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The Welfs were said to have used the name as a rallying cry during the Battle of Weinsberg in 1140, in which the rival Hohenstaufens of Swabia ( led by Conrad III ) used Waiblingen, the name of a castle, as their cry.
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Welfs and were
The Welfs, in a similar Italianization, were called Guelfs.
He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis the German king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith.
In Germany, important ducal families were the Wittelsbachs in Bavaria, the Welfs in Hannover, the ducal family of Cleves, the Wettins in Saxony ( with its Ernestine branch divided into several duchies ), the Württembergs, the Mecklenburgs and finally of course also the Habsburgs in Austria as " Archdukes ".
Welfs and have
Frederick thereby avoided the degradation of Henry Jasomirgott to the rank of a margrave, which would have lacked any explanation and furthermore would have exposed Henry Jasomirgott to persecution by the Welfs.
Welfs and name
Around 1090, Matilda married again, to Welf V of Bavaria, from a family ( the Welfs ) whose very name was later to become synonymous with alliance to the popes in their conflict with the German emperors ( see Guelphs and Ghibellines ).
Welfs and Battle
Pope Innocent III initially had supported the Welfs, but when Otto, now sole elected monarch, moved to appropriate Sicily, Innocent changed sides and accepted young Frederick II and his ally, King Philip II of France, who defeated Otto at the 1214 Battle of Bouvines.
Welfs and Weinsberg
* December 21 – Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg, the stronghold of Welfs.
Welfs and which
The first faction called themselves the " Welfs " or " Guelphs " after Henry the Proud's family, which was the ruling dynasty in Bavaria ; the other faction was known as the " Waiblings.
Welfs and Hohenstaufens
The German princes refused to give the crown to his nephew, the duke of Swabia, for fear he would try to regain the imperial power held by Henry V. Instead, they chose Lothair III ( 1125 – 1137 ), who found himself embroiled in a long-running dispute with the Hohenstaufens, and who married into the Welfs.
Welfs and Swabia
It was founded by the Welfs, a Frankish dynasty in Swabia who became later Dukes of Bavaria and Saxony and who made the castle of Ravensburg their ancestral seat.
Welfs and by
This diocese, and indeed the whole of Bavaria, was then disturbed by the feud between the Welfs and the Hohenstaufen, and the church was in a deplorable condition ; but a great improvement was brought about by the new bishop in both ecclesiastical and secular matters.
Frederick prevailed, settling the long-time conflict, keeping the Welfs covered and securing support by the House of Babenberg.
In the areas dominated by the Welfs, the use of brick to replace natural stone began with cathedrals and parish churches at Oldenburg ( Holstein ), Segeberg, Ratzeburg and Lübeck, where Henry the Lion laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 1173.
Welfs and Conrad
Conrad ousted the Welfs from their possessions, but after his death in 1152, his nephew Frederick I " Barbarossa " succeeded and made peace with the Welfs, restoring his cousin Henry the Lion to his — albeit diminished — possessions.
Welfs and castle
In 1056 Welf IV transferred the ancestral seat of the Welfs to the newly built castle of Ravensburg.
Welfs and their
Around the 9th century the Elder Welfs became counts of the Schussengau and established their seat in Altdorf.
Welfs and .
A reconciliation with the Welfs took place in 1235, whereby Otto the Child, grandson of the late Saxon duke Henry the Lion, was named Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg.
As a consequence, for the following decades control of Saxony was contested between the Welfs and Ascanians.
The Welfs and Hohenstaufen made peace in 1152 and the peaceful succession of one of Conrad's family was secured.
* Welf IV, the eldest ( d. 1101 ), was the son of Kunigunde ( d. 1056 ), the last of the Elder Welfs.
The new Emperor, Frederick I, tried to reach a compromise with the Welfs and endowed the son of Henry the Proud, Henry the Lion, with Bavaria in 1156.
He was the last male member of the Burgundian group of the Elder Welfs family.
It is assumed that he fell out of favor with King Louis and lost his offices ; the Swabian branch of the Elder Welfs was not mentioned again until Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf, who died around 990 and was — according to legend — a descendant of Welf.
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