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    of Welf, he is counted as Welf IV. Welf was the son of Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, and Kunigunde of Altdorf. When Welf's maternal uncle, Welf, Duke...
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    sometimes called Welf-Este. The first member was Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, also known as Welf IV. He inherited the property of the Elder House of Welf when his...
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    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...
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  • Bavaria (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 V), died...
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    Terre Matildiche out of curial fear of the Welfs. Welf IV died in November 1101. His eldest son and successor Welf V had rulership rights over the House of...
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    Welf IV, the eldest (d. 1101), was the son of Kunigunde (d. 1056), the last of the Elder Welfs. He inherited the property of his maternal uncle, Welf...
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    George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from...
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    Welf III (c. 1007 – 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...
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    retirement on his estates near Brunswick. He was the only German king of the Welf dynasty. Otto was the third son of Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria and Duke...
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    Kunigunde of Altdorf (category House of Welf)
    Welf IV (between 1030 and 1040 – 9 November 1101 in Paphos). He was named after his uncle, Welf III, whose property he later inherited. In 1070, Welf...
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    in Bavaria, where his father was also later buried. The death of Welf (and Frederick IV) allowed his cousin Frederick I to exercise power directly in Swabia...
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    1093. Her alliance with Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, prevented Henry's return to Germany until 1096 when he was reconciled with Welf. After Clement III's death...
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    destitute leaders eventually reached Antioch. William IX of Aquitaine, Welf IV of Bavaria, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg and Hugh, Count of Vermandois reached...
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    One of Azzo II's sons was Welf IV, (Welf I, Duke of Bavaria). Jerusalem Delivered states that Bertoldo is related to Welf IV. (Jerusalem Delivered XVII:...
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    Pisa in 1095. That same year, Matilda of Tuscany divorced Welf V, whose enraged father, Welf IV, switched allegiance and was restored to the duchy of Bavaria...
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    William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June...
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  • Henry IV (14 June 1463 – 23 June 1514), called the Elder (German: Heinrich der Ältere), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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    reference to Immenstaad dates to the year 1094, when the Bavarian Duke Welf IV acquired the possessions of Weingarten Abbey. The controlling authorities...
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    Imiza of Luxembourg (category Elder House of Welf)
    children. Welf bequeathed his property to the monastery of Altdorf, where his mother had become abbess. She in turn gave the property to Welf IV, her grandson...
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    Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from...
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    unrelated dynasties.   Houses of Welf and Babenberg In 1070, Emperor Henry IV deposed Duke Otto, granting the duchy instead to Welf I, a member of the Italo-Bavarian...
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  • left the fight to his brother-in-law, Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, and Welf IV. When Berthold died without descendants in 1090 and was buried in the monastery...
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  • father, never held any real power in Carinthia. In 1093, Berthold and Welf IV signed a "peace oath" at Ulm. At first only valid in Swabia, it was soon...
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    Elder Welfs became counts of the Schussengau and established their seat in Altdorf. In 1056 Welf IV transferred the ancestral seat of the Welfs to the...
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    Saxon revolt of 1073–1075 (category Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor)
    insurrection. For example, Rudolf of Swabia, Berthold of Carinthia and Welf IV dissociated themselves from the Emperor. According to the contemporary...
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    Charles IV (Czech: Karel IV.; German: Karl IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus...
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    probably derived from the arms of his Welf rival Otto IV. The conflict between the Staufer dynasty and the Welf had irrevocably weakened the Imperial...
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    Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (category House of Welf)
    Henry was the second son of Duke Welf I of Bavaria (died 1101) from his marriage with Judith, daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. As a young man, he...
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    two Alberto Azzo as Azzo I and Azzo II, beside his uncles Azzo III and Azzo IV. He was already not present at the testament of his father (1193), according...
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    Kunigunde (also called Chuniza), the daughter of Welf II, Count of Altdorf, in 1035/6. Azzo's son with Chuniza, Welf, moved first to Carinthia and then to Bavaria...
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