Editing House of Welf

<!-- The early members of this family are referred to as "Obertenghi" or "Adalbertini dynasty" and were rulers of Margraviate of Milan and Liguria, Counts of Genoa, etc. The dynasty split (although Welf "branch" is actually a direct continuation of the dynasty) at the end of 11th century when a son of Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan and his first wife Kunigunde of Altdorf inherited his mother's estates in south Germany and was made Duke of Bavaria as Welf I. Kunigunde's family were Counts of Altdorf and Swabia and are also referred to as "Elder House of Welf" and were cadets of a dynasty referred to as "Rudolphins" i.e. the Frankish Kings of Burgundy. The younger branch of "Obertenghi" today known as "Este" (by the town in northern Italy) were issue from 2nd marriage of Albert Azzo II. Malaspina and Pallavicini families are issue from younger sons of earlier members of "Obertenghi dynasty".  -->

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Heinrich dem Lowen.svg|House of Welf<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Margraves of Milan<br>Dukes of Bavaria and Saxony<br>Ancient arms<br>Earlier members of this family were referred to as ''Obertenghi'' or ''Adalbertini''</span>
Pfalz.svg|House of Welf<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts Palatine of the Rhine<br>Arms assumed from [[House of Hohenstaufen|Hohenstaufen family]] as successors in Palatinate of Rhine<br>From ca.1195</span><!-- Arms almost certainly used by Henry V, Count Palatine who was the eldest son of Henry the Lion. Henry V then abdicated in favour of his son Henry VI but Henry VI died soon after that preceding his father and the County Palatine passed to House of Wittelsbach through Henry VI's sister. The fact Wittelsbach family quartered this arms with their shows that they certainly used the arms as such. -->
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Otto Welf.svg |Otto IV<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Holy Roman Emperor<br>1209–1215<br>King of the Romans<br>1198–1209</span>
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Malaspina.svg|[[House of Malaspina]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Lunigiana, Val Trebbia, Fosdinovo and Castevoli<br>Marquises of Mulazzo, Madrignano, Tresana and Villafranca<br>Issued from Oberto Obizzo, younger son of Oberto II, Margrave of Milan</span>
Pallavicini .svg|[[House of Pallavicini]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Polesine, Zibello, Salosmaggiore, Marcignano and Varano de' Melegari<br>Counts of Aucia<br>Marquises of Busseto, Cortemaggiore and Tabiano<br>Issued from Adalberto I, younger son of Oberto I, Margrave of Milan</span>
d'Este.svg|[[House of Este]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Este, Ferrara, Modena and Reggio<br>Marquises of Ferrara and Modena<br>Dukes of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio<br>Issued from Folco, son of Alberto Azzo II, Margrave of Milan from his 2nd marriage</span>
Welfen Ancient.svg|House of Welf-Spoleto<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Altdorf and Ravensburg<br>Margraves of Tuscany<br>Dukes of Spoleto<br>Issued from Welf VI, 3rd son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria<br>Swabian branch</span>
Brunswick.svg|[[House of Brunswick]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Grubenhagen, Göttingen, Calenberg and Wolfenbüttel<br>Dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg<br>Issued from William, 4th son of Henry the Lion from his 2nd marriage</span><!-- The two lions are almost certainly derived from the maternal cousins of William of Luneburg, who along with his elder brother Emperor Otto IV, was the son of Henry the Lion and his 2nd wife Matilda of England. Matilda was the sister of John "Lackland", Richard the Lionheart, etc. William most likely assumed the arms from his uncle the future King John who used the similar arms with two lions as Count of Mortain and Duke of Normandy -->
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Otto IV Welf.svg|Otto IV Welf<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Emperor of Holy Roman Empire<br>Alternative arms from Otto IV and Beatrice of Hohenstaufen wedding-chest in 1209<br>Same arms is found on the pommel of Otto's Imperial Sword</span>
HRE-Welfen.svg|Otto IV Welf<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Emperor of Holy Roman Empire<br>Attributed ''Or variant'' arms</span>
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