Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) ( – after 1088), was the daughter of Meginhard V of Formbach. She was
countess
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.L. G. Pine, Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty'' ...
of
Salm
Salm may refer to
People
* Constance de Salm (1767–1845), poet and miscellaneous writer; through her second marriage, she became Princess of Salm-Dyck
* Salm ibn Ziyad, an Umayyad governor of Khurasan and Sijistan
* House of Salm, a European ...
through her marriage to
Hermann of Salm
Herman(n) of Salm ( – 28 September 1088), also known as Herman(n) of Luxembourg, the progenitor of the House of Salm, was Count of Salm and elected German anti-king from 1081 until his death.
Life
Hermann was a son of Count Giselbert of ...
, who was also elected German
anti-king
An anti-king, anti king or antiking (german: Gegenkönig; french: antiroi; cs, protikrál) is a would-be king who, due to succession disputes or simple political opposition, declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch.OED "Anti-, 2 ...
from 1081 to 1088.
Life
Sophia was the daughter of Meginhard IV of
Formbach and Matilda of Reinhausen, a daughter of Count Elli.
Sophia married
Hermann of Salm
Herman(n) of Salm ( – 28 September 1088), also known as Herman(n) of Luxembourg, the progenitor of the House of Salm, was Count of Salm and elected German anti-king from 1081 until his death.
Life
Hermann was a son of Count Giselbert of ...
. The couple were closely related and there were attempts to separate them on these grounds. Hermann died in 1088. It is sometimes said that Sophia married for a second time around 1092 to
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 ...
, although this is not certain.
Sophia, like the rest of her natal dynasty (the Formbachs), was a patron of
Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig Abbey (german: Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau.
History
Göttweig Abbey was founded as a monastery of canons regular by Blessed Altmann (c ...
.
Children
With her first husband, Hermann, Sophia had the following children:
*
Otto I, Count of Salm
Otto I, Count of Salm ( – 1150) was a German nobleman. He was a ruling count of Salm and from 1125 to 1137, he was co-ruler of the County Palatine of the Rhine with his stepson William.
Life
His parents were the German anti-king Hermann ...
* Hermann II of Salm (1087–1135)
* Dietrich of Salm (fl. 1095)
If she married Stephan II of Sponheim, then Sophia was also the mother of:
*
Meginhard I, Count of Sponheim
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 Car ...
*
Jutta (1090-1136), founder of the female convent at the abbey of
Disibodenberg Disibodenberg today
Disibodenberg ruins
Disibodenberg ruins
Disibodenberg picture
Disibodenberg is a monastery ruin in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was founded by Saint Disibod. Hildegard of Bingen, who wrote Disibod's biography "Vita Sanct ...
''Vita domnae Juttae inclusae'', ch. II, tr. A. Silvas, p. 66.
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*Hugh of Sponheim, archbishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palati ...
(1137)
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: ''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
External links
genealogie-mittelalter Sophia of Formbach
(in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sophia of Formbach
1050s births
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death unknown
11th-century German nobility
11th-century German women
German countesses
German queens consort