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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 .
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Coat of arms of the House of Welf (Brunswick-Lüneburg). Blazon: Per pale, I Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), II Or a semy of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (for Lunenburg). Date: 7 May 2018: Source: Own work. Author: FDRMRZUSA: Permission (Reusing this file)
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 House of Welf. The last Ottonian duke, Henry IV of Bavaria, was elected King of the Romans in 1002 as Henry II. At different times, the duchy was ruled by the German kings in personal union, by dependent dukes, or even by the emperor's sons, a tradition maintained by Henry's Salian successors.
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.
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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.