People / group

House of Sponheim

Also known as House of Spanheim, Sponheim dynasty

The House of Sponheim, also spelt Spanheim, was a medieval German noble family whose origins lay in the Rhineland. One branch moved to Carinthia, where it ruled as dukes from 1122 to 1269, while related lines held the Rhenish county of Sponheim and the Bavarian county of Ortenburg. The Ortenburg counts kept their small imperial county until 1805.

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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Duchy of Carinthia County of Ortenburg

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). House of Sponheim. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/house-of-sponheim
MLA: “House of Sponheim.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/house-of-sponheim. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “House of Sponheim.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/house-of-sponheim.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘House of Sponheim’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/house-of-sponheim (Accessed: ).

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