Welf II | |
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Count of Altdorf | |
Died | 10 March 1030 Bodman Castle |
Buried | Weingarten Abbey |
Noble family | Elder House of Welf |
Spouse(s) | Imiza of Luxembourg |
Issue |
Welf, Duke of Carinthia Kunigunde of Altdorf |
Father | Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf |
Mother | Ita of Öhningen |
Welf II ( c. 960/70 - died 10 March 1030) was a Swabian count and a member of the Elder House of Welf.
He was a younger son of Count Rudolf II and Ita, a daughter of Duke Conrad I of Swabia of the Conradine dynasty. [1] He constructed a castle at Ravensburg. [1]
In the 1020s, Welf feuded with the Augsburg and Freising bishops. [2] He pillaged the treasury of Bishop Bruno of Augsburg, brother of Emperor Henry II, and sacked the city of Augsburg. [3]
Welf opposed the election of the Salian count Conrad II as King of the Romans in 1024 because it did not suit his interests, but he had to eventually relent. [4] The next year he joined a rebellion launched by the Babenberg duke Ernest II of Swabia, but finally submitted in 1027. [5] He died, probably in captivity, in 1030. [6] He was buried at Weingarten Abbey. [7]
Welf II was married to Imiza, daughter of Count Frederick of Luxembourg. [1] With Imiza, Welf had at least two children:
Welf II | |
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Count of Altdorf | |
Died | 10 March 1030 Bodman Castle |
Buried | Weingarten Abbey |
Noble family | Elder House of Welf |
Spouse(s) | Imiza of Luxembourg |
Issue |
Welf, Duke of Carinthia Kunigunde of Altdorf |
Father | Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf |
Mother | Ita of Öhningen |
Welf II ( c. 960/70 - died 10 March 1030) was a Swabian count and a member of the Elder House of Welf.
He was a younger son of Count Rudolf II and Ita, a daughter of Duke Conrad I of Swabia of the Conradine dynasty. [1] He constructed a castle at Ravensburg. [1]
In the 1020s, Welf feuded with the Augsburg and Freising bishops. [2] He pillaged the treasury of Bishop Bruno of Augsburg, brother of Emperor Henry II, and sacked the city of Augsburg. [3]
Welf opposed the election of the Salian count Conrad II as King of the Romans in 1024 because it did not suit his interests, but he had to eventually relent. [4] The next year he joined a rebellion launched by the Babenberg duke Ernest II of Swabia, but finally submitted in 1027. [5] He died, probably in captivity, in 1030. [6] He was buried at Weingarten Abbey. [7]
Welf II was married to Imiza, daughter of Count Frederick of Luxembourg. [1] With Imiza, Welf had at least two children: