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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).
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.
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Conrad. Henry X the Proud. Welf VI. Sophia. Father. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria. Mother. Judith of Flanders. Henry IX (1075 – 13 December 1126), called the Black, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Bavaria from 1120 to 1126.
Welf Dynasty, dynasty of German nobles and rulers 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 George I to the British throne, became rulers of Great Britain.
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Welf VI. (* 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 1.1 Welf VI. und Friedrich I. Barbarossa. 1.2 Erbvertrag und Tod. 1.3 Nachkommen. 2 Denkmal. 3 Bilder. 4 Quellen.
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.
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).
