{"slug": "house-of-welf", "label": "House of Welf", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Welf", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156433", "qid": "Q156433", "description": "Royal House", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [858, 1297], "span_label": ["858 CE", "1297 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "hohenstaufen", "label": "Hohenstaufen", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-the-lion", "label": "Henry the Lion", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "conrad-iii-of-germany", "label": "Conrad III of Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guelphs-and-ghibellines", "label": "Guelphs and Ghibellines", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-aquitaine", "label": "Duchy of Aquitaine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-the-pious", "label": "Louis the Pious", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-the-german", "label": "Louis the German", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 858, "year_label": "858 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kingdom and secures Aquitaine for his nephew Pepin II (\"the Younger\"). King Charles the Bald flees to Burgundy; he is saved by the help of the bishops, and by the fidelity of the family of the Welfs, who are related to Judith (second wife of former emperor Louis the Pious).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129132#Europe", "title": "858", "revid": 1341129132, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1115, "year_label": "1115 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Welf VI, margrave of Tuscany (House of Welf) (d. 1191)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369310142#Births", "title": "1115", "revid": 1369310142, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Lothair II (supported by Pope Honorius II) asks Frederick II to restore to the crown the estates that he has inherited from Henry V. Frederick refuses, and by year's end a succession dispute breaks out between the House of Welf and the House of Hohenstaufen. The latter is led by Frederick and his brother Conrad III, duke of Franconia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Europe", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1138, "year_label": "1138 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – A civil war breaks out in the Holy Roman Empire, a struggle begins between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, while the family name Welf of Henry X will be corrupted into Guelph.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366421724#Europe", "title": "1138", "revid": 1366421724, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1140, "year_label": "1140 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Siege of Weinsberg: Conrad III captures the castle at Weinsberg during the civil war between the Staufers and the Welfs in Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307539#Europe", "title": "1140", "revid": 1367307539, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1150, "year_label": "1150 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – Battle of Flochberg: German forces under Henry VI defeat the army of the House of Welf at Bopfingen. At the same time, King Conrad III besieges Welf forces at Braunschweig in Saxony, but he lifts the siege when confronted by Henry the Lion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362164290#Europe", "title": "1150", "revid": 1362164290, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1198, "year_label": "1198 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – Philip of Swabia, son of the late Emperor Frederick I, is elected \"King of Germany\" by his supporters at Mühlhausen in Thuringia. Archbishop Adolf of Cologne elects Otto of Brunswick, son of Henry the Lion, as Philip's rival. Otto IV is crowned as King of the Romans in Aachen by supporters of the House of Welf. Philip's coronation does not take place until September 8, at Mainz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584676#Europe", "title": "1198", "revid": 1365584676, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1201, "year_label": "1201 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Agnes of the Palatinate, duchess of Bavaria (House of Guelf) (d. 1267)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364405568#Births", "title": "1201", "revid": 1364405568, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1297, "year_label": "1297 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, German nobleman and prince (House of Welf) (d. 1361)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359692211#Births", "title": "1297", "revid": 1359692211, "section": "Births"}}]}