The origins of the Welfs are obscure, and the count Welf Ier, lord of Bavaria of the 9th century is the first known grandfather of this dynasty. He was father of Judith, the wife of the emperor of Occident Louis the Piles and of Emma wife of Louis Germanic the.
The dynasty remains with two wire of Welf Ier, brothers of Judith and Emma, Conrad Ier of Burgundy and Rodolphe, abbot of Saint-Riquier. The grandson of Conrad Ier of Burgundy, Rodolphe I {{er}}, distant cousin of Hugues the Abbot (Marquis of Neustrie (death in 886) and brother-in-law of Robert the Fort), was king of Burgundy in 888, thus making to his/her father the ancestor of the kings de Bourgogne.
The Royaume of Burgundy will be maintained in the hands of Welfs until in 1032. Starting from Welf II of Altdorf (death in 1030), count into Germanic and Bavaria, the dynasty welf extends his capacity in Germany, in competition with the kings of Germanie.
Welf III, become duke of Carinthie in 1047, dies in 1055. It is the son of its sister, who married Azzo II of Este, which inherits its German possessions and takes again the name of Welf IV. The branch of the house of Este which it founds will be also called “Welf House”.
For the history of the descendants of Welf IV, to see House of Este
Genealogy
Welf Ier X Heilwige of Saxony, (v. 775-833), girl of Widukind, abbess of Chelles │ ├─>Rodolphe, (†), abbot of Saint-Riquier and Jumièges │ │ │ ├─>Conrad, (†), count de Paris and of Direction │ ├─>Hugues │ └─>Welf, (†), abbot of Holy-Dove of Direction │ ├─> Judith │ X Louis the Piles │ └─> Carolingian │ ├─> Emma of Bavaria │ X Louis Germanic the │ └─> Carolingian │ └─> Conrad Ier of Burgundy, count de Paris and of Auxerre, Laic Abbot of Saint-Germain of Auxerre and Saint-Gall X Adelaide of Alsace so called Adelaide of Turns, (v. 805 - † v. 853) │ ├─> Welf II † 858 ├─> Hugues the Abbot └─> Conrad II │ ├─> Rodolphe Ier, king de Bourgogne (†) │ │ │ ├─>Waldrade │ │ X Boniface de Spolète │ │ │ │ │ └─>Willa │ │ X Hubert of Tuscany │ │ │ ├─> Rodolphe II (†) │ │ X Berthe de Souabe │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Conrad III the Pacific │ │ │ X ill. Aldiud │ │ │ │ └─> Burchard II, archbishop of Lyon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Mathilde de France │ │ │ ├─>Gisèle │ │ │ │ X Henri the Quarreller │ │ │ ├─> Rodolphe III │ │ │ ├─> Berthe │ │ │ │ X Eudes Ier of Blois │ │ │ │ X Robert II the Piles │ │ │ └─>Gerberge │ │ │ X Hermann de Souabe │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Adelaide │ │ X Lothaire │ │ X Othon I {{er}} │ │ │ └─>Adélaïde │ X Louis III the Blind man │ ├─> Adelaide │ X Richard II of Burgundy known as Richard the Dispenser of justice └─>Judith
Guelfes
See also: Guelfes and Gibelins
The dynasty of Welfs is at the origin of a faction, the Guelfes which supported papacy in opposition to holding of the Empire, the Gibelins.
See too
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