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Sophie
Countess of Bar
Lady of Mousson
Reign1033 – 21 January/June 1093
PredecessorFrederick II
SuccessorTheodoric I
RegentLouis
SpouseLouis, Count of Montbéliard
Issue
Detail
FatherFrederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
MotherMatilda of Swabia

Sophie[a] (c. 1004 or 1018 – 21 January/June 1093) was Countess of Bar and Lady of Mousson in her own right from 1033 until her death. She was also Countess of Montbéliard as the wife of Louis, Count of Montbéliard.

Life

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Sophie was a daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine[1] and Matilda of Swabia.[2] After her father died in 1026, she and her sister Beatrice went to live with their mother's sister, Empress Gisela.[3] Her sister Beatrix married Boniface, margrave of Tuscany, and remarried after his death with Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lotharingia.

Sophie was Countess of Bar between 1033 and 1092, in succession of her childless brother, Duke Frederick III of Upper Lotharingia (died 1033). She married Louis, Count of Montbéliard.[1] Their son Theodoric (1045–1105) succeeded to the county of Montbéliard and to the county of Bar-le-Duc.

Issue

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Sophie and Louis had:

Notes

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  1. ^ (French: [sɔfi]; Latin: Sophia, pronounced [ˈsopʰia])

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Bogdan 2013, p. 49.
  2. ^ Nash 2017, table 1.
  3. ^ Kagay & Villalon 2003, p. 358.

Cited works

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  • Bogdan, Henry (2013). La Lorraine des ducs (in French). Tempus.
  • Sophie von Ober-Lothringen Gräfin von Sundgau-Pfirt (in German)
  • Kagay, Donald J.; Villalon, L. J. Andrew (2003). Crusaders, condottieri, and cannon : medieval warfare in societies around the Mediterranean. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-12553-1. OCLC 49415719.
  • Nash, Penelope (2017). Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society. Palgrave Macmillan.
Preceded by Count of Bar
1033–1093
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord of Mousson
1033–1093
Succeeded by