Welf

E54063

European noble family dynastic surname noble house

Welf is the dynastic surname of a prominent European noble house that ruled territories such as Brunswick-Lüneburg and later Britain and Hanover.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
House of Welf	2
Welf canonical	2
Welf dukes	1
Welf family symbols	1
Welfs	1
Welfs of Brunswick	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European noble family ⓘ dynastic surname ⓘ noble house ⓘ
alliedWith	papal party in medieval Italian politics ⓘ
associatedWith	Guelphs and Ghibellines conflict in medieval Italy ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature	lion ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
dynasticConnection	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Guelf ⓘ Guelph ⓘ House of Welf ⓘ House of Welf ⓘ surface form: Welf dynasty
hasCadetBranch	House of Hanover ⓘ surface form: British royal House of Hanover House of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ House of Hanover ⓘ
hasDynasticUnionWith	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
historicalEra	Early modern period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ Modern period ⓘ
influenced	British succession in the 18th century ⓘ German territorial politics ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
memberOf	German high nobility ⓘ
nameEtymology	derived from an old Germanic personal name "Welf" ⓘ
notableFor	medieval and early modern European influence ⓘ providing British monarchs ⓘ role in Holy Roman Empire politics ⓘ rule over Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ rule over Hanover ⓘ
notableMember	George I of Great Britain ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ Henry the Lion ⓘ Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Queen Victoria ⓘ William IV ⓘ surface form: William IV of the United Kingdom
opposedTo	Hohenstaufen dynasty ⓘ
region	Lower Saxony ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ
religionHistorically	Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledTerritory	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Hanover United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → familyName → Welf ⓘ

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → memberOfDynasty → Welf ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Welf

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → rulingDynasty → Welf ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Welf

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → nobleFamily → Welf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welfs

Principality of Göttingen → nobleFamily → Welf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welfs of Brunswick

Elder House of Welf → namedAfter → Welf ⓘ

Duke of Brunswick-Bevern → ruledBy → Welf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welf dukes

Arms of the Dukes of Brunswick-Bevern → hasElement → Welf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welf family symbols