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
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Henry I, Lord of Heinsberg
Henry I, Lord of Heinsberg (died 1259) was a German nobleman. He was the second son of 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 fathe ...
, 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
Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...