Adelheid

Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheid, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness". 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