"Spanheim" redirects here. For the theologian, see Friedrich Spanheim.
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
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.
House of Sponheim or Spanheim was a medieval German noble family, which originated in Rhenish Franconia. They were immediate Counts of Sponheim until 1437...
1368, and the Sponheimfamily improved its security with many towers and walls. William, Duke of Nassau, ancestor of the royal families of Belgium, Sweden...
The County of Sponheim (German: Grafschaft Sponheim, former spelling: Spanheim, Spanheym) was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire that lasted...
Lars Sponheim (born 23 May 1957) is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from...
Countess Jutta von Sponheim (22 December 1091 – 1136) was the youngest of four noblewomen who were born into affluent surroundings in what is currently...
Sieghardinger family. The extensive property that the family had acquired in Carinthia was inherited by the Sponheimfamily. Other members of the family named...
the marketplace. Through its long time as Kreuznach's lordly family, the House of Sponheim had seven heads: Simon I (1223–1264) John I (1265–1290) John...
was the last Count of Sayn-Sayn and the last male heir of the Sayn-Sponheimfamily. Henry was born in 1539, the middle one of the three sons of Count...
The County of Sponheim went through roughly three main phases during the course of the centuries. The first one lasted from the beginnings in the 11th...
1204. Pellegrino was born in Cividale del Friuli to the Ortenburg-Sponheimfamily, son of Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria (1124-1173). His nephew was...
1340, Louis married Elisabeth (or Elise), a daughter of Count Simon II of Sponheim-Kreuznach. She was the widow of the Swabian Count Rudolph I of Hohenberg...
Bernhard von Spanheim (or Sponheim; 1176 or 1181 – 4 January 1256), a member of the noble House of Sponheim, was Duke of Carinthia for 54 years from 1202...
male member of the family, the county was sold to the dukes of Bavaria. The coat of arms of the family was the "Lion of Sponheim", although the charge...
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