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House. Welf. Father. Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria. Mother. Wulfhilde of Saxony. 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).
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.
Dec 21, 2017 · A sketch of the ruined castle and vineyards from 1578. The vines were probably only planted beneath the castle following its destruction at the hands of rampaging peasants in 1525. There had been ...
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.
GUELFS AND GHIBELLINES. The words Guelf and Ghibelline are Italianized forms ( Guelfo, Ghibellino ) of the German Welf and Weibelungen. They are originated from the rivalry in twelfth-century Germany between the Welfs of Saxony and the dominant Hohenstaufens of Swabia (whose rallying cry was "Weibelungen," after a castle at Weibelung).
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. Sculptor (s):Helmut Ackermann. (1936 – 2017) was a German sculptor and painter. Description: picture by Thomas ...
“Hie Waiblingen!?) during Conrad III's defeat of Welf VI. (1115-1191) of Bavaria in 1140 at the siege of Weinsberg. It was during the reign of the Hohenstaufen emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa (1123-1190) (1152–90) that the terms Guelf and Ghibelline acquired significance in Italy, as that emperor tried to reassert imperial authority over ...
