Adelheid Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Varnhorn , Beate . Lexikoninstitut Bertelsmann (Gütersloh). Bertelsmann, Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen. Wissen-Media-Verlag. 2008. 978-3-577-07694-4. de. 27 September 2018. 13.