name of Germanic origin, composed of the word Athalie (= noble) and the suffix - heid, Adelaide means noble aspect, the noble bearing . Inevitable that many were brought from countesses, queens and empresses. These include Adelaide of Susa, Marchioness of Turin in sec. XI, in the third wedding married Count Otto of Savoy, son of Umberto I Biancamano. Adelaide brought him to the Savoy much of the Piedmont, laying the foundations for the subsequent progressive expansion of the influence of noble family Alps on Italy. Much loved by his subjects, the patron saint of artists and founder of monasteries, Adelaide had an important role in the story of Canossa, where the Emperor Henry IV, his son, had to go in front of penance to the Pope who had excommunicated.
Adelaide is also the name of a large city on the southern coast of Australia, so named in honor of Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen , wife of William IV, King of Great Britain and Hanover.
Many saints bear this name: the name-day is generally celebrated on December 16th, the day is remembered sant'Adelaide of Burgundy (sec. X), widow of the first King Lothair II of Italy, and Emperor Otto I, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire for his son Otto II, and later to his grandson Otto III; finished his imperial duties with the emancipation of his nephew, he devoted himself to charitable and foundation of the convent where she herself retired in recent years.
A variant of the name is less common form Adelasia , which celebrates its feast day on Sept. 23.
A variant of the name is less common form Adelasia , which celebrates its feast day on Sept. 23.
In German, Adelaide becomes Adelheid , sometimes hidden behind the name diminutives Heidi and Elke , the latter can not be associated with the eponymous Japanese cartoon [image] , who arrived in Italy in the late '70s, the ' anime was based on a novel for children of Swiss writer Johanna Spyri, published in the late nineteenth century.
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