Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) (c. 1050/5 – 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.
Sophia of Formbach | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1050/5 |
| Died | after 1088 |
| Spouse(s) | Hermann of Salm |
| Issue | Otto I, Count of Salm Hermann II of Salm |
| Father | Meginhard IV of Formbach |
| Mother | Mathilde von Reinhausen |
Life edit
Sophia was the daughter of Meginhard IV of Formbach and Matilda of Reinhausen, a daughter of Count Elli.[1] Sophia married Hermann of Salm. The couple were closely related and there were attempts to separate them on these grounds.[2] Hermann died in 1088. It is sometimes said that Sophia married for a second time around 1092 to Stephan II, Count of Sponheim, although this is not certain.[3]
Sophia, like the rest of her natal dynasty (the Formbachs), was a patron of Göttweig Abbey.[4]
Children edit
With her first husband, Hermann, Sophia had the following children:
- Otto I, Count of Salm
- 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
- Jutta (1090-1136), founder of the female convent at the abbey of Disibodenberg[5]
- Hugh of Sponheim, archbishop of Cologne (1137)
References edit
- 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 edit
External links edit
- genealogie-mittelalter Sophia of Formbach (in German)