Sophia was the daughter of Meginhard IV of Formbach and Matilda of Reinhausen, a daughter of Count Elli.
The couple were closely related and there were attempts to separate them on these grounds.
It is sometimes said that Sophia married for a second time around 1092 to Stephan II, Count of Sponheim, although this is not certain.
[3] Sophia, like the rest of her natal dynasty (the Formbachs), was a patron of Göttweig Abbey.
[4] With her first husband, Hermann, Sophia had the following children: If she married Stephan II of Sponheim, then Sophia was also the mother of: