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Hildegard

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The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild (=war or battle) and gard (=protection) and means "protecting battle-maid". Variant spellings include Hildegarde. The Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish version is Hildegarda; the Italian version is Ildegarda. Hildegárd is a Hungarian version. An ancient German version of the name was Hildegardis.

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Notable persons

  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), a Christian saint
  • Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne, the second wife of Charlemagne
  • Hildegard, daughter of Louis or Matilda, the daughter of Emperor Louis the Pious and Ermengarde of Hesbaye
  • Hildegard Behrens (1937–2009), a German opera singer
  • Hildegard Falck (born 1949), a German middle distance runner and Olympic medalist
  • Hildegarde Howard (1901–1998), an American paleornithologist
  • Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), a German actress, singer and writer
  • Hildegard Körner (born 1959), an East German middle distance runner and Olympic competitor
  • Hildegarde (1906–2005), an American cabaret singer
  • Hildegarde Flanner (1899–1987), an American poet and activist
  • Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge (1908–1981), a poet, playwright and novelist
  • Hildegarde Naughton, an Irish politician and mayor of Galway
  • Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira, a girl raised to be the perfect woman
  • Hildegard Werner, a Swedish musician

    • Notable fictional characters

  • Hildegarde (Marvel Comics), a Valkyrie
  • Hildegarde Withers, in novels and films
  • Hildegard von Krone, from the Soul series of fighting games
  • Hildegarde T., from the anime and manga series Beelzebub (manga) by Ryūhei Tamura
  • Hildegarde, in the Johann Strauss operetta Simplicius
  • Hildegard 'Hildy' Johnson, from 1940 American comedy film His Girl Friday
  • Princess Hildegard, from the Disney animated series Sofia the First

    • References

    Hildegard Wikipedia
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