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Little is known about the life of Count Hardrad, even from contemporary Frankish sources. In 771, the Cartulary of Lorraine, Abbey Gorze, identified a deceased Hardrad, father of Ratard (Rothard of the Argengau, father of Welf I of Bavaria), who could have been the father or
Nevertheless, an early ancestor may have been the Frankish nobleman Ruthard (d. before 790), a count in the Argengau and administrator of the Carolingian king Pepin the Younger in Alamannia. The origin of the name Welf (also Guelph, from Italian: Guelfi) has not been conclusively established. A late medieval legend first documented in 1475 ...
Argengau was a territory of Alemannia within East Francia in the 8th and 9th centuries, being a county in the 9th century, [1] and of the Duchy of Swabia in the 10th. It was situated north of Lake Constance , comprising Lindau .
Welf married Hedwig (Heilwig), [1] daughter of the Saxon count Isambart; Hedwig later became abbess of Chelles.The couple had the following children: Judith of Bavaria (c. 797 –843); married Louis the Pious, [1] who was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne.
Son of Rothard of the Argengau: c. 800 – 3 October 825: County of Altdorf: Hedwig of Bavaria four children 3 October 825 aged 49-50: Eponymous founder of the family. Conrad I the Elder: c. 800 Son of Welf I (a) and Hedwig of Bavaria: 3 October 825 – 864: County of Altdorf: Adelaide of Tours three children 864 aged 63-64: Welf I (b) c. 835
Welf I or Welfo (died before 876) was a Swabian nobleman. He was a member of the Elder House of Welf.. Welf was probably a son of Conrad I of Auxerre, and seems to have taken over his father's offices in Swabia, namely: count of Alpgau, count of Linzgau, and possibly count of Argengau.
He was born about 750 AD in Narbonne, France the son of Warin I, documented as count in Thurgau, and his wife Adalindis, a daughter of Duke Hildeprand of Spoleto and his wife Regarde.
Ulrich IX, d. before 1079, count of Bregenz, count in Argengau and Nibelgau; Ulrich X, d. 1097, count of Bregenz; Rudolf I, d. 1160, count of Bregenz, count in Lower Raetia, count of Chur; Afterwards the head of the House of Habsburg carried the title.