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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 . Biography. Welf was the son of Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, and Kunigunde of Altdorf. [1] .
- c. 1035/1040, Unknown, perhaps Solesino
- Kunigunde of Altdorf
Feb 17, 2023 · He was Count of Altdorf (Altorff), Duke of Bavaria and Count in Alemannia. Count of Schwaben and Bavaria. He may have spelled his name "Welf". Source: Pedigrees of ... Descendants of Charlemagne, p 132; Royal.zip (Compuserve); Ahnentafel for Edward III of England; Buell001.zip. SOUR O'shea/Charlemagne qvc
- Altdorf, Uri
- Hedwig, Abbess of Chelles
- Uri
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 maternal uncle Welf III, Duke of Carinthia and Verona, the last male Welf of the Elder House, died in 1055. Welf IV was the son of Welf III's sister Kunigunde of Altdorf and her husband Albert Azzo II, Margrave of ...
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May 3, 2023 · 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 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.
opposition to Henry IV. IV, the new duke (as Welf I) of Bavaria, and with Rudolf, the duke of Swabia, Henry was forced to grant immunity to the rebels in 1073 and had to agree to the razing of the royal Harz Castle in the final peace treaty in February 1074. When the peasants,….
Welf I or Welfo (died before 876) was a Swabian nobleman. He was a member of the Elder House of Welf . Welf I count in Swabia. Welf was probably a son of Conrad I of Auxerre, and seems to have taken over his father's offices in Swabia, namely: count of Alpgau, count of Linzgau, and possibly count of Argengau. However, when Conrad and his other ...