Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) ( – after 1088), was the daughter of Meginhard V of Formbach. She was
countess
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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.
Sophia married
Hermann of Salm. The couple were closely related and there were attempts to separate them on these grounds. 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.
Sophia, like the rest of her natal dynasty (the Formbachs), was a patron of
Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig Abbey (german: Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau.
History
Göttweig Abbey was founded as a monastery of canons regular by Blessed Altmann ( ...
.
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
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*Hugh of Sponheim, archbishop of Cologne
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(1137)
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