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Welf VI. 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 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 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.
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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.
Mother. Kunigunde of Altdorf. 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 .
- c. 1035/1040, Unknown, perhaps Solesino
- Kunigunde of Altdorf
A dubious tradition relates that the terms Guelf and Ghibelline originated as battle cries (“Hie Welf!” “Hie Waiblingen!”) during Conrad III’s defeat of Welf VI of Bavaria in 1140 at the siege of Weinsberg.
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.
