Welf II (c. 960/70 - died 10 March 1030) was a Swabian count and a member of the Elder House of Welf.
Welf II | |
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Count of Altdorf | |
Died | 10 March 1030 Bodman Castle |
Buried | Weingarten Abbey |
Noble family | Elder House of Welf |
Spouse(s) | Imiza of Luxembourg |
Issue | Welf, Duke of Carinthia Kunigunde of Altdorf |
Father | Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf |
Mother | Ita of Öhningen |
He was a younger son of Count Rudolf II and Ita, a daughter of Duke Conrad I of Swabia of the Conradine dynasty.[1] He constructed a castle at Ravensburg.[1]
In the 1020s, Welf feuded with the Augsburg and Freising bishops.[2] He pillaged the treasury of Bishop Bruno of Augsburg, brother of Emperor Henry II, and sacked the city of Augsburg.[3]
Welf opposed the election of the Salian count Conrad II as King of the Romans in 1024 because it did not suit his interests, but he had to eventually relent.[4] The next year he joined a rebellion launched by the Babenberg duke Ernest II of Swabia, but finally submitted in 1027.[5] He died, probably in captivity, in 1030.[6] He was buried at Weingarten Abbey.[7]
Welf II was married to Imiza, daughter of Count Frederick of Luxembourg.[1] With Imiza, Welf had at least two children: