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

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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[Varnhorn_Lexikoninstitut_Bertelsmann_(Gütersloh)_2008-1] 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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