HB's parents sought to strengthen their affiliation with Count Stephen of Spanheim
, a member of the higher nobility, by placing HB under the care of the Count's daughter, Jutta of Spanheim
.
Newman, Barbara. “’Sibyl of the Rhine’: Hildegard’s Life and Times”. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World, edited by Barbara Newman, University of California Press, 1998, pp. 1-29.