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'Welf' or 'Hwelf' also known as 'Welf I,' was a 9th century Frankish count. 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.

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Marriage and issue

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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;

★ Rudolf, died 866;

★ Conrad, Count of Paris, ancestor of the Welf kings of Burgundy;

★ Hemma, Frankish Queen, died 876.

Reference

★ ''The Royal Ancestry Bible Royal Ancestors of 300 Colonial American Families'' by Michel L. Call (chart's 1902 & 2003) ISBN 1-933194-22-7