Richgard of Sponheim

Richgard von Sponheim or Richardis († 1151) was the wife of Rudolf I of Stade , Margrave of Nordmark , and mother of Archbishop Hartwig of Magdeburg , Udo IV. And Rudolf II. Of Stade, Margrave of Nordmark.

Life

Richardis was the daughter of Hermann von Spanheim , who later became the burgrave of Magdeburg , her mother is unknown.

In 1124, she and her husband and relative Meginhard von Sponheim donated goods for the new Sponheim monastery . After her husband's death at the end of this year, she lived on estates in the vicinity of Magdeburg and Jerichow , where she raised her underage son Hartwig. Richgard died in 1151.

progeny

The following children emerged from the marriage with Rudolf:

• Udo IV. († 1130), Margrave of the Nordmark (1128–1130)
• Rudolf II. († 1144), Margrave of the Nordmark (1133)
• Hartwig († 1168), Archbishop of Bremen
• Luitgard († 1152), 1. ∞ Friedrich II. Von Sommerschenburg , Count Palatine of Saxony, † 1162 (divorced around 1144); 2.∞ Erik III. Lam King of Denmark , † 1146, 3rd Count Hermann II of Winzenburg † 1152
• Richardis, confidante of Hildegard von Bingen

literature

• Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).