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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). Biography.
The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph [1]) 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 . Origins.
- 11th century
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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. Quick Facts Margrave of Tuscany, Reign ... Close. Biography.
Duke Welf VI. inherited the old Welf estates around Altorf-Ravensburg in Swabia, while his older brother, Heinrich the Proud (1102-1139) took power over the duchies of Bavaria and Saxony. Welf VI. remained tied to the Welf power center of Altorf (Weingarten)-Ravensburg until his death in 1191.
Welf VI. CountryGermany. Town:Memmingen. Year of creation:2010. Rider (s):Welf VI. (1115 – 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.
The Historia is the third and the most detailed of the historical works produced for the Welfs in the 12th century, following the Genealogia Welforum (before 1126) and the lost Saxon Welf Source (1130s). It is the earliest true history of a noble family from Germany.
The Historia Welforum is an anonymous Latin prose chronicle of the House of Welf written around 1170. The original covers the period c. 825 –1167, but continuations bring it down to 1208. Because two manuscript copies originate in Weingarten (Altdorf), the work is sometimes known as the Historia Welforum Weingartensis or Chronica Altorfensium .
