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 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