Adalbert (name)
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Adalbert is an archaic given name which means "noble-bright, noble-shining", or “shining by the nobility”. It comes from Germanic adal or edel (noble) and berht (shining or bright).

In France, the name first appeared in the ninth century and its usage increased for about 200 years. Thereafter, it was increasingly supplanted by the shortened form of Albert
Albert
Albert may refer to:* Albert , a family name * Albert * Albertet, an Occitan diminutive of AlbertFictional characters:* Albert , minor character in Dario Argento's 1977 film Suspiria...

 or Elbert.

In modern times, use of the name is rare but still attested on some occasions. Other names derived from Adalbert include Adalberht and Adalbrecht.

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  • Adalbert (mystic)
    Adalbert (mystic)
    Adalbert was a Gaullic preacher who lived in the 8th century. Adalbert claimed that an angel had conferred miraculous powers on him at his birth and that another had brought him relics of great sanctity from all parts of the earth...

     (8th century)
  • Saint Adalbert of Egmond
    Adalbert of Egmond
    Saint Adalbert of Egmond was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary. He was one of Saint Willibrord's companions in preaching the gospel in Holland and Frisia....

     (died in the first half of the 8th century) aka Adelbert of Egmond, Northumbrian missionary
  • Adalbert of Magdeburg
    Adalbert of Magdeburg
    Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg , sometimes known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg and a successful missionary to the Slavic peoples to the east of Germany...

      (died 981)
  • Saint Adalbert of Prague
    Adalbert of Prague
    This article is about St Adalbert of Prague. For other uses, see Adalbert .Saint Adalbert, Czech: ; , , Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. He evangelized Poles and Hungarians. St...

     (died 997), "The Apostle of the Prussians"
  • Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine
    Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine
    Adalbert was the Duke of Upper Lorraine from 1047 until his death. He was the first son of Gerard de Bouzonville , Count of Metz, and Gisela ....

     (1000–1048), aka Adalbert of Longwy
  • Adalbert of Austria (died 1055), aka Adalbert the Victorious
  • Adalbert of Hamburg
    Adalbert of Hamburg
    This article is about Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen. For other uses, see Adalbert .Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen was a German prelate, who was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1043 until his death...

     (ca. 1000–1072), aka Adalbert of Bremen and Adalbert I of Saxony
  • Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt
    Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt
    Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt from the House of Ascania, the 23rd Great-Grandfather of Elizabeth II, was Graf in Saxony and Vogt of Nienburg Abbey.-Biography:...

     (ca. 1030–1080)
  • Adalbert of Mainz
    Adalbert of Mainz
    Adalbert I von Saarbrücken , Archbishop of Mainz , played a key role in opposing Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and in securing the election of Lothar III, Holy Roman Emperor.-Life:...

    , or Adalbert I von Saarbrücken (died 1137) Archbishop of Mainz
  • Adalbert of Pomerania
    Adalbert of Pomerania
    Adalbert of Pomerania was the first bishop of the 12th century Pomeranian bishopric, with its see in Wolin . The territory was put under the jurisdiction of the archbishopric of Magdeburg by emperor Otto I...

     (before 1124–1162), first bishop of the Pomeranian diocese of Kammin
  • Adalbert of Spalding
    Adalbert of Spalding
    Adalbert of Spalding was a supposed English theologian writer identified by Bale and Pitts, and discussed at length in the 1885 Dictionary of National Biography ....

     (fl. ca. 1160), supposed English theologian
  • Adalbert of Prussia
    Adalbert of Prussia
    Prince Adalbert of Prussia was a son of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg. He was a naval theorist and admiral. He was instrumental during the Revolutions of 1848 in founding the first unified German fleet, the Reichsflotte...

     (1811–1873)
  • Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875), son of Ludwig I of Bavaria
  • Adalbert I of Tuscany
    Adalbert I of Tuscany
    Adalbert I was the margrave of Tuscany from about 847.He was the son of Margrave Boniface II, who had been despoiled of his fiefs by the Emperor Lothair I, and successor of his elder brother Aganus...

     (846–886), duke of Tuscany, son of Boniface II
  • Adalbert II of Tuscany
    Adalbert II of Tuscany
    Adalbert II , called the Rich, son and successor of Adalbert I of Tuscany, and grandson of Boniface II, was much concerned in the troubles of Lombardy, at a time when so many princes were contending for the wrecks of the Carolingian Empire. Before his father died in 884 or 886, he is accredited the...

     (886–915), son of Adalbert the Duke of Tuscany
  • Adalbert of Ivrea (ca. 932 – ca. 975), son of Berengar of Ivrea and king of Italy
  • Adalbert III of Bohemia, Archbishop of Salzburg
    Archbishopric of Salzburg
    The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire, its territory roughly congruent with the present-day Austrian state of Salzburg....

     (1168–1177)
  • Adalbert Zafirov
    Adalbert Zafirov
    Adalbert Zafirov is a former Bulgarian football defender and current manager of Kaliakra Kavarna.-International career:...

     (born 1969), Bulgarian international footballer
  • Adelbert Althouse
    Adelbert Althouse
    Adelbert Althouse was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 27th and 29th Naval Governor of Guam. Prior to his Governorship, he served on ships in the Navy and participated in both the Spanish–American War and World War I...

    (1869–1954), American Governor of Guam
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