SPONHEIM Meginhard

Male Abt 1085 - Abt 1155  (70 years)

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  • Name SPONHEIM Meginhard 
    Birth Abt 1085  Grafschaft Sponheim, Heiliges Römisches Reicht Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 28 Feb 1155  Grafschaft Sponheim, Heiliges Römisches Reicht Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Meginhard von Sponheim, Graf von Sponheim, was the son of Stephan II von Sponheim and Sophia. Married Mechtild von Mörsperg, daughter of Adalbert Graf von Mörsperg, before 24 February 1118. They were parents of Gottfried, Graf von Sponheim, and possibly Kraft.[1]

      Research notes
      Other children: Adalbert, Maud, Ida, Albert, Mathilda, not mentioned by Cawley at all. Wikipedia mentions possibly Mechtild (Mathilda), Albert and Rudolf, but rules out Kraft (sources below).

      "Sources (which sources?) disagree on the date of death."

      wikipedia:de:Meginhard von Sponheim cites the following resources:

      Johannes Mötsch, Genealogie der Grafen von Sponheim. In: Jahrbuch für westdeutsche Landesgeschichte. Band 13, 1987, S. 63–179, ISSN 0170-2025
      Friedrich Hausmann, Siegfried, Markgraf der Ungarnmark und die Anfänge der Spanheimer in Kärnten und im Rheinland. In: Jahrbuch für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich. Neue Folge Band 43, Wien 1977, S. 115–168 PDF
      Sources
      ↑ Charles Cawley. Grafen von Sponheim, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 16 August 2025).
      Europäische Stammtafeln, Band IV, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von. Page 2 cited by http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00021700&tree=LEO
      Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.). IV 118 cited by http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00021700&tree=LEO
      http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PALATINATE.htm#_Toc187475032
    Person ID I59621  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father SPONHEIM Stephan,   b. Bef 1057   d. Bef 25 Feb 1118 (Age < 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother HAMM Sophia,   b. Abt 1060, Hamm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1118 (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1085  Burgsponheim, Rheinland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F26471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1   
    Children 
     1. SPONHEIM Mathilda,   b. Abt 1125, Spondheim, Rheinland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1161, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F347524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 SPONHEIM Mathilda,   b. Abt 1125, Spondheim, Rheinland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1161, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage Bef 24 Feb 1118 
    Family ID F26470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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