Alberich (first name)

Alberich is a Germanic male given name .

meaning

The first component Alb means "Elb, nature spirit". The second part Germanic: rik means "ruler, prince, king"; (comparison: the Gothic reiks means “ruler, chief”).

variants

Arik (short form), Albéric ( French ), Alberico ( Italian ), Albericus ( Latin ), Aubry , Elberich

Name bearer

middle Ages

• Alberich I , Lombard adventurer of the 10th century
• Alberich I of Utrecht († 784), since 777/778 Bishop of Utrecht and is a saint of the Catholic Church.
• Alberich II , prince in Rome
• Alberich (Langres) (* 8th century; † 838), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Etienne in Dijon and bishop of Langres
• Alberich von Cîteaux (around 1050–1109), prior in the Molesme monastery , co-founder of the Cîteaux monastery
• Alberich von Merseburg († around 1053), Bishop of Merseburg
• Alberich von Montecassino , Italian rhetorician and hagiographer (11th century)
• Alberich von Rosate (Albericus de Rosate, Alberico de Rosate; * approx. 1290 near Bergamo, † 1354 or 1360 Bergamo), Italian lawyer
• Alberich von Trois-Fontaines († 1252), Cistercian monk in the Trois-Fontaines monastery, author of a world chronicle

Modern times

• Alberich Bergh (1677–1736), German Roman Catholic clergyman, 41st abbot of Marienstatt Abbey
• Alberich Degen (1625–1686), 42nd abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
• Alberich Denzler (1759–1840), Swiss abbot of the Wettingen monastery
• Alberich Ebenhöch (1666–1727), 45th abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Sankt Stephan in Würzburg
• Alberich Fritz (1704–1787), Austrian Cistercian, 57th abbot of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey
• Alberich Heidmann (1808–1898), Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman and abbot of Lilienfeld Abbey
• Alberich Mazak (1609–1661), Austrian composer
• Alberich Rabensteiner (1875–1945), Austrian Cistercian monk
• Alberich Stingel (1723–1801), Austrian Cistercian and abbot
• Alberich Zwyssig (1808–1854), composer of the Swiss national anthem