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Sponheim
Sponheim
Country	Rhenish Franconia
Founded	c. 1044
Founder	Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim
Final ruler	Joseph Carl, Reichsgraf von Ortenburg
Titles	Counts (Grafen, Reichsgrafen) of Sponheim; Margraves of the Hungarian March and of Istria; Dukes of Carinthia and Margraves of Verona, lords of Carniola and the Slovene March
Dissolution	1806
Cadet branches	Ortenburg-Neuortenburg, Bolanden-Dannenfels, Heinsberg, Neef, Sayn-Wittgenstein, arguably Vianden

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The House of Sponheim or Spanheim was a medieval German noble family, which originated in Rhenish Franconia. They were immediate Counts of Sponheim until 1437 and Dukes of Carinthia from 1122 until 1269. Its cadet branches ruled in the Imperial County of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg and various Sayn-Wittgenstein states until 1806.

History

The family took its name from their ancestral seat at Sponheim Castle in the Hunsrück range, in present-day Burgsponheim near Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate. From the 11th century the family was divided in two closely related branches. One of these branches, probably the senior one, retained the Duchy of Carinthia and originated the County of Ortenburg in Bavaria. The other one remained in Rhenish Franconia, retaining the County of Sponheim.

The founder of the ducal branch was Count Siegfried I (1010–1065), a Ripuarian Frank by birth and retainer of the Salian emperor Conrad II. For this reason the family is sometimes termed the Siegfrieding. Siegfried followed Conrad in his 1035 campaign against Duke Adalbero of Carinthia, who for unknown reasons had fallen out of favour with the emperor. By his marriage to Richgard, daughter of one Count Engelbert of the Bavarian Sieghardinger noble family, he became heir to large territories in Carinthia and Tyrol. In 1045 Siegfried received the title of a margrave in the Hungarian March by Emperor Henry III. His sons Engelbert, Margrave in Istria from 1090, and Hartwig founded Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal on their mother's estates in 1091.

When the ducal House of Eppenstein finally became extinct in 1122, Siegfried's grandson Henry inherited the title and became the first Sponheim Duke of Carinthia as well as Margrave in the Italian March of Verona. Upon his death only one year later, he was succeeded by his brother Engelbert, whose descendants ruled in Carinthia until the death of Duke Ulrich III in 1269. Engelbert's younger son Rapoto became the ancestor of the Bavarian Ortenburg dynasty. The Sponheim dukes tried to consolidate their possessions by being loyal liensmen of the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen, they nevertheless had to struggle with reluctant local nobles like the Carinthian Ortenburger. The margravial title in Verona was lost to Herman III of Baden in 1151.

Under Bernhard of Sponheim, Carinthian duke from 1202 until 1256, the dynasty reached the height of its power. In 1213 he married Judith, a daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia, which affiliated the ducal line with the Czech royal Přemyslid dynasty. Bernhard's son Ulrich III by marriage with Agnes of Merania in 1248 also inherited the title of a margrave in the adjacent March of Carniola. However, as he outlived his children, he bequested his Carinthian and Carniolan lands to his Přemyslid cousin King Ottokar II of Bohemia according to a secret inheritance agreement of 1268. These estates were among the territories which Rudolph of Habsburg after his election as King of the Romans in 1273 seized due to their acquisition in suspicious circumstances.

The founder of the Rhenish branch was Count Stephan I of Sponheim (d. 1080), who may have been a 1st cousin, a son or a nephew of Siegfried. One of his successors Gottfried III (1183–1218) married Adelheid of Sayn, sister and heiress of the last Count of Sayn, Henry II. In 1437 this branch's ruling male line in Sponheim died out, and female line descendants, namely the Margraves of Baden and the Counts Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, took on the title of Count to Sponheim, along with the Elector of the Palatinate, who had received a small part as dowry.^[1]

The branch of the Counts of Ortenburg is still living today in Tambach (Bavaria). A lateral line of the Rhenish branch survives also with the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein.

Genealogy

Ducal line

Siegfried I (d. 1065), Count in the Puster Valley, Margrave of the Hungarian March
1. Hartwig (d. 1102), Archbishop of Magdeburg
2. Engelbert I (d. 1096), Margrave of Istria
  1. Bernhard of Trixen (d. 1147)
  2. Richardis (d. about 1112), married to Margrave Poppo II of Carniola
  3. Henry IV (1065/70–1123), Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona
  4. Engelbert II (d. 1141), Margrave of Carniola and Istria, Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona
    1. Ulrich I (d. 1144), Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona
      1. Henry V (d. 1161), Duke of Carinthia, Margrave of Verona until 1151
      2. Herman II (d. 1181), Duke of Carinthia
        Ulrich II (1176–1202), Duke of Carinthia
        
        Bernhard (c. 1180–1256), Duke of Carinthia
        Ulrich III (c. 1220–1269), Margrave of Carniola since 1248, Duke of Carinthia, married to Agnes of Merania and secondly to Agnes of Baden
        
        Philip (d. 1279) Archbishop-elect of Salzburg, Patriarch of Aquileia
      3. Ulrich, Count of Laibach (Ljubljana), but predeceased his eldest brother.
      4. Godfrey (Gottfried) became a monk, but predeceased his father.
      5. Pilgrim became the Patriarch of Aquileia.
    2. Engelbert III (1124–1173), Margrave of Istria, Margrave of Tuscany
    3. Henry (d. 1169), Bishop of Troyes
    4. Rapoto (d. 1186), Count of Ortenburg, founder of the House of Ortenburg
    5. Adelheid (d. 1178), Abbess at Göss
    6. Hartwig II (d. 1164), Bishop of Regensburg
    7. Matilda (d. 1160/61), married to Count Theobald II of Champagne
  5. Siegfried II (d. 1132), Count at Lebenau
  6. Hartwig I (d. 1126), Bishop of Regensburg
Frederick (1022–1058)
Eberhard

Comital line

Stephan I (d. about 1080), probably a cousin or brother of Siegfried I
1. Stephan II (d. about 1118), probably married to Sophia of Formbach, widow of Count Hermann of Salm, German anti-king from 1081
  1. Meginhard I (d. 1136/45), married to Mechtild, daughter of Count Adalbert II of Nellenburg
    1. Godfrey I (d. after 1159), probably married to Matilda (Mechtild), daughter of Duke Simon I of Lorraine
      1. Godfrey II, probably married to a daughter of Count Gerlach of Veldenz
        Godfrey III (c. 1175–1218), married to Adelheid, sister of Count Henry III of Sayn, died in the Fifth Crusade
        John I of Sponheim-Starkenburg (c. 1206-1266), Count of Sayn from 1263, probably married to a daughter of Count Frederick of Isenberg, see Sponheim-Starkenburg below
        
        Henry (d. 1259), married to Agnes of Heinsberg
        
        Simon I of Sponheim-Kreuznach (c. 1210-1264), married to Margaret of Heimbach, see Sponheim-Kreuznach below
  2. Gerhard I, probably married to a daughter of Count Bertolph of Vianden
  3. Hugo (d. 1137), Archbishop of Cologne
  4. Jutta (1091–1136), Abbess at Disibodenberg

Sponheim-Starkenburg

John I (c. 1206-1266), Count of Sayn from 1263, probably married to a daughter of Count Frederick of Isenberg
1. Godfrey I of Sponheim-Sayn (d. 1284), married to Jutta of Isenburg
  1. John II of Sayn-Sayn
  2. Engelbert of Sayn-Homburg, ancestor of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein
2. Henry I (c. 1235-1289), married to Blancheflor, daughter of Count William IV of Jülich
  1. John II (c. 1265-1324), married to Catherine of Vianden
    1. Henry II (c. 1292-1323), married to Loretta of Salm
      1. John III (c. 1315-1398), married to Mechtild of the Palatinate, niece of Emperor Louis IV
        John IV (c. 1338-1413/14), married to Elizabeth, daughter of Count Walram of Sponheim-Kreuznach (see below)
        John V (c. 1359-1437), also Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach from 1417, married to Walburg of Leiningen, died childless
        
        Mechtild (d. 1407/10), married to Margrave Rudolf VI of Baden
        
        Loretta, married to Count Henry III of Veldenz
        Frederick III of Veldenz (d. 1444)
        Anna of Veldenz (c. 1390-1439), married to Count Palatine Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken

Sponheim-Kreuznach

Simon I (c. 1210-1264), married to Margaret of Heimbach
1. John I (c. 1245-1290), married to Adelheid of Leiningen
  1. John II (c. 1270-1340), unmarried
  2. Simon II at Kastellaun (c. 1270-1336), married to Elizabeth of Valkenburg
    1. Walram (c. 1305-1380), married to Elizabeth of Katzenelnbogen
      1. Simon III (c. 1330-1414), married to Maria of Vianden, died without male heirs
        Elizabeth (d. 1417), married to Count Engelbert III of the Mark, secondly to Prince Ruprecht Pipan, son of Rupert of the Palatinate
      2. Elizabeth, married to Count John IV of Sponheim-Starkenburg (see above)

Sources

Freed, John B. "Reflections on the Medieval German Nobility." The American Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 3. (Jun., 1986), pp 553–575.
(in German) Genealogia Sponhemica. Archiv für rheinische Geschichte Coblenz, 1.1833 - 2.1835. Zweiter Teil 1835. http://www.dilibri.de/rlb/periodical/pageview/27862

Footnotes

^ Rupert of Germany's firstborn Rupert Pipan married Elisabeth of Sponheim-Kreuznach; the marriage remained childless.

External links

(in German) Genealogy at genealogie-mittelalter.de
Marek, Miroslav. "Stem list at genealogy.euweb.cz". Genealogy EU.
(in German) Site of the Countly House of Ortenburg-Tambach
(in German) Genealogy of the Counts of Ortenburg

[1] Rupert of Germany's firstborn Rupert Pipan married Elisabeth of Sponheim-Kreuznach; the marriage remained childless.

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+{{redirect|Spanheim|the theologian|Friedrich Spanheim}}
-The '''House of Sponheim''' or '''Spanheim''' (also called the '''Sponheimer''' or '''Spanheimer''') was a [[Kingdom of Germany|German]] [[noble family]] of the [[High Middle Ages]]. They were [[Dukes of Carinthia]]/[[Carantania]] from 1122 until 1269 and [[Counts of Sponheim]].
+{{Royal house
+|surname        =Sponheim
+|estate         =
+|coat_of_arms   =Armoiries de Sponheim 1.svg
+|coat_of_arms_size = 100px
+|country        =[[Rhenish Franconia]]
+|titles         =[[Count]]s (''[[Graf]]en'', ''Reichsgrafen'') of [[County of Sponheim|Sponheim]]<br>[[Margrave]]s of the [[Hungarian March]] and of [[March of Istria|Istria]]<br>[[Duke]]s of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] and Margraves of [[March of Verona|Verona]], lords of [[Carniola]] and the [[Windic March|Slovene March]]
+|founder        =[[Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim]]
+|final ruler    =Joseph Carl, Reichsgraf von Ortenburg
+|current head   =
+|founding year  =c. 1044
+|dissolution    =1806
+|cadet branches =[[Ortenburg-Neuortenburg]], Bolanden-Dannenfels, Heinsberg, Neef, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein]], arguably [[Counts of Vianden|Vianden]]
+}}
+The '''House of Sponheim''' or '''Spanheim''' was a medieval [[Germans|German]] noble family, which originated in [[Rhenish Franconia]]. They were [[Imperial immediacy|immediate]] Counts of [[County of Sponheim|Sponheim]] until 1437 and Dukes of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] from 1122 until 1269. Its cadet branches ruled in the [[Imperial immediacy|Imperial County]] of [[Ortenburg-Neuortenburg]] and various [[Sayn-Wittgenstein]] [[Principality|states]] until 1806.
+==History==
-In the 11th century the family was divided in two closely related branches. One of these branches, and probably senior one, retained the Duchy of Carinthia and originated the County of Ortenburg (Bavaria). The other one remained in Southwest Germany, retaining the County of Sponheim.
+[[File:Ruine der Burg Sponheim bei Kreuznach (inproved) JC Scheuren.JPG|thumb|left|Sponheim Castle ruins, 19th century engraving]]
+The family took its name from their ancestral seat at [[Castle Sponheim|Sponheim Castle]] in the [[Hunsrück]] range, in present-day [[Burgsponheim]] near [[Bad Kreuznach]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. From the 11th century the family was divided in two closely related branches. One of these branches, probably the senior one, retained the Duchy of Carinthia and originated the County of Ortenburg in [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]]. The other one remained in Rhenish Franconia, retaining the County of Sponheim.
-The founder of the dukal branch was [[Siegfried I of Sponheim|Siegfried]], a [[Franks|Frank]] by birth, who married Richgard, daughter of "Count Engelbert." For this reason the family is sometimes termed the Siegfrieding. In 1122, Siegfried's grandson [[Henry III of Sponheim]] was raised to the duke of Carinthia, inaugurating a dynasty which lasted until the death of [[Ulric III, Duke of Carinthia|Ulric III]] in 1269.
+The founder of the ducal branch was Count [[Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim|Siegfried I]] (1010–1065), a [[Ripuarian Franks|Ripuarian Frank]] by birth and retainer of the [[Salian dynasty|Salian]] emperor [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]]. For this reason the family is sometimes termed the Siegfrieding. Siegfried followed Conrad in his 1035 campaign against Duke [[Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia|Adalbero of Carinthia]], who for unknown reasons had fallen out of favour with the emperor. By his marriage to Richgard, daughter of one Count Engelbert of the Bavarian [[Sieghardinger]] noble family, he became heir to large territories in Carinthia and [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]]. In 1045 Siegfried received the title of a [[margrave]] in the [[Hungarian March]] by Emperor [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]]. His sons Engelbert, Margrave in [[March of Istria|Istria]] from 1090, and Hartwig founded [[Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal]] on their mother's estates in 1091.
+When the ducal House of Eppenstein finally became extinct in 1122, Siegfried's grandson [[Henry III, Duke of Carinthia|Henry]] inherited the title and became the first Sponheim Duke of Carinthia as well as Margrave in the Italian [[March of Verona]]. Upon his death only one year later, he was succeeded by his brother [[Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia|Engelbert]], whose descendants ruled in Carinthia until the death of Duke [[Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia|Ulrich III]] in 1269. Engelbert's younger son Rapoto became the ancestor of the Bavarian Ortenburg dynasty. The Sponheim dukes tried to consolidate their possessions by being loyal liensmen of the Imperial [[House of Hohenstaufen]], they nevertheless had to struggle with reluctant local nobles like the Carinthian [[County of Ortenburg|Ortenburger]]. The margravial title in Verona was lost to [[Herman III, Margrave of Baden|Herman III of Baden]] in 1151.
-The founder of the [[Rhein|Rhenish]] branch was [[Stephan of Sponheim|Stephan]], which could have been a 1st cousin, a son or a nephew of Sigfried.
+Under [[Bernhard von Spanheim|Bernhard of Sponheim]], Carinthian duke from 1202 until 1256, the dynasty reached the height of its power. In 1213 he married Judith, a daughter of King [[Ottokar I of Bohemia]], which affiliated the ducal line with the Czech royal [[Přemyslid dynasty]]. Bernhard's son Ulrich III by marriage with [[Agnes of Merania (1215–1263)|Agnes of Merania]] in 1248 also inherited the title of a margrave in the adjacent [[March of Carniola]]. However, as he outlived his children, he bequested his Carinthian and Carniolan lands to his Přemyslid cousin King [[Ottokar II of Bohemia]] according to a secret inheritance agreement of 1268. These estates were among the territories which [[Rudolph I of Germany|Rudolph of Habsburg]] after his election as [[King of the Romans]] in 1273 seized due to their acquisition in suspicious circumstances.
-The branch of the Countys of Ortenburg is still living today in Tambach (Bavaria).
+The founder of the Rhenish branch was Count [[Stephan I, Count of Sponheim|Stephan I of Sponheim]] (d. 1080), who may have been a 1st cousin, a son or a nephew of Siegfried. One of his successors Gottfried III (1183–1218) married Adelheid of Sayn, sister and heiress of the last Count of [[Sayn]], [[Henry II, Count of Sayn|Henry II]]. In 1437 this branch's ruling male line in Sponheim died out, and female line descendants, namely the [[Margraviate of Baden|Margraves of Baden]] and the [[House of Palatinate-Simmern|Counts Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]], took on the title of Count to Sponheim, along with the [[Elector of the Palatinate]], who had received a small part as dowry.<ref>[[Rupert of Germany]]'s firstborn Rupert Pipan married Elisabeth of Sponheim-Kreuznach; the marriage remained childless.</ref>
-==Sources==
-*Freed, John B. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198606%2991%3A3%3C553%3AROTMGN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B "Reflections on the Medieval German Nobility."] ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 91, No. 3. (Jun., 1986), pp 553-575.
+The branch of the Counts of Ortenburg is still living today in [[Weitramsdorf|Tambach (Bavaria)]]. A lateral line of the Rhenish branch survives also with the Princes of [[Sayn-Wittgenstein]].
+== Genealogy ==
-{{Germany-noble-stub}}
+=== Ducal line ===
-[[Category:German noble houses]]
+[[File:Ancient arms of the Duchy of Carinthia.svg|thumb|150px|Carinthian [[Black panther (symbol)|ducal coat of arms]] until 1246]]
-[[Category:Noble houses of the Holy Roman Empire]]
+[[File:Arms of the Duchy of Carinthia.svg|thumb|150px|Carinthian coat of arms from 1246]]
+# [[Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim|Siegfried I]] (d. 1065), Count in the [[Puster Valley]], Margrave of the [[Hungarian March]]
+## Hartwig (d. 1102), Archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Magdeburg|Magdeburg]]
+## [[Engelbert I, Margrave of Istria|Engelbert I]] (d. 1096), Margrave of [[March of Istria|Istria]]
+### Bernhard of Trixen (d. 1147)
+### Richardis (d. about 1112), married to Margrave [[Poppo II, Margrave of Carniola|Poppo II of Carniola]]
+### [[Henry IV, Duke of Carinthia|Henry IV]] (1065/70–1123), Duke of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] and Margrave of [[March of Verona|Verona]]
+### [[Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia|Engelbert II]] (d. 1141), Margrave of [[March of Carniola|Carniola]] and Istria, Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona
+####[[Ulrich I, Duke of Carinthia|Ulrich I]] (d. 1144), Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona
+##### [[Henry V, Duke of Carinthia|Henry V]] (d. 1161), Duke of Carinthia, Margrave of Verona until 1151
+##### [[Herman II, Duke of Carinthia|Herman II]] (d. 1181), Duke of Carinthia
+###### [[Ulrich II, Duke of Carinthia|Ulrich II]] (1176–1202), Duke of Carinthia
+###### [[Bernhard von Spanheim|Bernhard]] (c. 1180–1256), Duke of Carinthia
+####### [[Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia|Ulrich III]] (c. 1220–1269), Margrave of Carniola since 1248, Duke of Carinthia, married to [[Agnes of Merania (1215–1263)|Agnes of Merania]] and secondly to Agnes of [[House of Zähringen|Baden]]
+####### [[Philip of Spanheim|Philip]] (d. 1279) Archbishop-elect of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]], Patriarch of [[Patriarchate of Aquileia (state)|Aquileia]]
+##### Ulrich, Count of Laibach (Ljubljana), but predeceased his eldest brother.
+##### Godfrey (Gottfried) became a monk, but predeceased his father.
+##### [[Pellegrinus I of Aquileia|Pilgrim]] became the Patriarch of Aquileia.
+#### [[Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria|Engelbert III]] (1124–1173), Margrave of Istria, Margrave of [[March of Tuscany|Tuscany]]
+#### Henry (d. 1169), Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes|Troyes]]
+#### Rapoto (d. 1186), Count of [[Ortenburg-Neuortenburg|Ortenburg]], founder of the ''House of Ortenburg''
+#### Adelheid (d. 1178), Abbess at [[Göss Abbey|Göss]]
+#### Hartwig II (d. 1164), Bishop of [[Bishopric of Regensburg|Regensburg]]
+#### [[Matilda of Carinthia|Matilda]] (d. 1160/61), married to Count [[Theobald II, Count of Champagne|Theobald II of Champagne]]
+### Siegfried II (d. 1132), Count at [[Laufen, Germany|Lebenau]]
+### Hartwig I (d. 1126), Bishop of Regensburg
+# Frederick (1022–1058)
+# Eberhard
+=== Comital line ===
-[[de:Spanheimer]]
+#[[Stephan I, Count of Sponheim|Stephan I]] (d. about 1080), probably a cousin or brother of Siegfried I
+##[[Stephan II, Count of Sponheim|Stephan II]] (d. about 1118), probably married to [[Sophia of Formbach]], widow of Count [[Hermann of Salm]], German anti-king from 1081
+###[[Meginhard I, Count of Sponheim|Meginhard I]] (d. 1136/45), married to Mechtild, daughter of Count Adalbert II of [[Stockach|Nellenburg]]
+####Godfrey I (d. after 1159), probably married to Matilda (Mechtild), daughter of Duke [[Simon I, Duke of Lorraine|Simon I of Lorraine]]
+#####Godfrey II, probably married to a daughter of Count Gerlach of [[County of Veldenz|Veldenz]]
+######Godfrey III (c. 1175–1218), married to Adelheid, sister of Count Henry III of [[Sayn]], died in the [[Fifth Crusade]]
+#######John I of Sponheim-[[Starkenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate|Starkenburg]] (c. 1206-1266), Count of Sayn from 1263, probably married to a daughter of Count [[Frederick of Isenberg]], see '''Sponheim-Starkenburg''' below
+#######Henry (d. 1259), married to Agnes of [[Heinsberg]]
+#######Simon I of Sponheim-Kreuznach (c. 1210-1264), married to Margaret of [[Heimbach]], see '''Sponheim-Kreuznach''' below
+###Gerhard I, probably married to a daughter of Count Bertolph of [[Vianden Castle|Vianden]]
+###Hugo (d. 1137), Archbishop of [[Electorate of Cologne|Cologne]]
+###[[Jutta von Sponheim|Jutta]] (1091–1136), Abbess at [[Disibodenberg]]
+[[File:Wappen Starkenburg.svg|thumb|140px|Sponheim-Starkenburg coat of arms]]
+==== Sponheim-Starkenburg ====
+#[[John I, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg|John I]] (c. 1206-1266), Count of [[Sayn Castle|Sayn]] from 1263, probably married to a daughter of Count [[Frederick of Isenberg]]
+##Godfrey I of [[Sponheim-Sayn]] (d. 1284), married to Jutta of [[County of Isenburg|Isenburg]]
+### John II of Sayn-Sayn
+### Engelbert of [[Sayn-Homburg]], ancestor of the ''House of [[Sayn-Wittgenstein]]''
+##Henry I (c. 1235-1289), married to Blancheflor, daughter of Count [[William IV, Count of Jülich|William IV of Jülich]]
+###John II (c. 1265-1324), married to Catherine of [[Counts of Vianden|Vianden]]
+####[[Henry II, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg|Henry II]] (c. 1292-1323), married to [[Loretta of Sponheim|Loretta]] of [[House of Salm|Salm]]
+#####[[Johann III, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg|John III]] (c. 1315-1398), married to Mechtild of the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]], niece of Emperor [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]]
+######John IV (c. 1338-1413/14), married to Elizabeth, daughter of Count Walram of Sponheim-Kreuznach (see below)
+#######John V (c. 1359-1437), also Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach from 1417, married to Walburg of [[House of Leiningen|Leiningen]], died childless
+######Mechtild (d. 1407/10), married to Margrave [[Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden|Rudolf VI of Baden]]
+######Loretta, married to Count Henry III of Veldenz
+#######Frederick III of Veldenz (d. 1444)
+########[[Anna of Veldenz, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Anna of Veldenz]] (c. 1390-1439), married to Count Palatine [[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken]]
+[[File:Wappen Vordere Grafschaft Sponheim.svg|thumb|140px|Sponheim-Kreuznach coat of arms]]
+==== Sponheim-[[Bad Kreuznach|Kreuznach]] ====
+#Simon I (c. 1210-1264), married to Margaret of [[Heimbach]]
+##[[John I, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach|John I]] (c. 1245-1290), married to Adelheid of Leiningen
+###John II (c. 1270-1340), unmarried
+###[[Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach|Simon II]] at [[Kastellaun]] (c. 1270-1336), married to Elizabeth of [[Valkenburg Castle|Valkenburg]]
+####Walram (c. 1305-1380), married to Elizabeth of [[County of Katzenelnbogen|Katzenelnbogen]]
+#####Simon III (c. 1330-1414), married to Maria of Vianden, died without male heirs
+######Elizabeth (d. 1417), married to Count [[Engelbert III of the Mark]], secondly to Prince Ruprecht Pipan, son of [[Rupert, King of Germany|Rupert of the Palatinate]]
+#####Elizabeth, married to Count John IV of Sponheim-Starkenburg (see above)
+== See also ==
+*[[Genealogia Sponhemica]]
+*[[Sponheim]]
+== Sources ==
+* Freed, John B. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1869131 "Reflections on the Medieval German Nobility."] ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 91, No. 3. (Jun., 1986), pp 553–575.
+* {{in lang|de}} [[Genealogia Sponhemica]]. Archiv für rheinische Geschichte Coblenz, 1.1833 - 2.1835. Zweiter Teil 1835. http://www.dilibri.de/rlb/periodical/pageview/27862
+== Footnotes ==
+{{Reflist}}
+== External links ==
+{{commons category|House of Sponheim}}
+* {{in lang|de}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090825195439/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/spanheimer/familie_der_spanheimer.html Genealogy at genealogie-mittelalter.de]
+* {{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/sponheim/sponh1.html |title= Stem list at genealogy.euweb.cz |publisher= Genealogy EU}}
+* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.graf-ortenburg.de Site of the Countly House of Ortenburg-Tambach]
+* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.manfredhiebl.de/Genealogien/Ortenburg/ortenburger.html Genealogy of the Counts of Ortenburg]
+{{Authority control}}
+[[Category:German noble families|Sponheim]]
+[[Category:Noble families of the Holy Roman Empire|Sponheim]]
+[[Category:House of Sponheim| ]]
+[[Category:Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor]]

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