Individual Details

Sophia of Formbach

(Bet 1050 and 1055 - Aft 1088)

According to Wikipedia:

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.

Life
Sophia was the daughter of Meginhard V 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:

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


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According to Wikipedia:

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.

Life
Sophia was the daughter of Meginhard V 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:

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

Events

BirthBet 1050 and 1055
DeathAft 1088

Families

SpouseHermann of Salm (1035 - 1088)
ChildOtto I, Count of Salm (1080 - 1150)
FatherMeginhard IV of Formbach ( - )
MotherLiving
SiblingHerman I, Count of Winzenburg (1083 - 1137)