Count of Saarbrücken

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Simon I. (Saarbrücken)

Simon I. von Saarbrücken († nach 1183) war 1135–1183 Graf von Saarbrücken.

Leben

Simon war ein Sohn des Grafen Friedrich von Saarbrücken und seiner Frau Gisela. Nach dem Tode seines Vaters folgte er als Graf von Saarbrücken, sein jüngerer Bruder Adalbert wurde 1138 Erzbischof von Mainz. Nach Simons Tod wurde sein Besitz aufgeteilt. Der älteste Sohn Simon erhielt die Grafschaft Saarbrücken, der jüngere Sohn Heinrich, begründete die Grafschaft Zweibrücken.

Familie

Simon war verheiratet mit Mechtild (von Sponheim ?). Ihre Nachkommen waren:

1. Simon II., Graf von Saarbrücken († nach 1207) ∞ (vor 1180) Liutgard von Leiningen († nach 1239) Tochter von Emich III., Graf von Leiningen
2. Heinrich I., Graf von Zweibrücken († 1228) ∞ Hedwig von Lothringen († nach 1228), Tochter von Herzog Friedrich I. von Lothringen
3. Friedrich († vor 1187)
4. Gottfried Kanoniker in Mainz
5. Adalbert († nach 1210) Archidiakon in Mainz
6. Jutta († vor 1223) ∞ Folmar, Graf von Blieskastel
7. Sophie († nach 1215) ∞ Heinrich III., Herzog von Limburg (* um 1140; † 1221)
8. Agnes († vor 1180) ∞ Günther III., Graf von Schwarzburg († nach 1197)

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• 1. SIGEBERT [I] (-1105 or after). ... Graf im Saargau. m ---. The name of Sigebert's wife is not known. Graf Sigebert [I] & his wife had four children:
  • a) SIGEBERT [II] (-1130 or after). ... Graf von Elsass. Graf von Hohenburg. Vogt von Rosheim. - GRAFEN von WERD, GRAFEN von RIXINGEN[673].
  • b) FRIEDRICH [I] (-before 1135). ... Graf von Saarbrücken. ... m as her second husband, GISELA, widow of --- [von Tecklenburg], daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her first marriage has not yet been identified. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[675], she may have been Gisela de Lorraine, daughter of Thierry II Duke of Lorraine & his second wife Gertrude de Flandre. ... Graf Friedrich [I] & his wife had three children:
    • i) SIMON [I] (-1183 or after). Archbishop of Trier confirmed the donation to Kloster Wadegozingen made by "domina Gisela comitis Friderici de Sarbrucken vidua…cum filio suo Simone" by charter dated 1135[677]. Graf von Saarbrücken 1139. - see below. ►
    • ii) ADALBERT (-Erfurt 17 Jul 1141, bur Mainz Cathedral). ... Archbishop of Mainz 1138.
    • iii) AGNES (-bur Abtei Walburg). ... m ([1132/33]%29 as his second wife, FRIEDRICH II “der Einäugige” Duke of Swabia, son of FRIEDRICH I Duke of Swabia [Staufen] & his wife Agnes of Germany (1090-Alzey 4 or 6 Apr 1147, bur Walburg Abbey).
  • c) ADALBERT (-23 Jun 1137). ... Archbishop of Mainz 1111.
  • d) BRUNO (-19 Oct 1123, bur Limburg an der Hardt). ... Abbot of Lorsch. Bishop of Speyer 1107.
• 2. WINITHER (-after 1088). ... Abbot of Hornbach 1072. Abbot of Lorsch 1077. Elekt von Worms 1085. Monk at Hirsau 1088.

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SIMON [I] von Saarbrücken, son of FRIEDRICH [I] Graf im Saargau & his wife Gisela --- (-1183 or after). Archbishop of Trier confirmed the donation to Kloster Wadegozingen made by "domina Gisela comitis Friderici de Sarbrucken vidua…cum filio suo Simone" by charter dated 1135[681]. Graf von Saarbrücken 1139. Advocat of Kloster Disibodenberg: "Symon comes de Sarbrukken…" witnessed the charter dated 1143 under which Heinrich [I] Archbishop of Mainz donated property to Kloster Disibodenberg "per manum comitis Simsonis advocati ecclesie sancti Disibodi"[682]. Hillin Bishop of Trier confirmed an exchange of property "in pago Nahgove in archiepiscopatu Moguntino per manum Folmari comitis de Castele et advocati prædictæ curiæ" for property "in Nasove…in pago Logenæ" with the bishop of Worms, represented by "advocati maioris domus Symonis comitis de Sarbruke", adding that "prædictum castrum de Nasove" had been occupied violently by "antecessores Ruberti et Arnoldi de Lurenberg", by charter dated 9 Mar 1158 witnessed by "Symon advocatus maioris domus Wormatiensis ecclesiæ, Folmar comes de Castele, Cunradus comes de Cherberch, Hemico comes de Boimeneburch, Godefridus comes de Spanheim, Gerlacus comes de Veldenze…"[683]. The Annales Sancti Disibodi (Continuatio) records that "castrum Sarebrucha comitis Symonis" was reduced to ruins along with his three other castles on the orders of the emperor in 1168[684]. m MECHTILD, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[685], she may have been Mechtild, daughter of Meinhard Graf von Sponheim, but the basis for this speculation is not know. Graf Simon [I] & his wife had [eight] children:

• 1. SIMON [II] (-1207 or after). ... Graf von Saarbrücken. ... m (before 1180) as her first husband, LIUTGARDE von Leiningen, daughter of EMICH [II] Graf von Leiningen & his wife Elise --- (-1239 or after). ... Graf Simon [II] & his wife had six children:
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• 2. HEINRICH [I] (-1228). ... Graf von Zweibrücken. - GRAFEN von ZWEIBRÜCKEN.
• 3. FRIEDRICH (-before 1187). ...
• 4. GOTTFRIED . ... 1187. Canon at Mainz.
• 5. ADALBERT (-1210 or after). ... Provost at St Paulin 1160. Archdeacon at Trier 1173/1189.
• 6. JUTTA (-before 1223). ... m FOLMAR [II] Graf von Bliescastel, son of FOLMAR [I] Graf von Bliescastel & his wife Clementia von Metz (-before 1223).
• 7. [SOPHIE (-1215 or after). ... m HENDRIK III Duke of Limburg, of HENDRIK II Duke of Limburg, Comte d'Arlon & his first wife Mathilde von Saffenberg heiress of Rode (-Klosterrath 21 Jun 1221, bur Rode Abbey).]
• 8. AGNES (-before 1180). ... m as his first wife, GÜNTHER [III] Graf von Käfernburg und Schwarzburg, son of SIZZO [II] Graf von Schwarzburg & his wife Gisela von Berg ([1135]-after 15 Jan 1197).