Spouse(s) Mathilda of Sponheim Name Simon Count Died after 1183 | Mother Gisela of Lorraine | |
Father Frederick, Count of Saarbrucken | ||
Noble family House of Saarbrucken |
Simon I of Saarbrücken (died after 1183) was a German nobleman. He was the second ruling Count of Saarbrücken (de), in office 1135 - 1183.
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Life
Simon was a son of Frederick, Count of Saarbrücken (d. 1135) and his wife Gisela of Lorraine (b.c. 1100), daughter of Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine. He succeeded his father as Count of Saarbrücken in 1135. His younger brother Adalbert II became Archbishop of Mainz in 1138.
After his death, the county was divided. His eldest son, Simon II inherited a smaller County of Saarbrücken; his younger son Henry I founded the new County of Zweibrücken.
Marriage and issue
Simon was married to a Mathilda, probably a daughter of Count Meginhard I of Sponheim. They had the following children together:
References
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