Welf VII.
. Welf VII (* 1140, † 11. / 12. September 1167 in Siena ), from the House of Welf , Count of Altdorf, was the only surviving son of Welf VI. and Uta von Schauenburg .
From 1154 he took part in the Italian campaigns of Frederick I Barbarossa against the Pope in Rome . On behalf of his father, he supervised his Italian possessions. He quarreled with Count Palatine Hugo I of Tübingen in the Tübingen feud , but only triumphed after the intervention of his father Welf VI. and Emperor Friedrich I. In 1167 he took part in the battle of Tusculum and died like many others, probably of malaria . He died before his father.
Welf VII. Is buried like his father in the Steingaden monastery in the monastery church of St. Johannes Baptist .
literature
- Thomas Zotz , Andreas Schmauder, Johannes Kuber (eds.): From the Welfs to the Staufers. The death of Welf VII. 1167 and the foundation of Upper Swabia in the Middle Ages (= Upper Swabia. Research on landscape, history and culture. Volume 4). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2020, ISBN 978-3-17-037334-1 .
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Welf VII. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Altdorf, son of Welf VI. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1140 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1167 or September 12, 1167 |
| Place of death | Siena |