Sophie ( 1004 or 1018 – 21 January/June 1093) was
Countess of Bar and Lady of
Mousson in her own right from 1033 until her death. She was also Countess of Montbéliard as the wife of
Louis, Count of Montbéliard.
Life
Sophie was a daughter of
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Frederick II (c. 995–1033), son of Thierry I of the House of Ardennes and Richilde von Blieskastel, daughter of Folmar III, Count in Bliesgau, was the Count of Bar and Duke of Lorraine, co-reigning with his father from 1019.
On the Emperor ...
and
Matilda of Swabia
Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:
Animals
* Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder
* ''Mathilda'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Mathildidae
* Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thorou ...
. After her father died in 1026, she and her sister
Beatrice went to live with their mother's sister,
Empress Gisela. Her sister Beatrix married Boniface,
margrave
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of
Tuscany
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, and remarried after his death with
Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lotharingia
Godfrey III ( – 1069), called the Bearded, was the eldest son of Gothelo I, Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine.
Biography Disputed succession
By inheritance, Godfrey was Count of Verdun and he became Margrave of Antwerp as a vassal of th ...
.
Sophie was Countess of Bar between 1033 and 1092, in succession of her childless brother, Duke Frederick III of Upper Lotharingia (died 1033). She married
Louis, Count of Montbéliard. Their son
Theodoric
Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
Overview
The name w ...
(1045–1105) succeeded to the county of Montbéliard and to the county of
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc (), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, ...
.
Issue
Sophie and Louis had:
*
Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliard
* Bruno
* Louis, cited in 1080
*
Frederick of Montbéliard Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
= Anhalt-Harzgerode =
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
= Austria =
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from ...
* Sophie, married to Folmar, count of Froburg
* Beatrice (died 1092), married to
Berthold I of
Zähringen (died 1078), duke of
Carinthia
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...
* Mathilde, married to Hugh of Dagsburg (died 1089)
Notes
References
Citations
Cited works
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Sophie von Ober-Lothringen Gräfin von Sundgau-Pfirt(in German)
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1000s births
1093 deaths
11th-century countesses regnant
House of Bar
Counts of Bar
11th-century nobility
11th-century women
People from the Holy Roman Empire
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