Mathilde von Sponheim

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 13 December, 1160 or 1161.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Engelbert, duke of Carinthia.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:840), by Keats-Rohan (p. 223), and by Cartellieri.

Mother: Uta von Passau.

This relationship is given by Cartellieri.

Spouse: Thibaut IV “le Grand”, count of Blois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:840), by Sirjean (p. 58), and by Keats-Rohan (p. 223).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Henri I “le Libéral” (1126 - 17 March 1181), count of Champagne and of Brie, married Marie de France in 1164.

Marie (1128 - about 1190) married Eudes II, duke of Burgundy, in 1145.

Thibaut V “le Bon” (about 1130 - 1191), count of Blois and of Chartres, married (1) Sibylle de Château-Renard; married (2) Alix de France.

Isabelle (1130 - 1168) married (1) Roger, duke of Apulia; married (2) Guillaume (IV) Goët de Montmirail, baron of Perche-Goët.

Guillaume (died 7 September 1202), bishop of Chartres, bishop of Sens, Archbishop of Reims.

Mathilde (died 1 January, about 1184) married Rotrou (II), count of Perche.

Agnès (died 7 August 1207) married Renaud (II), count of Bar.

Alix (about 1140 - June 1206) married Louis VII “le Jeune”, king of France.

Marguerite.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. Mathilde von Sponheim in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cartellieri, Alexander. Philipp II. August, König von Frankreich (Band 4) (Leipzig, 1921; republished 1969).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maison souveraine du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).