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This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname.
This list is divided into two parts:
- Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples are "William the Conqueror" for William I of England, or "Frederick Barbarossa" for Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.
- Sobriquets: Names which have become identified with a particular person, and are recognizable when used instead of the personal name. Some are used only in a particular context: for example, "Grandmother of Europe" for Victoria of the United Kingdom is generally only used when referring to her family links throughout the royal families of Europe. On the other hand, in some cases the nickname supersedes the personal name, and the individual is referred to by this nickname even in scholarly works; for example, Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus is universally known by his nickname Caligula.
Notes:
- Nicknames are listed in each section alphabetically, ignoring articles and prepositions.
- Non-English words are rendered in italics, and translated where possible.
- When the name and nickname are rendered in a non-English language, the nickname will be in boldface italics.
Cognomen
A swung dash (~) is used to indicate where the personal name occurs in the nickname; thus "~ the Accursed" means "Sviatopolk the Accursed".
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- "~ the Red":
- "~ the Redeemeress": Isabel of Brazil
- "~ the Redless" or "~ the Redeless": Ethelred II of England (Old English: Ćthelred Unrćd)
- "~ the Reformer": Joseph I of Portugal
- "~ the Restorer":
- "~ the Righteous": Henry IV of Silesia
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- "~ the Unlucky":
- Arnulf III of Flanders
- Henry III of Reuss
- "~ the Unready": Ethelred II of England
- "~ the Usurper": Mauregato of Asturias
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- "~ the Warlike":
- "~ the Warrior": Charles I of Savoy
- "~ Wartooth": Harald Hildetand of Sweden (Old Norse: Haraldr Hilditönn)
- "~ Wearing-a-Cape": Hugh Capet of France
- "~ the Well-Beloved": Charles VI of France
- "~ the Well-Served": Charles VII of France
- "~ the White":
- Henry III of Silesia
- Leszek I of Poland (Bialy)
- "~ Who-Fights-Alone":
- Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor
- Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev
- "~ the Wicked":
- "~ the Wise":
- "~ the Wrymouth": Boleslaus III of Poland (Krzywousty)
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Sobriquets
"The Accursed": Genghis Khan
"Bonnie Prince Charlie": Charles Edward Stuart
"The (Bloody) Butcher" or "Butcher Cumberland": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
"Caligula": (Latin, "Little Boots"): Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman Emperor
"Caracalla" (Latin, "Hooded Tunic"): Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor
"Cecco Peppe" (Italian, diminutive of Francesco Giuseppe): Franz Joseph I of Austria
"Champion of the Reformation": John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
"Duke of Albany": Charles Edward Stuart
"Emperor-Sacristan": Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
"Fat Billy": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
"Father-in-law of Europe":
* Christian IX of Denmark
* Nicholas I of Montenegro
"First Gentleman of Europe": George IV of the United Kingdom
"Fox of Mecklenburg": Albert II of Mecklenburg
"Gloriana": Elizabeth I of England
"Good King Henry" (French: "le bon roi Henri"): Henry IV of France
"Good Queen Bess": Elizabeth I of England
"Grandmother of Europe": Victoria of the United Kingdom
"The Great Belly-Gerent": Frederick I of Württemberg
"The Great Elector" (German: "Großer Kurfürst"): Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
"Hammer of the North": Harald III of Norway
"Hammer of the Scots": Edward I of England
"Harry": Maud of the United Kingdom
"He of the Little Dagger" (Catalan language: "el del Punyalet"): Peter IV of Aragon
"Hooded Tunic" : Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor
"The Huckster King": Henry VII of England
"The Iron Duke": Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (Dutch: "IJzeren Hertog")
"King Freddie": Mutesa II of Buganda
"The King of May" (Italian: "Re di maggio"): Umberto II of Italy
"Lady of the English": Empress Matilda
"The Last Knight": Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
"Lion of Justice": Henry I of England; Henry II of England
"Lion of the North": Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
"The Little Corporal": Napoleon I of France
"Little Sabre" (Italian: "Sciaboletta"): Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
"The Merry Monarch" or "The Merrie Monarch":
*Charles II of England
*Kalakaua of Hawai‘i
"Mrs Brown": Victoria of the United Kingdom
"Napoleon of the Pacific": Kamehameha I of Hawai‘i
"The Nine-Day Queen": Lady Jane Grey of England
"Old Coppernose": Henry VIII of England
"The Old Pretender": James Francis Edward Stuart
"The People's King": Lunalilo of Hawaii
"The Prince of Whales": George IV of the United Kingdom
"Randy Andy": Prince Andrew, Duke of York
"The Sailor King": William IV of the United Kingdom
"The Scourge of God": Attila the Hun
"Skanderbeg" (from Albanian Skënderbeu, "Lord Alexander"): Gjergj Kastrioti of Albania
"Soft-Sword": John of England
"Stupid Willy" (Polish: "Glupi Wilus"): 'Wilhelm II of Germany'
"The Sun King" (French: "Le Roi Soleil"): 'Louis XIV of France'
"Sweet William": 'William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland'
"Thief of Cairo": 'Farouk of Egypt'
"The Uncle of Europe": 'Edward VII of the United Kingdom'
"The Universal Spider" (Old French: "l'universelle aragne"): 'Louis XI of France'
"The Virgin Queen": 'Elizabeth I of England '
"The Winter King": 'Frederick I of Bohemia'
"The Young Pretender": 'Charles Edward Stuart'
See also
Epithet
Nickname
Sobriquet
Victory titles
List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility
List of people known as The Great
List of royal saints and martyrs
List of military figures by nickname
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