People
- Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, (931/932 – 999), Holy Roman Empress
- Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849), consort of William IV of the United Kingdom
- Adelaide of Paris (died 901)
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“Thou cam’st out of thy mother’s belly without government, thou hast liv’d hitherto without government, and thou may’st be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well look’d upon?”
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)