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Welf IV

Type Figure Region Bavaria Time 1047–1101 Also known as Duke Welf IV of Bavaria

Bavarian duke of the Welf family, born c. 1047, regained Bavaria in 1070, long opposed Salian Henry IV, and died at Paderborn in November 1101, succe…

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  1. 1101Paderborn · WestphaliaWelf IV died at Paderborn in 1101, ending decades of resistance to the Salian emperors. During his life he was twice stripped of the Bavarian dukedom by Henry IV and twice restored, and allied with princes such as Duke Rudolf of Swabia against imperial power. After his death he was succeeded by his son Welf V, and the Welf family continued to participate in German politics.

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