Gottfried III, Count Of Sponheim
Gottfried III, Count of Sponheim (born before 1183, probably in 1175; died 1218) was a German nobleman. He succeeded his father Gottfried II as Count of Sponheim. Life In 1202 he married Adelheid von Sayn (died 1263), one of the two sisters and heirs of Henry III, the last count of Sayn. They had issue: * John I, Count of Sponheim, founder of the Starkenburg line (Hintere Grafschaft) and von Sayn's heir *Henry I, Lord of Heinsberg, founder of the Sponheim-Heinsberg line * Simon I, Count of Sponheim, founder of the Kreuznach line (Vordere Grafschaft) *Gottfried, priest at St George's, Cologne and St Cassius' Church, Bonn *Walram, canon in Cologne After Henry III's death in 1246/47 parts of Sayn fell to Gottfried's son John I, the founder of the Sponheim-Starkenburg line. Gottfried built the Kauzenburg at Kreuznach and thus came into conflict with the Bishopric of Speyer. In 1218 Gottfried joined the Fifth Crusade, in which he lost his life. His widow Adelheid remarried to Eberha ...
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Gottfried II, Count Of Sponheim
Gottfried II (died 1183) was a German nobleman and member of the house of Sponheim. He succeeded his father Gottfried I as count at Sponheim and was succeeded by his son Gottfried III. House of Sponheim 1183 deaths {{Germany-noble-stub ...
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