Hayes & Dand Ancestors and related families - House of Welf
(also Guelf or Guelph) (Branch of House of Este & House of Obertenghi) - Holy Roman Emperor, Kings & Queens, and
Dukes
Weingarten Abbey (St. Martin's Abbey) (Germany) was founded in 1056 by
Welf I, Duke of Bavaria (Died 1101)
[House of Welf].
Burials in the Welf family tomb include:
Welf I, Duke of Bavaria (Died 1101) & Judith of Flanders (Died 1094)
and their son and daughter-in-law
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (Died 1126)
& Wulfhild of Saxony (Died 1126)
- Grandparents of Frederick I "Barbarossa", Holy Roman Emperor (Died
1190) [Staufen Dynasty].
Welf family fresco paintings in Weingarten Abbey include:
Welf [IV] I, Duke of Bavaria (Died 1101) [Founder of Weingarten Abbey] & Judith of Flanders (Died 1094).
Daughter-in-law Wulfhild of Saxony (Died 1126) (wife of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria) & Granddaughter Sophie.
House of Windsor Ancestor Links with Houses of Welf, Este & Obertenghi.
Other Houses - Carolingian, Plantagenet, Stewart/Stuart, Hanover, & Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Photos of Welf (IV) I, Duke of Bavaria & Judith of Flanders (stucco painting); Queen Elizabeth II; and Royal Carriage.