Sophia of Formbach explained

Sophia of Formbach
Father:Meginhard IV of Formbach
Mother:Mathilde von Reinhausen
Spouse:Hermann of Salm
Issue:Otto I, Count of Salm
Hermann II of Salm
Death Date:after 1088

Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) (– 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:

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Notes and References

  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. https://books.google.com/books?id=L_WL9R92dF4C&dq=sophia+of+formbach&pg=PA66 Vita domnae Juttae inclusae, ch. II, tr. A. Silvas, p. 66.