Berthar ( la, Bertharius, ''Bertarius'', ''Bercharius'' or ''Bercarius'') is a masculine Germanic

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

meaning "glorious warrior". The name

Charibert Charibert is a Frankish given name meaning "glorious warrior". The name Berthar contains the same two elements in reversed order.Laury Sarti, ''Perceiving War and the Military in Early Christian Gaul (ca. 400–700 A.D.)'' (Brill, 2013), p. 260. It ...

has the same meaning, combining the same two roots in reverse order.Laury Sarti, ''Perceiving War and the Military in Early Christian Gaul (ca. 400–700 A.D.)'' (Brill, 2013), p. 260. In its variant spellings, it may refer to: *

Bertachar Bertachar (or Berthachar) was a king of Thuringia from about 510 until about 525, co-ruling with his brothers Hermanfrid and Baderic. Bertachar was probably not a Thuringian himself. Frankish sources, such as Venantius Fortunatus, make the three ...

, king of Thuringia (520s–530s) *Berthar, Transjuran Frank who fought in the

Battle of Autun (640s) The Battle of Autun was a pitched battle in 642 or 643, concluding a feud between Flaochad and Willebad, two magnates of the Merovingian kingdom of Burgundy., calls it a "lengthy feud ... which ended in a pitched battle", while , also describes it a ...

Bercharius of Montier-en-Der Berthar ( la, Bertharius, ''Bertarius'', ''Bercharius'' or ''Bercarius'') is a masculine Germanic given name meaning "glorious warrior". The name Charibert has the same meaning, combining the same two roots in reverse order.Laury Sarti, ''Perceivi ...

, founder and first abbot (666) *

Bercharius of Hautvillers Saint Bercharius (''Bererus''; french: Berchaire) (636 – March 28, 696) was abbot of Hautvillers in Champagne. Descended from a distinguished Aquitanian family, he received his instruction from Saint Nivard (Nivo), Archbishop of Reims. Berc ...

(d. 685), abbot *

Berchar Berchar (also Berthar) was the mayor of the palace of Neustria and Kingdom of Burgundy, Burgundy from 686 to 688/689. He was the successor of Waratton, whose daughter Anstrude he had married. Unlike Waratton, however, Berthar did not keep peace w ...

, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy (686–687) * Bertarius of Verdun (fl. c. 857), priest and author *

Bertharius of Monte Cassino Bertharius ( it, San Bertario di Montecassino) ( 810 – 883) was a Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino who is venerated as a saint and martyr. He was also a poet and a writer. A member of the Lombard nobility, Bertharius as a young man made a ...

, abbot (856–883)

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