Sophie of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018 – January 21 or June 21, 1093) was sovereign

Count of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the ''Barrois, pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the County of Montbéliard, House of Montbéliard from the 11t ...

and lady of Mousson between 1033 and 1093. She succeeded her brother,

Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine Frederick III ( 1020 – 1033) was the Count of Bar and Duke of Upper Lorraine from the death of his father, Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Frederick II, in 1026 or 1027 to his own death. His mother was Matilda of Swabia, daughter of Herman ...

, ruled in co-regency with her spouse Louis, Count of Montbéliard, and was succeeded by her son

Frederick of Montbéliard Frederick of Montbéliard or Frederick of Mömpelgard (died 29 June 1091) was from a noble family in Lotharingia. Through marriage he became margrave of Turin (1080–1091). Life Frederick was a younger son of Count Louis of Montbéliard (died 1 ...

Life

She was a daughter of

Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine Frederick II (c. 995–1026), son of Thierry I of the House of Ardennes and Richilde von Blieskastel, daughter of Folmar III, Count in Bliesgau, was the Count of Bar and Duke of Lorraine, co-reigning with his father from 1019. On the Emperor He ...

(died 1026/1027) and

Matilda of Swabia Matilda of Swabia (german: Mathilde von Schwaben; – 29 July 1032), a member of the Conradine dynasty, was Duchess of Carinthia by her first marriage with Duke Conrad I and Duchess of Upper Lorraine by her second marriage to Duke Frederic ...

. After her father died in 1026, she and her sister Beatrice went to live with their mother's sister,

Empress Gisela Gisela of Swabia ( 990 – 15 February 1043), was queen of Germany from 1024 to 1039 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 to 1039 by her third marriage with Emperor Conrad II. She was the mother of Emperor Henry III. She was regent of S ...

. Her sister Beatrix (died 1076) married Boniface,

margrave Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Emp ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

, and remarried after his death with

Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lotharingia Godfrey III ( 997 – 1069), called the Bearded, was the eldest son of Gothelo I, Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine. Biography Disputed succession By inheritance, Godfrey was Count of Verdun and he became Margrave of Antwerp as a vassal of ...

. Sophie was Countess of Bar between 1033 and 1092, in succession of her childless brother, Duke Frederick III of Upper Lotharingia (died 1033). She married Louis, Count of Montbéliard (1019–1071 or 1073). Their son Thierry I (1045–1105) succeeded to the county of Montbéliard and to the county of

Bar Bar or BAR may refer to: Food and drink * Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages * Candy bar * Chocolate bar Science and technology * Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment * Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud * Bar (u ...

Issue

Thierry Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German " Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname. People w ...

* Bruno * Louis, cited in 1080 *

* Sophie, married to Folmar, count of Froburg * Beatrice (died 1092), married to Berthold I of Zähringen (died 1078), duke of

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

* Mathilde, married to Hugh of Dagsburg (died 1089)

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Sources

* Sophie de Bar (from the French Wikipedia)
Sophie von Ober-Lothringen Gräfin von Sundgau-Pfirt
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