Welf is a Germanic first name that may refer to: *

Welf (father of Judith) Welf I (or Hwelf; – ) is the first documented ancestor of the Elder House of Welf. He is mentioned as a Graf, count (''comes'') in the Carolingian Empire, Frankish lands of Weingarten, Württemberg, Altdorf in Alamannia. He is the son of Rotha ...

, 9th century Frankish count, father-in-law of Louis the Pious *

Welf I Welf I or Welfo (died before 876) was a Swabian nobleman. He was a member of the Elder House of Welf. 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 ...

, d. bef. 876, count of Alpgau and Linzgau *

Welf II, Count of Swabia Welf is a Germanic first name that may refer to: *Welf (father of Judith), 9th century Frankish count, father-in-law of Louis the Pious *Welf I, d. bef. 876, count of Alpgau and Linzgau *Welf II, Count of Swabia, died 1030, supposed descendant of W ...

, died 1030, supposed descendant of Welf I *

Welf, Duke of Carinthia Welf III (13 November 1055), the last male member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf, was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 1047 until his death. Life Welf III was the only son of the Swabian count Welf II of Altdor ...

(Welf III), died 1055, son of Welf II *

Welf I, Duke of Bavaria Welf I ( 1035/10406 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. Bio ...

(Welf IV), died 1101, nephew of Welf of Carinthia and son of Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Azzo II of Este *

Welf II, Duke of Bavaria Welf II (1072 – 24 September 1120, Kaufering), or Welfhard, called Welf the Fat (''pinguis''), was Duke of Bavaria from 1101 until his death. In the Welf genealogy, he is counted as Welf V. Life Welf was the oldest son of Welf I, Duke o ...

(Welf V), died 1120, son of Welf I of Bavaria *

Welf VI Welf VI (111515 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 (also known as the House of Guelph). ...

, died 1191, Duke of Spoleto and Marchese of Tuscany, nephew of Welf II of Bavaria *

Welf VII Welf VII (c. 1135 – 11 or 12 September 1167) was the only son of Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Tuscany, and Uta, daughter of Godfrey of Calw, count palatine of the Rhine. He was a member of the House of Welf. His father inher ...

, died 1167, Duke of Spoleto, son of Welf VI Welf was also the name of two related dynasties: *

Elder House of Welf The Elder House of Welf (known as Rudolphins in Burgundy) was a Frankish noble dynasty of European rulers documented since the 9th century. Closely related to the Carolingian dynasty, it consisted of a Burgundian and a Swabian group. It has n ...

, dynasty of European rulers in the 9th through 11th centuries to 1055 *

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-Mo ...

, European dynasty that included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century

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