Simon I (born 1210/15; died 8 April 1264), son of
Gottfried III, was the first ruling
count of Sponheim and the first in the Sponheim-Kreuznach line 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 ...
. He was succeeded by his eldest son
John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John I o ...
.
House of Sponheim
1210s births
1264 deaths
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