The House of Welfen
Welf, Graf in Swabia, +ca 824/5; m.Heilwig, later Abbess of Chelles; They had issue:
- A1. Rudolf I, Cte de Ponthieu, +866; m.Hruodun N (+after 867)
- B1. Conrad, Cte de Paris et Sens, +882
- B2. Welf, Abbot of Sainte-Colombe-de-Sens, +881
- B3. Hugo, Rector of Saint-Saulve, Valenciennes, in 867
- B4. Gf Rudolf II in Augstgau
- A2. Conrad I, Cte de Paris et Auxerre, +after 862; m.Aelis, dau.of Ct Hugo de Tours
- B1. Welf I Gf im Argengau und Linzgau, +before 876; NOTE: the editors of Europaeische Stammtafeln now hold the position that Welf's parentage cannot be proved, but that it is extremely likely that he was son of Conrad (or, if not, of Conrad's brother Rudolf)
- C1. Conrad Gf im Linzgau
- C2. Eticho Gf im Ammergau, +after 911; m.Egila N
- D1. Heinrich Gf "with the Golden Wagon"; m.Atha von Hohenwart (+after 975)
- E1. Eticho Gf in Bayern
- E2. [St.] Conrad, Bp of Constance, *892, +25.11.976
- E3. Gf Rudolf; m.NN
- F1. Rudolf II Gf in Altdorf; m.Ita, dau.of Gf Kuno von Öhningen
- F2. Eticho, Bp of Augsburg, +988
- B2. Conrad, Cte d'Auxerre, Margrave of Transjurania; m.Waldrada N
- B3. Hugo Abbas, Cte d'Auxerre, de Tours et d'Angers, Margrave of Neustria, +886
- B4. Rudolf, Abbot of St.Riquier
- A3. Judith, *800, +Tours 19.4.843; m.819 Emperor Louis I (*778 +840)
- A4. Hemma, +876; m.827 Emperor Louis II (*ca 805 +876)
NOTE: This will be a genealogical account of the family known as Welf (Guelph)/d'Este. The original house of Welf descended from one Gf Welf, and ended in 1055, whereupon the heiress of the house married Azzo II d'Este, an Italian lord. From their marriage descended Dukes of Bavaria and Saxony, and the later Dukes of Braunschweig and Kings of Hanover and Great Britain. It also included one short-term tsar of Russia: Ivan VI. From Azzo's second marriage descended the family known as d'Este, which ruled Modena and Ferrara in Italy. Interestingly, when Pr Augustus, Duke of Sussex, had morganatic children in the 19th century, they took the surname of d'Este. The finaly name took on political significance during the battles between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. Those who generally opposed the Hohenstaufen emperors were known as Guelphs, since that family usually led them, and the Hohenstaufen supporters were known as Ghibellines, from the Italian name of the Hohenstaufen castle, Waibling.
Rulers of Burgundy
INDEX PAGE
Last updated 13th October 2003