Welf von Bayern

Abt 770 - Bef 825  (< 54 years)

• Name	Welf von Bayern
  Birth	Abt 770
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 825
  Person ID	I9614	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Rothard von Metz, Count of Metz ,   b. Abt 748, Metz, France d. Aft 9 Dec 771 (Age > 23 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hermengarde De Francie,   b. 746, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 770, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 24 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Heilwich Sachsen, Abbess of Chelles ,   b. Abt 780, Saxony, Sachsen, Germany d. 833 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	805
  Children	+ 1. Konrad d'Argengau, Graf von Linz ,   b. Abt 805, Boulogne, Pays de la Loire, France d. Aft 22 Mar 862, Boulogne, Pays de la Loire, France (Age > 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Judith Welf,   b. 805, Bavaria, Germany d. 19 Apr 843, Tours, Centre, France (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Welf (Hwelf) is the earliest documented ancestor of the Welf dynasty (s o m e t i mes known as Guelph, Guelf, Guelfe). His name is perhaps a shorte n e d f o r m of Welfhard or Bernwelf.Cawley; Hiebl The first time he appears in the records is in the ''Gesta Hludowici im p e r a t oris'' (Life of Emperor Louis the Pious), written by [https://en.w i k i p e dia.org/wiki/Thegan_of_Trier Thegan of Trier] in about 836-837, T h e gan of Trier where he is mentioned as the father of Louis' s e c o n d w ife, Judith; married in 819.