Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim (c. 1115 - ff. 1183) was a member of the
House of Sponheim
The House of Sponheim or Spanheim was a medieval German noble family, which originated in Rhenish Franconia. They were immediate Counts of Sponheim until 1437 and Dukes of Carinthia from 1122 until 1269. Its cadet branches ruled in the Imperial C ...
, son of
Meginhard I, Count of Sponheim
Meginhard I (c. 1085-c. 1135) was a member of the House of Sponheim, succeeding his father, Stephan II, Count of Sponheim. His mother was probably Sophia of Formbach
Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) ( – after 1088), was the daughte ...
. He was count of Sponheim from 1136 until his death, when he was succeeded by his son
Gottfried II.
House of Sponheim
1110s births
1183 deaths
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