Sophia of Formbach

Sophia of Formbach
Bornc. 1050/5
Diedafter 1088
Spouse(s)Hermann of Salm
IssueOtto I, Count of Salm
Hermann II of Salm
FatherMeginhard IV of Formbach
MotherMathilde von Reinhausen

Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) (c. 1050/5 – after 1088), was the daughter of Meginhard IV 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.

Life

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

With her first husband, Hermann, Sophia had the following children:

If she married Stephan II of Sponheim, then Sophia was also the mother of:

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

  1. ^ Mötsch, ‘Genealogie,’ p. 75.
  2. ^ Hlawitschka, ‘Verwandtenehe’.
  3. ^ Hlawitschka, ‘Verwandtenehe’.
  4. ^ Monumenta Boica, Vol. XXIX, Pars altera, Codex Pataviensis, p. 55 (23 September 1088).
  5. ^ Vita domnae Juttae inclusae, ch. II, tr. A. Silvas, p. 66.