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'''Welf I''' or '''Welfo''' (died before 876) was a [[Swabia]]n nobleman. He was a member of the [[Elder House of Welf]].

Welf was probably a son of [[Conrad I of Auxerre]], and seems to have taken over his father's offices in Swabia, namely: count of [[Alpgau]], count of [[Linzgau]], and possibly count of [[Argengau]]. However, when Conrad and his other sons changed allegiance from King [[Louis the German]] to his half-brother King [[Charles the Bald]] in 859, Welf disappears from the historical record. It is assumed that he fell out of favor with King Louis and lost his offices; the Swabian branch of the Elder Welfs was not mentioned again until [[Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf]], who died around 990 and was &mdash; according to legend &mdash; a descendant of Welf.

== Genealogy == 
His son was Eticho, count of Ammergau (died after 911), who married Egila and had a son:
* Henry, Count of the Golden Wagon; who married Atha von Hohenwart and had issue:
** Rudolf I, Count of Altdorf, who married Siburgis and had a son:
*** [[Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf]].

==External link==
* [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf1.html The Elder House of Welf]

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[[Category:Elder House of Welf]]
[[Category:Counts in Germany]]
[[Category:9th-century deaths]]
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