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Luitgard is a German female name.


Origin

The name comes from
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and means " emaleguardian of the people" (German: ''Beschützerin des Volks''). This derives, in its older form, ''Liutgard'', from ''liut'' which means "people" (Modern German: ''Leute''), "member of a people",Entry ''LEUTE, pl. homines'' in Grimm: ''
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and ''gard'' which means "protection" or "guardianship", from which the German word ''Garten'' and the English word "garden" are also derived.


Name day

Its
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is 16 October, the same date as that of the Blessed Luitgard of Wittichen.


Variants

* Luitgart, Luitgardt, Lutgard, Lutgaarde, Lutgart, Liutgard, Liutgart, Liudgard


Notable bearers of the name

* Luitgard (died 4 June 800), last of the five wives of Charlemagne * Liutgard of Beutelsbach, benefactress of Hirsau Abbey and sister of
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* Liutgard of Saxony (died 885), wife of the King of East Francia, Louis the Younger * Liutgard of Saxony (died 953), daughter of the Emperor Otto I's first marriage, who married Duke Conrad of Lorraine in 947 *
Lutgardis of Luxemburg Lutgardis of Luxembourg, also known as Liutgardis, Liutgarde and Lutgard, (955 – ca. 1005 or possibly later) was a countess consort of Holland by marriage to Arnulf, Count of Holland. She was the regent of Holland from 993 until 1005 during the ...
(c. 955 – c. 1005), wife of Arnulf, Count of Holland * Luitgard of Swabia (died 1146), daughter of Frederick II of Swabia and Agnes of Saarbrücken, married Conrad I of Meissen in 1119 * Luitgart (died after 1150), daughter of Count Frederick I of Zollern, nun in Zwiefalten * Lutgard of Salzwedel (died 1152), wife of Eric III, King of Denmark * Lutgard of Tongern (1182–1246), Flemish mystic * Luitgard of Tübingen (born c. 1240; died 1309), Countess Palatine of Tübingen * Liutgart of Tübingen, wife of Burkhard V (died 1318), Count of Nagold-Wildberg, House of Hohenberg * Blessed Luitgard of Wittichen (1291–1348), German nun, mystic and founder of Wittichen Abbey


References

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