army ravaged Hohenstaufen lands, but they were decisively defeated at Weinsberg Castle in the County of Wurttemberg in December 1140.
