Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to:

Places

In space

Gertrude (crater) Gertrude is the largest known crater on Uranus's moon Titania. It is about 326 km across, 1/5 of Titania's diameter. It is named after the mother of Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet''. Features on Titania are named after fem ...

, 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 grap ...

, a minor planet

Terrestrial placenames

* Gertrude, Arkansas *

Gertrude, Washington McNeil Island is an island in the northwest United States in south Puget Sound, located southwest of Tacoma, Washington. With a land area of , it lies just north of Anderson Island; Fox Island is to the north, across Carr Inlet, and to the ...

* Gertrude, West Virginia

People

Gertrude (given name) Gertrude (also spelled Gertrud) is a female 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 countrie ...

, a given name (including a list of people with the name) People with Gertrude as the full name: *Blessed

Gertrude of Aldenberg Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg , (c. October 1227 – 13 August 1297) was a German noblewoman and abbess. She was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary and of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She became a Premonstratensian canoness regular at the ...

(1227–1297), daughter of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and abbess near Trier *

Gertrude of Austria Gertrude of Austria (also named ''Gertrude of Babenberg'') (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 Austria, the ...

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

Gertrude of Baden Gertrude of Baden (before 1160 – before 1225) was a Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage a Countess of Dagsburg. She was a daughter of Margrave Hermann III of Baden and his wife, Bertha of Lorraine. Marriages and issue Gertrude ...

(c.1160–1225), Margravine of Baden * Gertrude of Bavaria (died 1197), daughter of Henry the Lion, Queen consort of Denmark *

Gertrude of Brunswick Gertrud of Brunswick (german: Gertrud von Braunschweig; – 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 b ...

(c.1060–1117), Margravine of Frisia and Meissen * Gertrude of Comburg (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 mystic and had received the Stigmata. Life Gertrude was born in Voorburcht in the County of Holland, to peasant parents, and entered dom ...

(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 (c. 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. Life Gertrude was born in 1232 near Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. She was a member of the Thuringian Hackeborn dynasty and elder ...

(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 b ...

(c.1225–1281), Queen consort of Germany * Gertrude of Merania (1185–1213), Queen consort and regent of Hungary *Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (c.626–659), daughter of Pepin I and founder of the Nivelles monastery *

Gertrude of Poland Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025 – 4 January 1108), princess of Poland, was the daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland and Queen Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of German Emperor Otto II. Early life The exact time and place of Ger ...

( 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 i ...

or Gertrude of Holland (ca.1030-1113), wife of

Robert I of Flanders Robert I ( – 13 October 1093), known as ''Robert the Frisian'', was count of Flanders from 1071 to his death in 1093. He was a son of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and the younger brother of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. He usurped the counts ...

, regent of Holland * Gertrude of Sulzbach (c.1110–1146), Queen consort of Germany *

Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (18 April 1115 – 18 April 1143) was, by her two successive marriages, Duchess of Bavaria from 1127 to 1138, Margravine of Tuscany from 1136 to 1139, and Duchess of Saxony from 1137 to 1138, Margravine of Austria and ...

(1115–1143), Duchess of Bavaria and Saxony

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

, a which includes a list of fictional characters with this given name

Works

* ''Gertrud'' (film), 1964 Danish film based on Söderberg's play * ''Gertrud'' (novel), by Hermann Hesse * ''Gertrud'' (play), by Hjalmar Söderberg *"Gertrude's Bounce", a song composed by Bud Powell, and performed by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach quintet on the album, ''

Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street ''Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street'' (also known as ''At Basin Street'') is a 1956 album by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, the last album the quintet officially recorded. Apart from '' Sonny Rollins Plus 4'', it was the la ...

Other uses

*''Gertrude'', a 560-ton copper sheathed ship chartered by the

New Zealand Company The New Zealand Company, chartered in the United Kingdom, was a company that existed in the first half of the 19th century on a business model focused on the systematic colonisation of New Zealand. The company was formed to carry out the principl ...

in 1841 *

Gertrude (code name) The Gertrude or Gertrud was the code name of the joint invasion plan for Turkey by Nazi Germany and Kingdom of Bulgaria, the idea began forming in the beginning of the summer of 1942. This code name was eventually changed. The project was abandon ...

, an invasion plan for Turkey by Nazi Germany *Gertrude, an

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

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 ...