Welf VI
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Welf VI was the margrave of Tuscany and duke of Spoleto, the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious family of the Welf.
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Conrad III of Germany
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Conrad III of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was from 1116 to 1120 Duke of Franconia, from 1127 to 1135 anti-king of his predecessor Lothair III, and from 1138 until his death in 1152 King of the Romans in
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…Judith, was Welf's sister). Welf himself was only a decade or less older than his nephew, during whose reign most of Welf's activity occurred. When Conrad III of Germany, Frederick's uncle, confiscated the duchy of Bavaria in 1142, Welf joined his brother in rebelling. Even though, Conrad III and Welf VI had gone on the…
A miniature from the Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, c. 1240
Conrad III and his armies in Hungary. Image from the Chronicon Pictum