Mechthild

Mechthild is a female first name.

Origin

Mechthild is an ancient form of the first name Mathilde. The name is composed of the two Old High German nouns MAHT, power, power, strength ' and Hiltia, fight ' and thus means roughly, powerful battle, mighty in battle, mighty warrior '.

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Famous names winners

  • Mathilde von Andechs (also Mechthild of Unterdießen; ~ 1125-1160 ), Augustinian canon wife and the abbess of Edelstetten
  • Mechthild II of Anhalt (1392-1463) from the House of Ascanians; Abbess of free secular pin Gernrode and Frose
  • Mechthild Bach, German singer
  • Mechthild von Baden († 1258 ), Countess of Württemberg
  • Mechthild of Bavaria (1532-1565), wife of the Margrave Philibert of Bavaria
  • Mechthild of Bien castle ( * before 1223; † after 1265 ), Abbess of free secular ladies pin Buchau in today's Bad Buchau on Federseemuseum
  • Mechthild of Giessen ( * 1155, † after 1203), Countess of casting
  • Mechthild of Hackeborn (1241-1299), Cistercian and Christian mystic
  • Mechthild of Hesse (1490-1558), Countess of Tecklenburg -Schwerin
  • Mechthild von Holstein (1220/1225-1288), wife of the Danish King Abel
  • Mechthild of Magdeburg (1208/1210-1282), significant mystic
  • Mechthild von der Pfalz (1419-1482), wife of Count Ludwig I of Württemberg
  • Mechthild II of Wohldenberg († 1316 ), 1305-1316 Abbess from the pin Gander Home
  • Female first name
Matilda (name) Mechtildis of Edelstetten Matilda of Holstein Mechthild of Germany
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