Count Welf
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Name Welf Title Count Gender Male Reference Number 15886 Person ID I15886 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Rothard of Metz Relationship natural Family ID F5172 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hedwig of Bavaria Children 1. Judith of Bavaria, b. 805, d. 23 Apr 843 (Age 38 years) [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F5171 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Welf (or Hwelf) I of Altorf was the son of the 9th century Frankish count Rothard of Metz, to whom the sons of Charles Martel entrusted half of Alemannia. Welf was master of several counties in the southern Rhineland & Bavaria. His family became politically powerful when Louis the Pious chose his oldest daughter as his 2nd wife. Though Welf himself never became publicly prominent, his family became interwoven with the Carolingian dynasty.
He is the oldest known member of the Elder House of Welf. Welf is mentioned only once: on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Judith with Emperor Louis the Pious in 819.
- Welf (or Hwelf) I of Altorf was the son of the 9th century Frankish count Rothard of Metz, to whom the sons of Charles Martel entrusted half of Alemannia. Welf was master of several counties in the southern Rhineland & Bavaria. His family became politically powerful when Louis the Pious chose his oldest daughter as his 2nd wife. Though Welf himself never became publicly prominent, his family became interwoven with the Carolingian dynasty.
