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The first known member is Welf I , father of Judith, the wife of the emperor Louis the Pious, and of Emma, the wife of Louis the German. The two sons of Welf I, brothers of Judith and Emma, were Conrad and Rudolph. Conrad was the ancestor of the counts of Burgundy.
Welf II was a count in Germany and Bavaria. Welf V married countess Matilda of Tuscany who died childless and left him her possessions in Saint-Siège: Tuscany, Ferrara, Modena, Mantua, Reggio, etc., which led to the Investiture controversy. Henry the Black, duke of Bavaria from 1120- 1126, was the first of the three Henries of the Welf dynasty. Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria and also of SaxonyState Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Dresden Area:18,338 km² Inhabitants:4,600,000 2000 pop. density:251 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SN Politics Minister-President: Georg Milbradt ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU/ SPD Map With an area of 18,400, was the favoured candidate in the imperial election against the HohenstaufenHohenstaufen was a dynasty of Kings of Germany, many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Dukes of Swabia. The proper name, taken from their castle in Swabia, is Staufen. When the last member of the Salian dynasty, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperors. He was defeated in the election and was dispossessed of his duchies. Henry the LionHenry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral Henry the Lion ( 1129/ 1131 August 6 1195; in German, Heinrich der Lowe was Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156, both until 1180. He was the recovered his father's two duchies. He married Matilda, Duchess of SaxonyMatilda Plantagenet (or Maud) ( 1156 1189) daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Married Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. They had five sons and one daughter. Among her sons was Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor( 1177 1218) The pi. Dispossessed of his duchies after the Battle of LegnanoThe Battle of Legnano marked the culmination of the futile attempts of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa) to dominate the Italian city states. Frederick failed to receive expected German reinforcements, and his largely cavalry forces we in 1176Events May 22 Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo. September 17 Battle of Myriokephalon Births Rastko Nemanjic, serbian prince who will later become the Saint Sava Leopold VI of Austria, the Glorious Deaths Emperor Rokujo, he was exiled to England in 1180Events April 13 Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter April 28 Philip II of France marries Isabella of Hainault November 18 Philip II becomes king of France Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon Alexander Neckam becom and died there in 1195Events Priory of St Mary's, Bushmead, founded. Births Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan Deaths Heads of states England Richard I King of England (reigned from 1189 to 1199) France Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223) 1195..His son Otto of Brunswick was elected to the imperial throne under the name Otto IV.
In Italy the partisans of the Welfs were known as Guelphs.