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House of Welf

For its maternal parent house, see Elder House of Welf. For its paternal parent house, see House of Este. For the faction supporting the pope in medieval Italy, see Guelphs and Ghibellines.
House of Welf (Guelf, Guelph)
Parent houseHouse of Este (agnatic)
Elder House of Welf (cognatic)
CountryGermany, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Founded8th century
FounderWelf I, Duke of Bavaria
Final rulerErnest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
Titles
Estate(s)Brunswick & Hanover
Deposition1918 (in Germany)
Cadet branchesHouse of Hanover
The possessions of the Welfs in the days of Henry the Lion

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.

  1. ^ Jones, B. (2013). Dictionary of World Biography. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press. p. 356. ISBN 9781922144492.

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