Meginhard I (c. 1085-c. 1135) 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 ...

, succeeding his father,

Stephan II, Count of Sponheim Stephen II (died 1096) was a German nobleman and an early member of the House of Sponheim. He succeeded his father, Stephen I, as count of Sponheim around 1080. Around 1092 Stephen married Sophia of Formbach.Hlawitschka, ‘Verwandtenehe’. Step ...

. His mother was probably

Sophia of Formbach Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) ( – after 1088), was the daughter of Meginhard V of Formbach. She was countess of Salm through her marriage to Hermann of Salm, who was also elected German anti-king from 1081 to 1088. Life Sophia wa ...

.Hlawitschka, ‘Verwandtenehe’.

References

*E. Hlawitschka, 'Die 'Verwandtenehe' des Gegenkönigs Hermann von Salm und seiner Frau Sophie. Ein Beitrag zu den Familienbeziehungen der rheinischen Ezzonen/Hezeliniden und des Grafenhauses von Formbach/Vormbach,' in ''Festschrift für Andreas Kraus zum 80. Geburtstag. Schriftenreihe zur bayerischen Landesgeschichte, Band 140'', (Verlag C.H. Beck München 2002). * J. Mötsch, ‘Genealogie der Grafen von Sponheim,’ ''Jahrbuch für westdeutsche Landesgeschichte'' 13 (1987), 63-179.

Notes

1080s births 1130s deaths House of Sponheim Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain {{Germany-noble-stub