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The rule of the Upper County of Sponheim was thus shared between Baden and Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken or Palatinate-Birkenfeld; the rule of the Lower County of Sponheim roughly between Baden and the Electorate of the Palatinate.
Upper Sponheim: Loretta of Salm January 1315 one child: Co-ruler of his father, died five months before him. Simon II: c.1270: 1290-1336: 1336: Lower Sponheim: Elisabeth of Falkenburg c.1293 nine children Sons of John I, shared rule in the county: John ruled from Kreuznach; Simon ruled from Kastellaun. John II: c.1270: 1290-1340: 11 March 1340 ...
RulerBornReignDeath?c.1030?-10441044c.10101044-10657 February 1065?1065-10801080?1080-11181118The Lordship of Gräfenstein as well as the further and anterior regions of the County of Sponheim were not occupied; the dominions of Rodemachern, Useldingen and Hesperingen formed the separate Margraviate of Baden-Rodemachern at that time and were ruled by Philip III, a brother of Eduard Fortunat. An attempt by Ernest Frederick to take over ...
The House of Sponheim, as they now called themselves after inheriting the castle in Ellerbach Valley from Earl von Nellenburg, ruled the Nahe-Hunsrück area over the following centuries. They were indebted to the Salians and their successors, the Stauffers, for this powerful position. Between 1223 and 1230 the County of Sponheim was divided up ...
The "Hinder" County (Hintere Grafschaft) of Sponheim was ruled by the Sponheim-Starkenburg line, with residence at first at Castle Starkenburg near Enkirch and after 1350 at Castle Grevenburg near Trarbach. This phase lasted nearly to the extinction of both lines in 1437.
The Sponheim-Starkenburg line ruled over the Upper, Hither, or Farther County of Sponheim (Hintere Grafschaft Sponheim), based on Starkenburg, and the Sponheim-Kreuznach line over the Lower, Anterior, or Fore County of Sponheim (Vordere Grafschaft Sponheim), based on Kreuznach.
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.
