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Household of Gravin Sophia von Rheineck

She is married to Dirk VI van Holland.

They got married about 1137 at Den Haag.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Dirk VI van Holland

Child(ren):

  5. Sophia van Holland  ± 1151-1212


Notes about Gravin Sophia von Rheineck


https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/the-netherlands-before-1581/sophia-of-rheineck-the-countess-who-died-in-the-holy-land/

Sophia of Rheineck was born circa 1120 as the only daughter of Otto I, Count of Salm and Gertrude of Northeim. She was married to Dirk VI, Count of Holland before 1135 and most likely in 1131. They went on to have at least 9 children together: Floris (future Count of Holland), Otto (future Count of Bentheim, through his mother), Dirk (died at the age of 12), Baudouin (bishop of Utrecht), Gertrude (died young), Petronilla (probably died young), Sophia (Abbes of Rijnsburg) and Hedwig (a nun at Rijnsburg). Dirk also had an illegitimate son named Robert who died sometime before 1190.

Sophia was known to be very pious. We know this because of her many gifts to the Abbeys of Egmond and Rijnsburg and to the poor but she also went on several pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Her son Dirk was given the nickname “the Pilgrim” after being born during one of these pilgrimages. She also undertook a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and was rescued from robbers with the help of Saint Adelbert. She went to the Holy Land three times during her lifetime. One of these pilgrimages was in 1173 after she had been widowed. She was accompanied by her son Otto.

Three years later, she went again and was probably joined by her sons Floris and Otto, at least part of the way. She would die in Jerusalem on 26 September 1176 and she was buried at the St. Mary’s hospital of the Teutonic Knights there.1

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  1. Geni World Family Tree
    Sophia von Rheineck<br>Geslacht: Vrouw<br>Geboorte: Ongeveer 1115 - (Rheinland) Prusia, Rheineck, Rheintal, St. Gallen, Switzerland<br>Beroep: Gravin van Holland, Grafin von Rheineck<br>Huwelijk: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Dirk VI van Holland - Ongeveer 1137 - S-GravenhageZuid Holand,, The Hague, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands<br>Overlijden: 26 sep 1176 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel<br>Begrafenis: 26 sep 1176 - Hospitaal, Kapel Duitse Ridders, Jeruzalem, ISRAËL<br>Vader: Otto van Salm, Pfaltzgraf von Lothringen<br>Moeder: Gertrude von Lothringen (geboren von Northeim), Pfalzgräfin, Heiress of Friesland<br>Echtgenoot: Dirk VI van Holland<br>Kinderen: Sophia van Holland, Abbess of Fontanell, Otto von Bentheim (geboren van Bentheim), Graf von Bentheim, Dirk van Holland (geboren von Rheineck), Pilgrim, Floris III graaf van Holland, Boudewijn of Utrecht van Holland (geboren von Rheineck), Bishop, Hedwig Countesson van Holland, Geertruid van Holland, Petronella van Holland<br>Broers/zusters: Robrecht von Rheineck (geboren Von Rheineck), Gertrud von Rheineck (geboren Von Rheineck), Gräfin von Bentheim, Otto von Rheineck, II, Hadewig von Rheineck, N. (geboren von Rheineck), Beatrix von Salm-Rheineck, Countess, Florenz von Rheineck (geboren Von Rheineck), III, Balduin von Rheineck (geboren Von Rheineck), Dietrich von Rheineck (geboren Von Rheineck)
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