House of Welf

E70876

European noble house noble dynasty

The House of Welf is one of the oldest European noble dynasties, historically influential in German and Italian politics and providing several dukes, electors, and kings, including British monarchs through its Hanoverian branch.

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European noble house → noble dynasty →
alsoKnownAs	Guelphs → Welf dynasty →
coatOfArmsFeature	blue field → golden lions →
continent	Europe →
countryOfOrigin	Holy Roman Empire →
dynasticUnionWith	British Crown through House of Hanover →
hasBranch	Elder House of Welf → House of Este → House of Hanover → Younger House of Brunswick →
hasCadetBranch	House of Brunswick → House of Hanover →
hasMotto	Nec aspera terrent →
historicalRole	ruling dynasty in northern Germany → ruling dynasty in parts of Italy →
influenced	imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire → papal-imperial conflicts in the Middle Ages →
languageOfName	German →
memberOf	High nobility of the Holy Roman Empire →
nativeName	Haus Welf →
notableIn	British history → German history → Italian history →
opposed	Hohenstaufen dynasty →
producedMonarch	Ernest Augustus I of Hanover → George I of Great Britain → George II of Great Britain → George III of the United Kingdom → George IV of the United Kingdom → George V of Hanover → William IV of the United Kingdom →
providedTitle	Duke of Bavaria → Duke of Brunswick → Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Duke of Saxony → Elector of Hanover → King of Great Britain → King of Hanover → King of the United Kingdom →
religion	Lutheranism → Roman Catholicism →
territorialBase	Bavaria → Brunswick → Hanover → Lüneburg → Tuscany →
timePeriod	Early modern period → Middle Ages → Modern era →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Welf") → George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("House of Brunswick-Lüneburg") →	house
Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("House of Brunswick-Lüneburg") → Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick →	memberOf
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel → George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	nobleFamily
Welf → Welf ("Welf dynasty") →	hasAlternativeName
Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	memberOfDynasty
House of Welf ("Welf dynasty") →	alsoKnownAs
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Welf dynasty") →	associatedWithDynasty
House of Hanover →	dynasticConnection
House of Brunswick-Bevern ("Welf dynasty") →	dynasty
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ("House of Brunswick-Lüneburg") →	employer
House of Brunswick-Bevern →	hasAncestralHouse
Duke of Saxony ("Welf dynasty") →	hasHolder
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	hereditaryIn
Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt →	nobleFamilyByMarriage
Hohenstaufen dynasty →	opposedBy
House of Brunswick-Bevern →	partOf
Duchy of Swabia →	ruledByDynasty
Hohenstaufen dynasty →	successor