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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, and a member of the illustrious family of the Welf (House of Guelph).
The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph [1]) is a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century and Emperor Ivan VI of Russia in the 18th century.
The disenfranchised former duke Henry and his younger brother, Welf VI, went to war against Conrad. Henry the Proud died suddenly at the age of 31 in 1139, but Welf VI stepped forward to lead the rebellion.
The Historia Welforum is an anonymous Latin prose chronicle of the House of Welf written around 1170. The original covers the period c. 825 –1167, but continuations bring it down to 1208. Because two manuscript copies originate in Weingarten (Altdorf), the work is sometimes known as the Historia Welforum Weingartensis or Chronica Altorfensium .
Oct 17, 2022 · Birthplace: Bavaria, Germany. Death: December 15, 1191 (75-76) Memmingen, Bayern, Tyskland (Germany) Immediate Family: Son of Henry IX the black, duke of Bavaria; Hendrik Von Beieren Zwarte, IX; Wulfhilda of Saxony and Wulfhilde Van Saksen Billung. Husband of Uta von Calw-Sindelfingen.
- Bavaria
- 1115
- Uta Von Calw-Sindelfingen
- Bavaria, Germany
This account of the history of the Welf family was written c. 1170, either by a cleric among their followers or by a monk of the abbey of St. Martin at Weingarten in the diocese of Konstanz in southern Swabia. Weingarten had been founded by Welf III, Duke of Carinthia,
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Who was Welf VI? Welf VI was the margrave of Tuscany and duke of Spoleto, the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious family of the Welf. Welf inherited the familial possessions in Swabia, including the counties of Altdorf and Ravensburg, while his eldest brother Henry the Proud received the duchies of Bavaria ...
