Adelheid
Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheidis, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness".[1] It may refer to the following people:
- Saint Adelheid or Adelaide of Italy, (931–999), Holy Roman Empress and second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great
- Eupraxia of Kiev (1071–1109), regnal name Adelheid
- Adelheid of Wolfratshausen (died 1126), second wife of Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach
- Adelheid of Vohburg (1122–1190), first Queen consort of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Adelheid (abbess of Müstair) (fl. 1211–1233), Swiss Benedictine abbess
- Adelaide of Cleves (died 1238), also called Adelheid, Countess of Holland, wife of Dirk VII
- Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900), niece of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787), German composer
- Adelheid von Gallitzin (1748–1806), Russian princess from Prussia
- Adelheid von Sachsen-Meiningen (1792-1849), Queen consort of the United Kingdom (Queen Adelaide)
- Adelheid Popp (1869–1939), Austrian journalist and politician
- Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914–1971), member of the Austrian Imperial Family
- Adelheid Seeck (1912–1973), German film actress
- Adelheid Arndt (born 1952), German actress
- Adelheid Schulz (born 1955), German terrorist
- Adelheid Morath (born 1984), German cross-country mountain biker
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See also
- Adelaide (given name), the English form of the name
- Heidi (given name), a nickname for Adelheid
- Adele (given name), a short form of Adelheid
References
- Varnhorn, Beate; Lexikoninstitut Bertelsmann (Gütersloh) (2008). Bertelsmann, Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen (in German). Wissen-Media-Verlag. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-577-07694-4. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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