Sophia of Formbach

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
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

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.
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