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...

Saxony Welf VI (1115–1191), Margrave of Tuscany Steingaden Abbey, Swabia, place of burial of its founder Welf VI (d. 1191) The next duke of the Welf dynasty...

died 1120, son of Welf I of Bavaria Welf VI, died 1191, Duke of Spoleto and Marchese of Tuscany, nephew of Welf II of Bavaria Welf VII, died 1167, Duke...

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...

of Swabia, when he inherited the possessions of Henry the Lion's cousin Welf VI. During the election of a new Bishop of Lüttich in September 1191, he favored...

Ida, daughter of Count Rudolph of Pfullendorf and Elisabeth, daughter of Welf VI. Like his father, he was a loyal supporter of the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen...

siege was a decisive battle between two dynasties, the Welfs and the Hohenstaufen. The Welfs for the first time changed their war cry from "Kyrie Eleison"...

Later returning from the Crusade, he was entangled in some conflicts with Welf VI's claim to the Duchy of Bavaria. On his deathbed, he designated his nephew...

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...

Ulrich of Attems, imperial vicar (1139–1152) Welf VI, Duke (1152–1160) Welf VII, Duke (1160–1167) Welf VI, Duke (1167–1173) Ridelulf, Duke (1173–1183)...

Neuschwanstein Castle and was owned by the Elder House of Welf. After the death of Welf VI in 1191, it fell to the Staufer dynasty, and in 1268 to the...

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...

Diephold IV of Vohburg (d. 1130) and Count Gebhard III of Sulzbach (d. 1188) Welf VI Wulfhilde, married Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (d. 1160) Wulfhilde died...

Proud, 1137–1139 Ulrich of Attems, 1139–1152 (imperial vicar) Welf VI, 1152–1160 Welf VII, 1160–1167 Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne, 1160–1163...

of Welf, included dukes of Bavaria and of Brunswick. This branch produced Britain's Hanoverian monarchs, as well as one Emperor of Russia (Ivan VI) and...

Henry VI "the Younger" of Brunswick (c. 1196 – 16 or 26 April 1214), of the House of Welf, was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1212 to 1214. Henry was...

forces of Henry (VI) of Germany over the House of Welf, led by Welf VI and his son, Welf VII. Henry's father, Conrad III, and Welf VI had gone on the Second...

Baptist, the abbey was founded in 1147 as a Premonstratensian house by Welf VI, third son of Henry the Black, Duke of Bavaria, and brother of Duke Henry...

of Tuscany and Spoleto) Welf VI, 1152–1160 (also Margrave of Tuscany) Welf VII, 1160–1167 (also Margrave of Tuscany) Welf VI, 1167–1173 (also Margrave...

prevented further escalation. A few weeks later, on 8 September, Frederick and Welf VI were among the few German crusaders who survived when a flash flood destroyed...

Henry IX (1075 – 13 December 1126), was a member of the House of Welf, a powerful dynasty in medieval Germany. He was born around 1075 and died in 1126...

Manuel Komnenos, in which he spoke of the Battle of Flochberg against Welf VI. He mentioned that at that time he was staying at Harburg Castle, which...

was the winning general at the Battle of Flochberg (1150) against Welf VI and Welf VII. The military prowess of the young ruler was emphasised in letters...

Middle Ages, the place was known as Mammingin; in 1158 the Welfian Duke Welf VI founded the town of Memmingen. In 1286 it became an Imperial City, responsible...

family possessions in Saxony, Bavaria and Swabia with his younger brother Welf VI. In 1127 he married Gertrude, the only child of King Lothair III of Germany...

accession 1160 their son became Margrave 1197 Welf VI (1st reign) 11/12 September 1167 husband's accession 1173 husband lost the March Welf VI (2nd reign)...

Hohenstaufen Frederick Barbarossa acquired the ownership of Ravensburg from Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto and uncle of both Frederick Barbarossa and Henry the Lion...

of the Schussengau (including Altdorf, Weingarten and Ravensburg) from Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto and uncle of both Frederick Barbarossa and Henry the Lion...

The castle was besieged and taken in the context of the feud between Welf VI and Conrad III by the young Frederick Barbarossa in 1146. After the House...

harsh succession war was solved in her favour by the nephew of her husband Welf VI, Friedrich Barbarossa, in 1151. She was the founder of All Saints' Abbey...