Vain Friedrich
Eitel Friedrich , also Eitelfriedrich , is a German male given name . It also occurs in the forms Eitel Fritz and Eitelfritz .
It was used mainly in the Hohenzollern family (German noble family / dynasty of high and primeval nobility ).
meaning
The part of the name "Eitel" means "only", "Eitel Friedrich" means "Friedrich without a second name". Despite this meaning, the name was sometimes combined with a long range of other given names.
Well-known namesake
- Vain Friedrich I. (Hohenzollern) (~ 1384–1439), Count of Hohenzollern
- Eitel Friedrich II. (Hohenzollern) (1452–1512), Count of Hohenzollern
- Vain Friedrich III. (Hohenzollern) (1494–1525), Count of Hohenzollern
- Eitel Friedrich IV. (Hohenzollern) (1545–1605), Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1582–1625) , Curia Cardinal and Bishop of Osnabrück
- Eitel Friedrich II. (Hohenzollern-Hechingen) (1601–1661), Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and imperial general
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Eitel Friedrich von Prussia (1883–1942), son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Royal Prussian Major General
- Princess Eitel Friedrich , name for Sophie Charlotte von Oldenburg (1879–1964), his wife
- Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839-1914), King of Romania, see Karl I. (Romania)
- Eitelfriedrich Thom (1933–1993), German conductor and musicologist
See also
literature
- Jakob Rieber: The first name Eitel. Historical-genealogical investigation , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 36th year 1907, pp. 80–91 ( digitized version )
- Wilkfried Seibicke: German First Name Book Vol. 1 (1996), pp. 592–593 (without knowledge of Rieber, only with reference to Michel Buck : On the personal name Ital = Eitel . In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde von Hohenzollern 20 (1886 / 87), pp. 119-123).