Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to:

Places

In space

Gertrude (crater) Gertrude is the largest known Impact crater, crater on Uranus's natural satellite, moon Titania (moon), Titania. A Peak ring, peak-ring impact basin, it is roughly 326–400 kilometers across, 1/5 to 1/4 of Titania's diameter. Gertrude was firs ...

, a crater on Uranus's moon Titania *

710 Gertrud 710 Gertrud is a Themistian asteroid, which means it is a member of the Themis family of asteroids. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 28 February 1911 from Vienna. The light curve In astronomy, a light curve is a gra ...

, a minor planet

Terrestrial placenames

Gertrude, Arkansas Texarkana is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Miller County, on the southwest border of the state. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,387. It is the twin city of Texarkana, Texas, located just across ...

* Gertrude, Washington *

Gertrude, West Virginia Gertrude is a ghost town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United S ...

People

Gertrude (given name) Gertrude (also spelled Gertrud) is a feminine given name which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". " Trudy", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude," has developed into a name in its own right. In German-speaking count ...

, a given name (including a list of people with the name) People with Gertrude as the full name: *Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg (1227–1297), daughter of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and abbess near Trier *

Gertrude of Austria Gertrude of Austria (also named ''Gertrude of Babenberg'') (c. 1226 – 24 April 1288) was a member of the House of Babenberg, Duchess of Mödling and later titular Duchess of Austria and Styria. She was the niece of Duke Frederick II of Austri ...

(1226–1288), Duchess of Austria and Styria * Gertrude of Babenberg (c. 1118–1150), Duchess of Bohemia * Gertrude of Baden (c. 1160–1225), Margravine of Baden *

Gertrude of Bavaria Gertrude of Bavaria ( Danish and ; 1152/55–1197) was Duchess of Swabia as the spouse of Duke Frederick IV, and Queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Canute VI. Gertrude was born to Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony and Clementia of Z ...

(died 1197), daughter of Henry the Lion, Queen consort of Denmark *

Gertrude of Brunswick Gertrud of Brunswick (; – 9 December 1117) was Countess of Katlenburg by marriage to Dietrich II, Count of Katlenburg, Margravine of Frisia by marriage to Henry, Margrave of Frisia, and Margravine of Meissen by marriage to margrave Henry ...

(c. 1060–1117), Margravine of Frisia and Meissen *

Gertrude of Comburg Gertrude of Comburg (died 1130/1131) was the first queen consort of Conrad III of Germany. She was a daughter of Henry, Count of Rothenburg, and Gepa of Mergentheim. Marriage Her marriage to Conrad III of Germany, Conrad of Swabia is estimated ...

(died 1130), Queen consort of Germany * Gertrude of Dagsburg (died 1225), Duchess of Lorraine *

Gertrude of Delft Gertrude van der Oosten (or Gertrude of Delft; died 6 January 1358) was a Dutch Beguine who was considered a mysticism, mystic and had received the Stigmata. Life Gertrude was born in Voorburcht in the County of Holland, to peasant parents, and e ...

(died 1358), Dutch Beguine and mystic *

Gertrude of Flanders, Countess of Savoy Gertrude of Flanders (1135–1186) was a Countess Consort of Savoy by marriage to Humbert III, Count of Savoy. She was the daughter of Thierry, Count of Flanders, and his second wife Sibylla of Anjou. In 1155, she married Humbert III, Count of S ...

(1135–1186) *

Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine Gertrude of Flanders ( 1070–1117), was a Countess of Louvain and Landgravine of Brabant by marriage to Henry III, Count of Leuven, and a Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine. At the time the duchy was the upper ...

(c. 1070–1117) *

Gertrude of Hackeborn Gertrude of Hackeborn (1232–1292) was the abbess of the Benedictine convent of Helfta, near Eisleben in modern Germany. Gertrude was born in 1232 near Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. She was a member of the Thuringian Hackeborn dynasty and elder s ...

(1223–1292), Abbess of Helfta *Saint Gertrude of Hamage (died 649), 7th century saint, founder of the convent Hamage near Douai *Saint Gertrude of Helfta or Gertrude the Great (1256–c. 1302), German Benedictine, mystic, and theologian, Patroness of the West Indies *

Gertrude of Hohenberg Gertrude Anne of Hohenberg ( – 16 February 1281) was German queen from 1273 until her death, by her marriage with King Rudolf I of Germany. As queen consort, she became progenitor of the Austrian House of Habsburg. Biography Gertrude was ...

(c. 1225–1281), Queen consort of Germany *

Gertrude of Merania Gertrude of Merania ( 1185 – 28 September 1213) was Queen of Hungary as the first wife of Andrew II from 1205 until her assassination. She was regent during her husband's absence. Life Gertrude was the daughter of the Bavarian Count Berth ...

(1185–1213), Queen consort and regent of Hungary *Saint

Gertrude of Nivelles Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled ''Geretrude'', ''Geretrudis'', ''Gertrud''; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. She is venerated in the Catholic ...

(c.626–659), daughter of Pepin I and founder of the Nivelles monastery *

Gertrude of Poland Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025 – 4 January 1108), was a Polish princess and the grand princess consort of Kiev by marriage to Iziaslav I. She was the daughter of Mieszko II Lambert and Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of Otto II ...

( 1025–1108), Grand Princess Consort of Kiev *

Gertrude of Saxony Gertrude of Saxony ( 1030 – August 4, 1113), also known as Gertrude Billung, was a countess of Holland by marriage to Floris I, Count of Holland, and countess of Flanders by marriage to Robert I, Count of Flanders. She was regent of Holland ...

or Gertrude of Holland (ca.1030-1113), wife of Robert I of Flanders, regent of Holland *

Gertrude of Sulzbach Gertrude of Sulzbach (; – 14 April 1146) was German queen from 1138 until her death as the second wife of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III. Life She was the daughter of the Bavarian count Berengar II of Sulzbach (c.1080–1125) and Adelh ...

(c. 1110–1146), Queen consort of Germany *

Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (18 April 1115 – 18 April 1143) was Duchess of Bavaria, Margravine of Tuscany, and Duchess of Saxony by marriage to Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, and Margravine of Austria and Duchess of Bavaria by marriage to Henry ...

(1115–1143), Duchess of Bavaria and Saxony

Art, entertainment, and media

* Gertrude (given name)#Fictional characters, a list of fictional characters with this given name * ''Gertrud'' (film), 1964 Danish film based on Söderberg's play * ''Gertrud'' (novel), by Hermann Hesse * ''Gertrud'' (play), by Hjalmar Söderberg

Ships

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Alice Gertrude ''Alice Gertrude'' was a wooden steamship which operated on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound from 1898 to January 1907, when she was wrecked at Clallam Bay in Washington. Career ''Alice Gertrude'' was a freight and passenger steamship ...

'' (1898–1907), an American steamship that operated in the

Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (PNW; ) is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common ...

*'' Gertrude'' (1841–1845), a copper sheathed ship chartered by the

New Zealand Company The New Zealand Company, chartered in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, was a company that existed in the first half of the 19th century on a business model that was focused on the systematic colonisation of New Ze ...

*'' Gertrude'' (1843–1864), a

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population ...

-built brig that operated in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

*'' Gertrude L. Thebaud'' (1930–1948), an American fishing and racing schooner *'' HM Hired armed schooner Gertrude'' (lost 1804), a hired schooner that served in the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

in 1804 *'' TSS Gertrude'' (1905–1962), a British passenger steamship *''

USS Gertrude USS ''Gertrude'' was the British blockade-running steamship ''Gertrude'' captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed in service by the Navy as a gunboat and assigned to patrol the southern coast of the United States ...

'' (1862–1880), a British steamship captured by the

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

and pressed into service as a gunboat during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

Other uses

* Gertrude (code name), an invasion plan for Turkey by Nazi Germany *Gertrude, an

underwater telephone Underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving messages in water. There are several ways of employing such communication but the most common is by using hydrophones. Underwater communication is difficult due to factors s ...

used by submarines for communication *.Gertrude, an

Esoteric programming language An esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed to test the boundaries of computer programming language design, as a proof of concept, as software art, as a hacking interface to another language ...