_Gottfried II SPONHEIM _+
                                                   | (.... - 1183)          
                          _Gottfried III SPONHEIM _|
                         | (1175 - 1223) m 1202    |
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 _Simon I SPONHEIM ______|
| (1210 - 1264) m 1240   |
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|                        |_Adelheid of SAYN _______|
|                          (.... - 1263) m 1202    |
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|--John I SPONHEIM 
|  (1245 - 1289)
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|_Margareta of HEIMBACH _|
  (1210 - ....) m 1240   |
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