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Guelph
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English
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Alternative forms
en Guelf Gwelph Gwelf
Etymology
From en it guelfo, from en gmh Welf, a Bavarian dynasty.
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, inherited from his Italian wife, the Countess Matilda of Tuscany, possessions including Tuscany, Ferrara, Modena, Mantua and Reggio, which played a role in the Investiture Controversy. The Welf dynasty sided with the Pope in this controversy, so partisans of the Pope became known in Italy as Guelfi.
Pronunciation
en /ɡwɛlf/
en en-ca-Guelph.oga CA
en ɛlf 1
Noun
+s and Ghibellines
en historical politics In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.
1893, Oscar Browning, Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409, Methuen Publishing Methuen & Co., page 13,
The parties of Guelph and Ghibelline raged as fiercely as if the lances of the German hosts were ever glimmering on the crest of the Alps, or as if the Lombard leagues were in constant watchfulness against an impending foe.Speaking generally, the Ghibellines were the party of the emperor, and the Guelphs the party of the Pope; the Ghibellines were on the side of authority, or sometimes of oppression, the Guelphs were on the side of liberty and self-government.
en historical politics Any member of the German-Hanoverian Party (1867–1933), a conservative federalist political party in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic founded in protest of the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by the Kingdom of Prussia.
en 1973 Stewart A. Stehlin Bismarck and the Guelph Problem 1866-1890 w:Martinus Nijhoff Publishers https://books.google.com.au/books?id=3hkyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA111&dq=%22Guelph%22%7C%22Guelphs%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP8L-l0cPzAhUpxosKHcKKAn8Q6AF6BAhlEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Guelph%22%7C%22Guelphs%22&f=false 111 Bismarck was aware of the opportunity which the Reichstag afforded the Guelphs.
Usage notes
The division between Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy persisted until the 15th century, long after the original controversy had been resolved.
Derived terms
en Guelphic
en Guelphism
Translations
member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the Pope
Arabic: ar غولف m
Azerbaijani: az qvelf
Basque: eu Guelfo
Belarusian: be гве́льф m
Breton: br Gwelf m
Bulgarian: bg гибелли m гвелф
Catalan: ca güelf m, ca güelfa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 歸爾甫 Guī'ěrfǔ
Czech: cs guelf m
Danish: da guelf c, da welf c
Esperanto: eo Gelfo
Estonian: et gvelf
Finnish: fi guelfi
French: fr guelfe m f, fr Guelfe m f
Georgian: ka გველფ
German: de Guelfe m, de Welfe m
Greek: el Γουέλφος m
Hebrew: he גואלפ m
Hungarian: hu guelf
Icelandic: is gvelf m
Ido: io guelfo
Indonesian: id Guelf
Italian: it guelfo m, it guelfa f
Japanese: ja 教皇派 きょうこうは, kyōkōha, ja ゲルフ gerufu
Korean: ko 구엘프
Marathi: mr ग्वेल्फ m
Norwegian: no guelf m
Polish: pl gwelf m
Portuguese: pt guelfo m, pt guelfa f
Russian: ru гве́льф m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh гве̏лфи m-p
Latin: sh gvȅlfi m-p
Slovene: sl gvelf m
Spanish: es güelfo m, es güelfa f
Thai: th เกลฟ์ glee
Ukrainian: uk ґве́льф m
Proper noun
en Welf, a dynasty, a cadet branch of the Italian House of Este, founded in the 11th century by Welf I, Duke of Bavaria.
House of Welf House of Guelph
en city/county seat co/Wellington County p/Ontario c/Canada.
Usage notes
The Elder House of Welf became extinct with the death of Welf, Duke of Carinthia Welf, Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona, in 1055. The duke's sister, Kunigunde of Altdorf, however, had married into the House of Este, so when her son Welf I (alternatively, Welf IV) inherited his uncle's properties, Welf was recreated as a cadet branch of Este.
The resulting branch may variously be called the House of Welf, the House of Guelph, the House of Welfe-Este, or, informally, the younger House of Welf.
Further reading
Investiture Controversy
Great Interregnum
Dante Alighieri#Florence and politics Dante Alighieri § Florence and politics
House of Welf
Elder House of Welf
Anagrams
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