Welf VI unknown of Bavaria

Country and Region of Origin

Germany
Bayern (ST)

Specific Title

Duke of Bavaria

Role

Lay

Gender and Marital Statusa

Male

Family

brother: Henry 'the Proud', duke of Bavaria Wife: Judith, sister of Count Robert II of Flanders (First Crusader) Distant relation: Hugh of Vermandois (First Crusader, 1101 Crusader)

Crusades

Expedition

2nd Crusade (1147-1149)

Contingent Leader

Conrad III of Germany

Probability of Participation

Certain

Financial Arrangements

Welf received 10 talents for land which he sold to the monastery of Wessobrunn.

Followers

Henry of Hohenbrunn

Actions

He took the cross on Christmas Eve.

Sources

Die Traditionen des Klosters Wessobrunn, ed. R. Hoppl (München, 1984), no. 30. OF, p. 76.