Luitgard
Luitgard is a German female given name .
origin
The name comes from Old High German and is made up of liut / luit "people" and gard "protection".
name day
The name day is October 16 .
variants
- Luitgart, Luitgardt, Lutgard, Lutgaarde, Lutgart, Liutgard, Liutgart, Liudgard
Well-known namesake
- the blessed Luitgard von Wittichen , mystic and founder of the Wittichen monastery
further historical namesake:
- Luitgard († June 4, 800), last of the five wives of Charlemagne
- Liutgard (931–953), the daughter of Emperor Otto I's first marriage to Egditha and from 947 wife of Konrad von Lothringen
- Liutgart († 962), the daughter of Count Arnulf I of Flanders and the wife of Count Wichmann of Hamaland
- Liutgart († before 996 by poison), their daughter and first abbess of the Elten monastery
- Luitgart († after 1150), daughter of Zollern Friedrich I , nun in Zwiefalten; see master list of the Hohenzollern
- Liutgard von Beutelsbach , benefactress of the Hirsau monastery and sister of Conrad I of Württemberg
- Liutgard von Sachsen (* around 845, † 885), wife of the East Frankish King Ludwig III.
- Luitgard von Schwaben († 1146), daughter of Friedrich II. (Swabia) and Agnes von Saarbrücken, married Konrad I (Meißen) in 1119
- Lutgard von Tongern (Luitgard von Tonger (e) n OCist; 1182–1246), Flemish mystic
- Liutgart von Tübingen, wife of Burkhard V († 1318), Count of Nagold-Wildberg ( Hohenberg House )
- Luitgard of Tübingen (* around 1240; † 1309), Countess Palatine of Tübingen
further namesake:
- Luitgard Brem-Gräser (1919–2013), German psychologist
- Luitgard Camerer (* 1938), German librarian
- Luitgard Himmelträger (1874–1959), women's rights activist and politician
- Luitgard Im (1930–1997), German theater and film actress
- Luitgard Schneider (1893–1972), German doctor and politician