Meginhard I (c. 1085-c. 1135) was a member of the

House of Sponheim The House of Sponheim or Spanheim was a medieval Germans, German noble family, which originated in Rhenish Franconia. They were Imperial immediacy, immediate Counts of County of Sponheim, Sponheim until 1437 and Dukes of Duchy of Carinthia, Carint ...

, succeeding his father, Stephan II, Count of Sponheim. His mother was probably Sophia of Formbach.Hlawitschka, ‘Verwandtenehe’. His son was Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim.

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.

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