Welf I.

Welf I. in the Guelph family tree of the Historia Welforum (12th century)

Welf I. in the Weingartener Stifterbüchlein (around 1510)

Welf I. († September 3 of an unknown year) is the verifiable ancestor of the Guelph dynasty and is documented as a count in 819.

biography

Welf I was married to the Saxon Heilwig, who was named as Abbess of Chelles around 826 (probably after his death) .

His ascent began with the two marriages he concluded for his two daughters with members of the Carolingian family : the elder Judith married Emperor Ludwig the Pious , while the younger Hemma married his son Ludwig the Germans .

Welf and Heilwig had at least four children:

Judith , † April 9, 843; ⚭ February 819 Emperor Ludwig the Pious , † June 20, 840 ( Carolingian )
Rudolf I, † January 6, 866, 829 attested, 849 abbot of Jumièges , 856 abbot of Saint-Riquier , 866 count of Ponthieu , buried in Saint-Riquier, ⚭ Hruodun (Roduna), † after 867
Konrad I. († September 21 after 862), 830 "dux nobilissimus", 839 - after 849 Graf im Argengau , 839 Graf im Alpgau , 844 Graf im Linzgau , 849 Graf von Paris , after 860 Graf von Auxerre , ⚭ Adelheid 841 –866 attested, daughter of Hugo Graf von Tours ( Etichonen ) and Bava (she married Robert the Strong (le Fort) in early 864 ), Graf von Tours and Paris ( Capetian , Robertiner ), † September 15, 866
Hemma (* 808; † January 31, 876), ⚭ 827 Ludwig the German , 843 King of the Eastern Franks

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personal data
SURNAME	Welf I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count, ancestor of the Guelph dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd September 9th century