Welf, I of Altorf
- Bef 876-
Name Welf , I of Altorf [1, 2] Suffix I of Altorf Gender Male Died Bef 876 [3] Notes - He gained the title of Herzog von Bayern. He gained the title of Graf von Altdorf.
Welf (or Hwelf) I of Altorf (died 825) was the son of the 9th century Frankish count Rothard of Metz, to whom the sons of Charles Martel entrusted half of Alemannia. Welf was master of several counties in the southern Rhineland & Bavaria. His family became politically powerful when Louis the Pious chose his oldest daughter as his 2nd wife. Though Welf himself never became publicly prominent, his family became interwoven with the Carolingian dynasty.
He is the oldest known member of the Elder House of Welf. Welf is mentioned only once: on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Judith with Emperor Louis the Pious in 819.
Marriage and issue
Welf married Hedwig, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of the Saxon count Isanbart; Hedwig was abbess of Chelles. They had the following:
Judith, Roman Empress and Frankish Queen, died 843;
Rudolph, died 866;
Conrad, Count of Paris, ancestor of the Welf kings of Burgundy;
Hemma, Frankish Queen, married to Louis the German, son of Louis the Pious, died 876.
Person ID I980 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Conrad Comte d'Auxerre, d. 16 Feb 862/63 Relationship Natural Mother Adelheid d'Alsace Relationship Natural Family ID F790 Group Sheet
Family 1 Unknown Children 1. Edico Graf von Altdorf, I Family ID F283 Group Sheet
Family 2 Hedwig Children 1. Judith of Bavaria, b. Abt 800, Altdorf, Bayern, Germany 
, d. 19 Apr 843, Tours, France (Age ~ 43 years)2. Conrad, I Count of Auxerre, d. 876 Family ID F282 Group Sheet
- He gained the title of Herzog von Bayern. He gained the title of Graf von Altdorf.
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Sources - [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_I_of_Auxerre.
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welf_(father_of_Judith).
- [S190] Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume I, Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.; Date: 2002;).
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_I_of_Auxerre.