Berchtold
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Berchtold (also Berthold, Bertold, Bertolt) is a German given name, from berht "bright" and wald "rule". The name comes into fashion in the German High Middle Ages, from about the 11th century. The cognate Old English name is Beorhtwald, attested as the name of an archbishop in the 8th century. Berchtold appears also as the name of the leader of the Wild Hunt in German folklore of the 16th century. The name is here replacing the female Perchta.
People with the given name Berchthold
- Bertulf (Archbishop of Trier) (d. 883) is in some chronicles also attested as "Berthold"
- Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (d. 947)
- Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia (d. 1078)
- Berthold II, Duke of Swabia (1050-1111)
- Saint Berthold, Berthold of Parma (d. 1111)
- Blessed Berthold of Garsten (d. 1142) abbot
- Blessed Berchtold of Engelberg (d.1197) abbot
- Berchtold or Berthold (c.1268), abbot of Abbey of Saint Gall,
- Saint Bertold, Berthold of Calabria (d. 1195) crusader monk
- Berthold of Hanover (d. 1198) abbot
- Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (1160-1218)
- Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906-1963)
People with the given name Berthold
- Saint Bertold (died c. 1195), French hermit
- Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (c. 900 – 947), German duke
- Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate
- Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint
- Berthold of Ratisbon (c. 1210–1272), German monk
- Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist
- Berthold Lubetkin (1901—1990), Russian architect
- Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905—1944), German aristocrat and lawyer
See also
- Berthold Type Foundry, former German type foundry
- Berchtoldstag
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