Siegfried, count of Sponheim

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 5 July 1065.

Place of Death: Bulgaria.

The date and place are given by Hausmann (p. 149).

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Richgard of "Lavant"

This relationship is given by Cartellieri and by Hausmann.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Engelbert (died 1 April 1096), count in Kraichgau, married Hedwig.

Hartwig von Sponheim (died 17 June 1126), archbishop of Magdeburg.

Hermann (died 1118), burgrave of Magdeburg.

References

Sources

“Fundatio Monasterii Sancti Pauli in Carinthia” in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptorum vol.15, part 2 (Hannover, 1888).

Literature

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

Hausmann, Friedrich. “Siegfried, Markgraf der ‘Ungarnmark’ und die Anfänge der Spanheimer in Kärnten und im Rheinland” in Jahrbuch für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 43 (1977), pp. 115-168.