Hillebrandt

Hildebrand is a character from Germanic legend. Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr. The word hild means "battle" and brand means "sword". The name itself is very likely of Langobard origin.
He is associated with the cycle of legends about Theodoric the Great, called Dietrich in German, to whom he is a companion. Hildebrand figures in three famous songs: in the Old High German Hildebrandslied, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, and in the Old Norse song "Hildebrand's Death" in Ásmundar saga kappabana (called Hildibrandr). He also appears as Hildiger in Gesta Danorum, and in the late medieval Jüngeres Hildebrandslied.
In the Nibelungenlied, he is the armourer, brother-in-arms, and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern. Hildebrand kills Kriemhild, after she orders her brother's death and then kills Hagen herself.
In the Hildebrandslied, which is older, Hildebrand fights his own son Hadubrand. In fact Hildebrand became Dietrich's armourer, because he had to leave his home, he left his wife and his son. 30 years later, Hildebrand returns. His son Hadubrand is now ruling over his land, he is leading his army against the supposed invasion. As is customary, the two leaders meet between the armies. They start to list their family tree, in order to prevent themselves from killing a relative. Hadubrand says that he is "Hadubrand Hildebrand's son", but he was told that Hildebrand died, and he thinks that the fighter before him is using Hildebrand's name to deceive him. In fact, the ending in the original text has been lost, but the legends and the third song tell the end of the story. Hildebrand has to kill his son otherwise he would be killed by him; he has pictures of all the warriors he killed on his red shield, and his son's picture is added to the others.
The Scandinavian song "Hildebrand's death" tell how Hildebrand fights against his half-brother. He is wounded fatally by him and the shield with the picture of his son falls near to his head on the ground. He begs his half-brother to cover his body, and to bury him properly.
Although associated with historical characters from the 5th and 6th centuries, Theodoric and Odoacer, Hildebrand himself has not been identified as a historical personage.

Hildebrand

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Oskar Hillebrandt	1943	German singer and opera singer
2	Alfred Hillebrandt	1853	German Sanskrit scholar
3	Franz Anton Hillebrandt	1719	Austrian architect
4	Wolfgang Hillebrandt	1944	German astrophysicist, physicist and astronomer
5	Niels Peter Hillebrandt	1815	Danish musician
6	Axel von Hillebrandt	1933	German university teacher
7	Elisabeth Hillebrandt	1886	German writer (1886-2000)
8	Peter Hillebrandt	1948	German association football player
9	Heinz-Hermann Hillebrandt	1922	German politician
10	Hugó Hillebrandt	1829
11	Hillebrandt Brongersma