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Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim

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Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim

Birth
Austria
Death
13 Dec 1161 (aged 52–53)
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
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Selestat, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Add to Map
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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.
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.

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  • Originally Created by: Lutetia
  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115708454/mathilde-of_carinthia-sponheim: accessed ), memorial page for Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim (1108–13 Dec 1161), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115708454, citing Abbaye de la Pommeraie, Selestat, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.