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   House of Welf (Guelf, Guelph) Parent house: House of Este Elder House of Welf : Country: Germany, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Founded: 8th century: Founder: Welf I, Duke of Bavaria: Final ruler: Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick: Titles: Holy Roman Emperor; Emperor of Russia; Empress of India; King of the Romans; King ...

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   Mar 7, 2019 · House of Welf, from Hundings in legend and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria in reality (*~1030)) currently a darling of the yellow press Prince Ernst August of Hanover. The branch Welf-Este: According to Edward Gibbon, the family originated from the Roman Attii family, which migrated from Rome to Este to defend Italy against the Ostrogoths.

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   Who was Welf I?

   • 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 . Welf was the son of Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, and Kunigunde of Altdorf.

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   Who were the first members of the House of Welf?

   • 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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   Who ruled the House of Welf?

   • 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 .

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   Who were the Welfs and what did they do?

   • The Welfs were linked to the House of Este in the 11th century. They supported the papal party against Emperor Henry IV and were rivals of the Hohenstaufens in central Europe and in Italy (where their name was Guelpho; see Guelphs and Ghibellines ). As part of the House of Hanover, they became rulers of Britain.

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   Princess Alice of Battenberg. Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ( Greek: Σοφία, romanized : Sofía; 26 June 1914 – 24 November 2001) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess, as well as Princess of Hesse-Kassel and Princess of Hanover through her successive marriages to Prince Christoph of Hesse and Prince George William of Hanover.

   • Burial: 30 November 2001, Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany
   • House: Glücksburg

   • Father: Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
   • Mother: Princess Alice of Battenberg

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   Welf dynasty , Dynasty of German nobles and rulers. They descended from Count Welf of Bavaria (early 9th century), whose daughters married Louis I the Pious and Louis the German. The Welfs were linked to the House of Este in the 11th century.

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   Welf IV became duke of Bavaria as Welf I, in 1070. He abandoned his alliance with the Holy Roman emperor Heinrich IV. (1050-1106) 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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   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 ...