Sophia of Formbach | |
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Born | c. 1050/5 |
Died | after 1088 |
Spouse(s) | Hermann of Salm |
Issue |
Otto I, Count of Salm Hermann II of Salm |
Father | Meginhard IV of Formbach |
Mother | Mathilde von Reinhausen |
Sophia of Formbach (also Sophia of Vormbach) ( c. 1050/5 – 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.
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]
With her first husband, Hermann, Sophia had the following children:
If she married Stephan II of Sponheim, then Sophia was also the mother of: