Sophia of Rheineck

Female Abt 1120 - 1176  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Sophia of Rheineck  [1
    Born Abt 1120  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Sep 1176  Jerusalem, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Jerusalem, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Sophia of Rheineck, also known as Sophie of Salm, Countess of Bentheim (c. 1120 - 26 September 1176 in Jerusalem) was a German noblewoman. Her father was Count Otto I of Rheineck, the son of the anit-king Hermann of Salm. Her mother was Gertrud of Northeim. She was married to Dirk VI, Count of Holland.

      Sophia built new churches in the abbeys of Egmond and Rijnsburg. In 1138, she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem with her husband. During their return journey, they visited the pope in Rome.

      After her husband's death, she made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella and to more pilgrimages to Jerusalem in 1173 and 1176. During the latter visit, she died in the St. Mary's hospital of the Teutonic Knights in Jerusalem. She was buried in Jerusalem.

      Issue

      Dirk, known as "the Pilgrim" (Peregrinus) (c. 1138 - 1151), buried in Egmond
      Floris III ((Catalan) - 1 August 1190 at Antioch), who succeeded his father as Count of Holland in 1157
      Otto (c. 1140/1145 - 1208 or later), who inherited his mother's possessions and became Count of Bentheim
      Baldwin (c. 1149 - 30 April 1196), who was Provost at St. Maria in Utrecht and later Bishop of Utrecht from 1178 until his death
      Dirk (c. 1152 - 28 August 1197 in Pavia), who also became Bishop of Utrecht, in 1197, but died the same year
      Sophia, who became abbess of Rijnsburg Abbey in 1186
      Hedwig (d. 28 August 1167), who was a nun at Rijnsburg
      Gertrud, died in infancy
      Petronilla
    Person ID I5332  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Otto, I of Rheineck 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Gertrud of Northeim 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F2111  Group Sheet

    Family Dirk, VI Count of Holland,   b. Abt 1114,   d. 05 Aug 1157  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Children 
     1. Floris, III Count of Holland,   b. 1141,   d. 01 Aug 1190, Antakya, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F2098  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_of_Rheineck.