Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim

1108 - 1161  (53 years)

• Name	Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim
  Birth	1108	Austria
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Dec 1161	Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
  Burial	Abbaye de la Pommeraie, Sélestat, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace-Lorraine, France
  Notes	French Nobility. Born around 1108 as the daughter of Engelbert II of Spanheim, Duke of Carinthia and Uta of Passau. Documents about her life are scarce. Around 1123 Norbert of Xanten and emissaries of Count Thibaut of Champagne met with Bishop Hartwig I of Regensburg to ask for the hand of the bishops niece. She and her husband founded the Abbaye de Pommeraie in 1151 which she later choose as her burial place. After Thibauts death she retired to Fontevraud where she died. Bio by: Lutetia (findagrave.com)
  Person ID	I23126	OurNorthernRoots | Drew's Maternal Ancestors
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Duke Engelbert II Von Sponheim,   b. 1095, Carinthia, Austria d. 12 Apr 1141, Seeon-Seebruck, Landkreis Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Ute von Passau,   b. 1080   d. 1153 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F20730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Count Thibaut II de Champagne,   b. 2 Apr 1090, Blois, Département du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d. 10 Jan 1152, Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1126
  Children	+ 1. Queen Consort Adèle de Blois-Champagne,   b. 1140   d. 4 Jun 1206, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F6752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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