Adelheid

This article is about the given name. For the Czechoslovak film, see Adelheid (film). For the asteroid, see 276 Adelheid.

Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheid, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness".^[1] It may refer to the following people:

Royalty and nobility

• 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
• Adelheid von Gallitzin (1748–1806), Russian princess from Prussia
• Adelheid von Sachsen-Meiningen (1792–1849), Queen consort of the United Kingdom (Queen Adelaide)
• Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800–1820), Duchess of Oldenburg
• Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821–1899), Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909), wife of Miguel I of Portugal
• Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1833–1916), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900), niece of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Princess Feodora Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1874–1910), daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
• Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885–1970), Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888–1962), wife of Prince Harald of Denmark
• Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1889–1964), Princess of Solms-Baruth
• Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894–1924)
• Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe (1895–1993), Princess Reuss of Köstritz
• Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914–1971), member of the Austrian Imperial Family
• Princess Adelheid of Liechtenstein (born 1981), daughter of Prince Vincenz of Liechtenstein

Other people

• Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787), German composer
• Adelheid Popp (1869–1939), Austrian journalist and politician
• 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

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

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.