Adelheid

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