| Welf II | |
| Noble Family: | Elder House of Welf |
| Spouse: | Imiza of Luxembourg |
| Father: | Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf |
| Mother: | Ita of Öhningen |
| Death Date: | 10 March 1030 |
| Death Place: | Bodman Castle |
| Burial Place: | Weingarten Abbey |
Welf II (- died 10 March 1030) was a Swabian count and a member of the Elder House of Welf.
He was a younger son of Count Rudolf II and Ita, a daughter of Duke Conrad I of Swabia of the Conradine dynasty. He constructed a castle at Ravensburg.
In the 1020s, Welf feuded with the Augsburg and Freising bishops.[1] He pillaged the treasury of Bishop Bruno of Augsburg, brother of Emperor Henry II, and sacked the city of Augsburg.[2]
Welf opposed the election of the Salian count Conrad II as King of the Romans in 1024 because it did not suit his interests, but he had to eventually relent.[3] The next year he joined a rebellion launched by the Babenberg duke Ernest II of Swabia, but finally submitted in 1027.[4] He died, probably in captivity, in 1030.[5] He was buried at Weingarten Abbey.[6]
Welf II was married to Imiza, daughter of Count Frederick of Luxembourg. With Imiza, Welf had at least two children: