Richgard von Sponheim

  General Notes:

RICHGARD von Sponheim (-10 Apr [1130]). Richgard's origin is confirmed by the source dated [1106], cited by Wegener, in which Richkart widowed Gräfin von Wasserburg donated property to Kloster St Paul witnessed by her brothers Bernhard and Heinrich. Richgard's first marriage shown below is uncertain. Wegener suggests that it is correct because Berthold [I] von Regensburg named his son Engelbert. However, he also cites a donation by Richgard dated [1108] for the soul of her husband Berthold, which suggests that Berthold's death may have been closer to that date, which would exclude his wife being Richgard, daughter of Graf Engelbert [I], in view of her other two marriages. A further difficulty is that Richgard von Sponheim is recorded as having a son named Engelbert by her marriage with Gebhard von Wasserburg. Although cases are found of children bearing the same name, the practice remains the exception. Her [first/second] marriage is indicated by the Fundatio Sancti Pauli in Carinthia which names "Poppo gener comitis" as first witness to a charter of Engelbert dated 2 Dec 1092, although this does not specify her name. However, the primary source which states clearly that the wife of Graf Gebhard was the widow of Poppo has not so far been identified.

[m firstly as his second wife, BERTHOLD [I] von Regensburg und Schwarzenburg, son of --- (-before [1108]).]

m [firstly/secondly] ([1090]) POPPO II Marchese di Carniola e Istria, son of ULRICH I Marchese di Carniola e Istria & his wife Sophie of Hungary (-1098).

m [secondly/thirdly] GEBHARD [I] von Wasserburg , son of --- & his wife Gisela --- (-3 Oct [1102]). ¹

Richgard married Poppo II di Carniola e Istria Marchese di Carniola e Istria. (Poppo II di Carniola e Istria Marchese di Carniola e Istria died in 1098 ¹.)

Richgard next married Gebhard I von Wasserburg Graf von Diessen, son of Heinrich von Wasserburg Graf von Wasserburg and Gisela. (Gebhard I von Wasserburg Graf von Diessen was born between 1070 and 1075 ¹ and died about 3 Oct 1102 ¹.)