House of Welf

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:noble_family
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:House_of_Plantagenet
gptkbp:ancestralSeat gptkb:Brunswick_Palace
gptkb:Schloss_Marienburg
gptkb:Schloss_Herrenhausen
gptkbp:branch gptkb:House_of_Hanover
gptkb:House_of_Este
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Berggarten_Mausoleum
gptkb:Schloss_Marienburg
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Welf_arms_(gold_and_black_stripes)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1918
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Kingdom_of_Hanover
gptkb:Duchy_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg
gptkb:Duchy_of_Saxony
gptkb:Duchy_of_Bavaria
gptkbp:foundedIn 9th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major role in Holy Roman Empire
one of the oldest European dynasties
produced British monarchs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label House of Welf
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ernst_August,_Prince_of_Hanover
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Nec_aspera_terrent
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Welf-Hohenstaufen_rivalry
Expulsion from Brunswick (1884)
Hanoverian succession to British throne
Otto IV crowned Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:George_I_of_Great_Britain
gptkb:Otto_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkb:Henry_the_Lion
gptkbp:parent none (founding house)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:House_of_Hanover
gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
gptkb:House_of_Este
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:rival gptkb:House_of_Hohenstaufen
gptkb:House_of_Wittelsbach
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:Electorate_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Hanover
gptkb:Duchy_of_Brunswick
gptkb:Duchy_of_Saxony
gptkb:Duchy_of_Carinthia
gptkb:Duchy_of_Spoleto
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_(via_House_of_Hanover)
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Sardinia_(via_House_of_Savoy)
gptkb:Margraviate_of_Tuscany
gptkb:Duchy_of_Bavaria
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4