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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 originally Franconian family from the Meuse-Moselle area was closely related to the imperial family of the Carolingians .
In 1690 he gave his consent to cede the Brunswick County of Blankenburg to his younger brother Louis Rudolph, thus violating the Welf primogeniture principle. Augustus William succeeded his father as Prince of Wolfenbüttel in 1714.
Cross from the Guelph Treasure (Bode Museum, Berlin) Reliquary of the arm of Saint Blaise (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Dankwarderode Castle) The Guelph Treasure (German: Welfenschatz) is a collection of medieval ecclesiastical art originally housed at Brunswick Cathedral in Braunschweig, Germany.
Coat of arms of the Duchy in Schedel's World Chronicle of 1493 In the meanwhile the dukes became weary of the constant disputes with the citizens of the town of Brunswick and, in 1432, moved their Residenz to the water castle of Wolfenbüttel , which lay in a marshy depression of the river Oker about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Brunswick.
The House of Este (UK: / ˈ ɛ s t i / EST-ee, [7] US: / ˈ ɛ s t eɪ / EST-ay, [8] [9] Italian:) is a European dynasty of North Italian origin whose members ruled parts of Italy and Germany for many centuries. The original House of Este's elder branch, which is known as the House of Welf, included dukes of Bavaria and of Brunswick.
Coat of arms of the House of Welf-Brunswick (Braunschweig) Arms of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor Arms of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Chronica Majora) Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France.
The North Carolina state seal is part of the floor of the Albemarle Building at 325 N. Salisbury St. in downtown Raleigh, which includes the offices for the governor.
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