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style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Weingarten,_W%C3%BCrttemberg#History" title="Weingarten, Württemberg">Count of Altdorf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Estate(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orbe_Castle" title="Orbe Castle">Orbe Castle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolution</th><td class="infobox-data">1032<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1032</span>)</span> (Burgundy)<br />1055<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1055</span>)</span> (Swabia)</td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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Closely related to the <a href="/wiki/Carolingian_dynasty" title="Carolingian dynasty">Carolingian dynasty</a>, it consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Burgundy-Arles" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles">Burgundian</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Swabia" title="Duchy of Swabia">Swabian</a> group. It has not been definitively clarified, however, whether the two groups formed one dynasty or whether they shared the same name by coincidence only. While the Elder House became extinct in the male line with the death of Duke <a href="/wiki/Welf,_Duke_of_Carinthia" title="Welf, Duke of Carinthia">Welf of Carinthia</a> in 1055, his sister <a href="/wiki/Kunigunde_of_Altdorf" title="Kunigunde of Altdorf">Kunigunde</a> married into the Italian <a href="/wiki/House_of_Este" title="House of Este">House of Este</a> and became the ancestor of the (Younger) <a href="/wiki/House_of_Welf" title="House of Welf">House of Welf</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_House_of_Welf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG/220px-Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG/330px-Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG/440px-Stammbaum-Welfen.JPG 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Family tree of the Welfs from the <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Welforum" title="Historia Welforum">Historia Welforum</a>.</i></figcaption></figure> <p>According to a family tradition, the ancestry of the Welfs can be traced back to the <a href="/wiki/Sciri" title="Sciri">Skirian</a> prince <a href="/wiki/Edeco" class="mw-redirect" title="Edeco">Edeko</a> (d. 469), a confidant of King <a href="/wiki/Attila_the_Hun" class="mw-redirect" title="Attila the Hun">Attila the Hun</a>, and to his son <a href="/wiki/Odoacer" title="Odoacer">Odoacer</a>, King of Italy from 476.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, an early ancestor may have been the Frankish nobleman Ruthard (d. before 790), a count in the <a href="/wiki/Argengau" title="Argengau">Argengau</a> and administrator of the Carolingian king <a href="/wiki/Pepin_the_Short" title="Pepin the Short">Pepin the Younger</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alamannia" title="Alamannia">Alamannia</a>. </p><p>The origin of the name <i>Welf</i> (also <i><a href="/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines" title="Guelphs and Ghibellines">Guelph</a></i>, from <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Guelfi</i>) has not been conclusively established. A late medieval legend first documented in 1475 referred to a (non-historical) Duke Balthazar of Swabia, whose marriage had remained childless and who represented as his own heir and successor Bundus, the newborn son of one of his hunters. When Bundus came of age and was betrothed to a duchess of <a href="/wiki/Guelders" class="mw-redirect" title="Guelders">Guelders</a>, his mother secretly informed him of the circumstances of his birth. The shocked young man waived both the duchess' hand and rule in Swabia. Retired, he spent the rest of his life at the <a href="/wiki/Weingarten_Abbey" title="Weingarten Abbey">Altdorf</a> monastery. Only on his deathbed did he reveal the truth about his descendance and become known thenceforth as <i>Herzog Wolf</i> (Duke Wolf). Another popular version refers to the eleven (<i>elf</i>) sons of one Count Isenbart of Altdorf, whose mother wanted them to be drowned and years later was faced with those among them who escaped death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Burgundian_group">Burgundian group</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_House_of_Welf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Burgundian group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The older of the two groups was the <b>Burgundian group</b>. When the name first appeared in surviving documents, the family was already at the top of <a href="/wiki/Francia" title="Francia">Francia</a> society, with <a href="/wiki/Welf_(father_of_Judith)" title="Welf (father of Judith)">Welf</a>, the first <a href="/w/index.php?title=Count_of_Altdorf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Count of Altdorf (page does not exist)">Count of Altdorf</a>, the father-in-law of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_Pious" title="Louis the Pious">Louis the Pious</a> (the son and heir of <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a>). He was mentioned in 819 as father of <a href="/wiki/Judith,_daughter_of_Welf" class="mw-redirect" title="Judith, daughter of Welf">Empress Judith</a>. The younger sons of the first count of Altdorf, <a href="/wiki/Conrad_I_of_Auxerre" class="mw-redirect" title="Conrad I of Auxerre">Conrad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rudolph,_Count_of_Ponthieu" title="Rudolph, Count of Ponthieu">Rudolf</a> accompanied their sister to the court of her husband, Louis the Pious, where their ambitious spirit maintained their hereditary rank, and where they shared the happy, as well as the adverse fortunes of that sister. When Judith was surprised and confined by her stepsons, her brothers were shaven as monks but claimed and obtained permission to stand beside the throne. Judith's sister <a href="/wiki/Hemma" title="Hemma">Hemma</a> (* 808 † 876) later married Judith's stepson <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_German" title="Louis the German">Louis the German</a> and became Queen of the Franks. </p><p>Conrad had two sons: <a href="/wiki/Conrad_II_of_Auxerre" class="mw-redirect" title="Conrad II of Auxerre">Conrad II</a>, who succeeded him; and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_the_Abbot" title="Hugh the Abbot">Hugh</a>, from his church preferment, styled <i>the <a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a></i>. He is traditionally given a third son, <a href="/wiki/Welf_I" title="Welf I">Welf I</a> of the Swabian group. </p><p>Conrad II succeeded his father as <a href="/wiki/Count_of_Paris" title="Count of Paris">Count of Paris</a>, and recovered the Burgundian estates of his grand-uncle Otkarius. He left an only son <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_I_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph I of Burgundy">Rudolph</a> who assumed the royal crown at the abbey of <a href="/wiki/Agaunum" title="Agaunum">St Maurice en Valais</a> in 888, who confirmed his independence with two victories over <a href="/wiki/Arnulf_of_Carinthia" title="Arnulf of Carinthia">Arnulf</a>, and was then acknowledged emperor in a general <a href="/wiki/Diet_(assembly)" title="Diet (assembly)">diet</a> of the empire. His son, <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_II_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph II of Burgundy">Rudolph II</a> succeeded to this new-formed state, which included the French or western part of Switzerland, <a href="/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" title="Franche-Comté">Franche-Comté</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savoy" title="Savoy">Savoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dauphin%C3%A9" title="Dauphiné">Dauphiné</a>, <a href="/wiki/Provence" title="Provence">Provence</a>, and the country between the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>, and was known as the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Burgundy" title="Kingdom of Burgundy">kingdom of Burgundy</a>. He twice attempted the conquest of Italy, and for a period of three years governed that kingdom. </p><p>His son and successor, King <a href="/wiki/Conrad_of_Burgundy" class="mw-redirect" title="Conrad of Burgundy">Conrad I</a>, reigned more than fifty-six years from 937 to 993 and enjoyed the friendship and support of the Saxon emperors. <a href="/wiki/Otto_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto I">Otto I</a> married his sister Adelaide, who was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Otto_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto II">Otto II</a>, and the grandmother of <a href="/wiki/Otto_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto III">Otto III</a>. Conrad was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_III_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph III of Burgundy">Rudolph III</a>, called <i>the Idle</i>. When Rudolph III died without legitimate issue in 1032, the Kingdom of Burgundy was inherited by his niece's husband <a href="/wiki/Conrad_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor">Conrad of Swabia</a>, who had been elected emperor in 1024. With this, the Kingdom of Burgundy was joined in personal union with those of Germany and Italy as part of what came to be known as the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welf_I..jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Welf, Count of Altdorf (819)"><img alt="Welf, Count of Altdorf (819)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Welf_I..jpg/120px-Welf_I..jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Welf_I..jpg/180px-Welf_I..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Welf_I..jpg 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="131" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Welf_(father_of_Judith)" title="Welf (father of Judith)">Welf</a>, Count of Altdorf (819)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Empress Judith (* 795 † 843), daughter of Welf, wife of Emperor Louis the Pious"><img alt="Empress Judith (* 795 † 843), daughter of Welf, wife of Emperor Louis the Pious" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg/75px-Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg/113px-Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg/150px-Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_11v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="1906" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Judith,_daughter_of_Welf" class="mw-redirect" title="Judith, daughter of Welf">Empress Judith</a> (* 795 † 843), daughter of Welf, wife of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_Pious" title="Louis the Pious">Louis the Pious</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grabmal_Hemma.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Queen Hemma (* 808 † 876), daughter of Welf, wife of King Louis the German"><img alt="Queen Hemma (* 808 † 876), daughter of Welf, wife of King Louis the German" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Grabmal_Hemma.jpg/90px-Grabmal_Hemma.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Grabmal_Hemma.jpg/135px-Grabmal_Hemma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Grabmal_Hemma.jpg/180px-Grabmal_Hemma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hemma" title="Hemma">Queen Hemma</a> (* 808 † 876), daughter of Welf, wife of King <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_German" title="Louis the German">Louis the German</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Empress Adelaide (* 931 † 999), daughter of Rudolph II of Burgundy, wife of Emperor Otto I"><img alt="Empress Adelaide (* 931 † 999), daughter of Rudolph II of Burgundy, wife of Emperor Otto I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg/120px-Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg/180px-Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg/240px-Adelheid_von_Burgund.jpg 2x" data-file-width="271" data-file-height="265" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Italy" title="Adelaide of Italy">Empress Adelaide</a> (* 931 † 999), daughter of <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_II_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph II of Burgundy">Rudolph II of Burgundy</a>, wife of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Otto_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto I">Otto I</a> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_members_of_the_Burgundian_group">Notable members of the Burgundian group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_House_of_Welf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable members of the Burgundian group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welf_(father_of_Judith)" title="Welf (father of Judith)">Welf</a>, Count of Altdorf</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith,_daughter_of_Welf" class="mw-redirect" title="Judith, daughter of Welf">Judith, daughter of Welf</a>, Empress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_I_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph I of Burgundy">Rudolph I</a>, King of Burgundy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_II_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph II of Burgundy">Rudolph II</a>, King of Burgundy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_I_of_Burgundy" title="Conrad I of Burgundy">Conrad I</a>, King of Burgundy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Burgundy" title="Gisela of Burgundy">Gisela of Burgundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Italy" title="Adelaide of Italy">Adelaide of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_III_of_Burgundy" title="Rudolph III of Burgundy">Rudolph III</a>, King of Burgundy</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swabian_group">Swabian group</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_House_of_Welf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Swabian group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The oldest known member of the <b>Swabian group</b> was <a href="/wiki/Welf_I" title="Welf I">Welf I</a>, a count in <a href="/wiki/Swabia" title="Swabia">Swabia</a> who was first mentioned in 842. According to legend, Welf I was a son of Conrad, son of <a href="/wiki/Welf_(father_of_Judith)" title="Welf (father of Judith)">Welf</a>, count of Altdorf, the ancestor of the Burgundian group. This relationship is considered probable because both Conrad and Welf I were counts of <a href="/wiki/Linzgau" title="Linzgau">Linzgau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alpgau" title="Alpgau">Alpgau</a>. The relationship between Welf I and all later members of the Swabian group (<a href="/wiki/Welf,_Duke_of_Carinthia" title="Welf, Duke of Carinthia">Welf, Duke of Carinthia</a>, and his relatives, who were counts of <a href="/wiki/Weingarten_(W%C3%BCrttemberg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Weingarten (Württemberg)">Altdorf</a>) is, again, known only through legend. </p><p>The Elder House of Welf became extinct when <a href="/wiki/Welf,_Duke_of_Carinthia" title="Welf, Duke of Carinthia">Welf, Duke of Carinthia</a>, died childless in 1055. The property of the House of Welf was inherited by the elder branch of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Este" title="House of Este">House of Este</a> that came to be known as the younger <a href="/wiki/House_of_Welf" title="House of Welf">House of Welf</a>, or House of Welf-Este. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Altdorf (later Weingarten Abbey), Swabia"><img alt="Altdorf (later Weingarten Abbey), Swabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg/115px-Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg/172px-Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg/229px-Weingarten_-_Zugangsbereich_zur_Basilika_St._Martin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2886" data-file-height="3023" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Weingarten_Abbey" title="Weingarten Abbey">Altdorf (later Weingarten Abbey)</a>, Swabia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ravensburg Castle, Swabia"><img alt="Ravensburg Castle, Swabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg/89px-Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg/134px-Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg/179px-Ravensburg_vom_Blaserturm_2011_Mehlsack.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2796" data-file-height="3750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ravensburg" title="Ravensburg">Ravensburg</a> Castle, Swabia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Welf III, Duke of Carinthia and Verona, the last male Welf of the Elder House"><img alt="Welf III, Duke of Carinthia and Verona, the last male Welf of the Elder House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg/73px-Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg/110px-Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg/147px-Wgt_Stifterb%C3%BCchlein_23r.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1930" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Welf,_Duke_of_Carinthia" title="Welf, Duke of Carinthia">Welf III</a>, Duke of Carinthia and Verona, the last male Welf of the Elder House </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kunigunde of Altdorf, sister of Welf III, wife of Albert Azzo II of Este, Margrave of Milan"><img alt="Kunigunde of Altdorf, sister of Welf III, wife of Albert Azzo II of Este, Margrave of Milan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg/120px-Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg/180px-Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg/240px-Kunigunda_Azzo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="175" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kunigunde_of_Altdorf" title="Kunigunde of Altdorf">Kunigunde of Altdorf</a>, sister of Welf III, wife of <a href="/wiki/Albert_Azzo_II,_Margrave_of_Milan" title="Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan">Albert Azzo II of Este</a>, Margrave of Milan</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_members_of_the_Swabian_group">Notable members of the Swabian group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_House_of_Welf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable members of the Swabian group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welf_I" title="Welf I">Welf I</a></li> <li>Saint <a href="/wiki/Conrad_of_Constance" title="Conrad of Constance">Conrad of Constance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welf,_Duke_of_Carinthia" title="Welf, Duke of Carinthia">Welf, Duke of Carinthia</a> (Welf III)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rulers">Rulers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_House_of_Welf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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