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Loretta of Sponheim
Loretta of Sponheim was a countess who governed the Rear County of Sponheim as regent for her young son after her husband's death in 1323. To defend her rights against Archbishop Baldwin of Trier, she seized him in 1328 as he travelled on the Moselle and held him at her castle of Starkenburg until he agreed to a favourable settlement.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Loretta of Sponheim. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/loretta-of-sponheim
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