Sophie, Countess of Bar

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.

Sophie
Countess of Bar Lady of Mousson
Reign	1033 – 21 January/June 1093
Predecessor	Frederick II
Successor	Theodoric I
Regent	Louis
Spouse	Louis, Count of Montbéliard
Issue Detail	Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliard Frederick of Montbéliard
Father	Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Mother	Matilda of Swabia

Life

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

Sophie and Louis had:

• Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliard
• Bruno
• Louis, cited in 1080
• Frederick of Montbéliard
• Sophie, married to Folmar, count of Froburg
• Beatrice (died 1092), married to Berthold I of Zähringen (died 1078), duke of Carinthia
• Mathilde, married to Hugh of Dagsburg (died 1089)

Notes

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