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List of monarchs by nickname



 
 
This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty
Royal family

A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term "imperial family" more appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress regnant, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate in reference to the relatives of a reigning duke, grand duke, or prince....
 and nobility
Nobility

Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary or for a lifetime. Titles of nobility exist today in many countries although it is usually associated with present or former monarchies....
) sorted by nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
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This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty
Royal family

A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term "imperial family" more appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress regnant, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate in reference to the relatives of a reigning duke, grand duke, or prince....
 and nobility
Nobility

Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary or for a lifetime. Titles of nobility exist today in many countries although it is usually associated with present or former monarchies....
) sorted by nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
. This list is divided into two parts:
  • Cognomen
    Cognomen

    The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
    s: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium
    Epithet

    An epithet is a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing, which has become a fixed formula....
    , or Roman victory titles. Examples are "William the Conqueror" for William I of England
    William I of England

    William I , better known as William the Conqueror , was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and English monarchy from later 1066 to his death. William is sometimes also referred to as "William II" in relation to his position as the second Duke of Normandy of that name....
    , or "Frederick Barbarossa" for Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Sobriquet
    Sobriquet

    A sobriquet is a nickname or a fancy name, usually a familiar name given by others as distinct from a pseudonym assumed as a disguise, but a nickname which is familiar enough such that it can be used in place of a real name without the need of explanation....
    s: 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
    Victoria of the United Kingdom

    Victoria was from 20 June 1837 the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death....
     is generally only used when referring to her family links throughout the royal families
    Royal family

    A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term "imperial family" more appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress regnant, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate in reference to the relatives of a reigning duke, grand duke, or prince....
     of Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    . 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
    Caligula

    Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
    .


Notes:
  1. Nicknames are listed in each section alphabetically, ignoring articles and prepositions.
  2. Non-English words are rendered in italics
    Italic type

    In typography, italic type refers to cursive typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. The influence from calligraphy can be seen in their usual slight slanting to the right....
    , and translated where possible.
  3. When the name and nickname are rendered in a non-English language, the nickname will be in boldface italics
    Italic type

    In typography, italic type refers to cursive typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. The influence from calligraphy can be seen in their usual slight slanting to the right....
    .


Cognomen

A swung dash
Tilde

The tilde is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character comes from Spanish language, from the Latin wikt:titulus meaning a title or superscription, though the term ?tilde? has evolved in that language and now has a different meaning in Linguistics....
 (~) is used to indicate where the personal name occurs in the nickname; thus "~ the Accursed" means "Sviatopolk the Accursed".

A

  • "~ the Able":
    • Leopold III, Duke of Austria
      Leopold III, Duke of Austria

      Duke Leopold III of Austria from the Habsburg family, was Duke of Austria from 1365 to 1379, and duke of Styria and Carinthia in 1365?1386....
    • Leopold V, Duke of Austria
      Leopold V, Duke of Austria

      Leopold V , the Virtuous, was a Babenberg duke of Duchy of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and Duchy of Styria from 1192 to 1194....
  • "~ the Absolutist": Miguel of Portugal
    Miguel of Portugal

    Miguel I was the 30th Kings of Portugal of Portugal and the Algarves between 1828 and 1834, during the Portuguese civil war....
     
  • "~ the Accursed": Sviatopolk I of Kiev
    Sviatopolk I of Kiev

    Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich was the Kniaz' of Turov and Velikii Kniaz of Kiev whose paternity and guilt in the murder of brothers are disputed....
     (????´????)
  • "~ the Adopted": Childebert of Austrasia
    Childebert the Adopted

    When King Sigebert III died in 656, Grimoald the Elder had Sigebert's son Dagobert II shorn of hair and packed off to an Ireland monastery and then proclaimed his own son, Childebert the Adopted , king of Austrasia....
  • "~ the Adventurous": Manuel I of Portugal
    Manuel I of Portugal

    Manuel I ; Portuguese language: Manoel I, English language: Emmanuel I), the Fortunate , 14th List of Portuguese monarchs was the son of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, Beatriz of Portugal ....
     
  • "~ (the) Ćtheling" (Old English
    Old English language

    Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century....
    , "Princeling"): Edgar Ćtheling of England
    Edgar Ćtheling

    Edgar ?theling, also known as Edgar the Outlaw was the last male member of the West Saxon royal house of Cerdic of Wessex....
     (Old English Eadgar Ćţeling)
  • "~ the Affable": Charles VIII of France
    Charles VIII of France

    Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
    (l'Affable)
  • "~ the African": Afonso V of Portugal
    Afonso V of Portugal

    Afonso V , or Affonso , the African , was the 12th Algarve#History .He was born in Sintra, the eldest son of King Edward of Portugal by his wife, Infanta Leonor of Aragon ....
    ( or
    Alfonso o Africano
    )
  • "~ the Ambitious": William of Austria
  • "~ the Ancient": Mircea cel Batrân of Wallachia (Old Romanian
    Romanian language

    Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
    : Mircea cel Batrân)
  • "~ the Apostate": Julian, Roman Emperor
    Julian the Apostate

    Flavius Claudius Julianus, known also as Julian or Julian the Apostate , was Roman Emperor of the Constantinian dynasty. He was the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and expended much energy during his reign attempting to supplant the growing power of Christianity within the empire with officially revived Religion in ancient Rom...
  • "~ the Apostle": Vladimir I of Kiev
    Vladimir I of Kiev

    Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great, also sometimes spelled Volodymyr Old East Slavic: ?????????? ???????????? was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 987, and proceeded to baptism of Kiev....
  • "~ the Avenger": Alfonso XI of Castile
    Alfonso XI of Castile

    Alfonso XI of Castile was the king of Crown of Castile and Kingdom of Le?n, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal ....
  • "~ the Astronomer": Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X of Castile

    Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Galicia from 1252 until his death. He also was elected List of German monarchs in 1257, though the Papacy prevented his confirmation....
    (el Astrólogo
    )

B

  • "~ the Bad":
    • Charles II of Navarre
      Charles II of Navarre

      Charles II , called "Charles the Bad," was King of Navarre 1349-1387 and Count of ?vreux 1343-1387.Besides the Pyrenees Kingdom of Navarre, he had extensive lands in Normandy, inherited from his father, Count Philip III of Navarre, and his mother, Queen Joan II of Navarre, who had received them as compensation for resigning her claims...
      (le Mauvais)
    • Sigurd Magnusson, pretender of Norway
      Sigurd Slembe

      Sigurd Magnusson Slembe, or Slembedjakn was a Norway pretender to the throne. slembi in Old Norse language meant something like "noisy", slembidj?kn = "the noisy priest"....
      (Old Norse:
      Sigurd Slembe
      or Sigurd Slembedjakn)
    • William I of Sicily
      William I of Sicily

      William I , called the Bad or the Wicked, was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's death in 1154 to his own. He was the fourth son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile ....
      (il Malo
      )
  • "~ the Bald":
    • Charles II of France
      Charles the Bald

      File:Charles le Chauve denier Bourges after 848.jpgCharles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith, daughter of Welf....
      (le Chauve)
    • Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
      Baldwin II, Count of Flanders

      Baldwin II , nicknamed Calvus was the second count of Flanders. He was also hereditary abbot of St. Bertin from 892 till his death. He was the son of Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith of Flanders, a daughter of Charles the Bald....
      (de Kale
      ; Calvus)
    • Idwal ab Anarawd of Gwynedd
      Idwal Foel

      Idwal Foel ap Anarawd was a King of Kingdom of Gwynedd, referred to as King of the Britons by William of Malmesbury, in whose Gesta Regum Anglorum his name is spelled Judwalum in the original Latin language ....
      (Foel
      )
  • "~ Barbe-torte" (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
    , "Crooked-beard"):
    Alan II, Duke of Brittany
    Alan II, Duke of Brittany

    Alan II , nicknamed Wrybeard and also known as Le Renard "The Fox", was Count of Vannes, Count of Poher, and Count of Nantes, and Duke of Brittany from 938 to his death....
    (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
     
    Alain Barbe-torte)
  • "~ Barbarossa" : Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
    Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
    (Barbarossa)
  • "~ Barefoot" or "~ Bareleg": Magnus III of Norway
    Magnus III of Norway

    Magnus Barefoot son of Olaf III of Norway and grandson of Harald Hardrada, was kings of Norway from 1093 until 1103 and King of Mann and the Isles from 1099 until 1102....
    (Old Norse:
    Magnus Barfot
    )
  • "~ Barn-Lock": Magnus I of Sweden
    Magnus I of Sweden

    Magnus I of Sweden may refer to:* Magnus I of Gothenland, also called Magnus the Strong, who was first Magnus to be king in Sweden but was regarded as usurper by later kinglists....
     (Ladulĺs)
  • "~ the Bastard": William I of England
    William I of England

    William I , better known as William the Conqueror , was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and English monarchy from later 1066 to his death. William is sometimes also referred to as "William II" in relation to his position as the second Duke of Normandy of that name....
     (le Bâtard
    ; Old English: Wyllelm or Willelm bastard)
  • "~ the Battler": Alfonso I of Aragon (el Batallador)
  • "~ the Bearded": Geoffrey III of Anjou
    Geoffrey III of Anjou

    Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu , count of Anjou was the eldest son of Ermengarde of Anjou, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and of the count of G?tinais....
    (le Barbu)
  • "~ Beauclerk" or "~ Beauclerc" (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
    , "Good Clerk"):
    Henry I of England
    Henry I of England

    Henry I was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror. He succeeded his elder brother William II of England as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106....
    (Beauclerc
    )
  • "~ Beer-Jug": John George I, Elector of Saxony
    John George I, Elector of Saxony

    John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656....
  • "~ the Bewitched": Charles II of Spain
    Charles II of Spain

    Charles II , was the last Habsburg Spain of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy , the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spanish empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines....
    (el Hechizado)
  • "~ the Big Nest": Vsevolod III Yuriyevich of Vladimir (??????´? ??????´)
  • "~ the Black Prince": Edward, the Black Prince
    Edward, the Black Prince

    Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Order of the Garter , popularly known as The Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England....
  • "~ the Black":
    • Leszek II the Black
      Leszek II the Black

      Leszek the Black was one of the dukes of fragmentation of Poland. He ruled from 1279 to 1288. During his government there was a third Mongol raid against Poland in 1287....
      (Czarny)
    • Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
      Conan IV, Duke of Brittany

      Conan IV of Penthi?vre , called "the Young", was duke of Brittany, from 1156 to his death. He was son of Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond and Bertha of Brittany....
    • Fulk III of Anjou
      Fulk III of Anjou

      Fulk III , called Nerra after his death, was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou from 21 July 987 to his death. He was the son of Geoffrey I of Anjou and Adele of Meaux....
      (Nerra
      )
  • "~ the Blind":
    • Boleslav III of Bohemia (Slepý)
    • Béla II of Hungary
      Béla II of Hungary

      B?la II the Blind , , King of Hungary . Still as a child, B?la was blinded by his uncle, King Coloman who wanted to ensure the succession of his own son, the future King Stephen II....
      (Vak Béla
      )
    • Magnus IV of Norway
      Magnus IV of Norway

      Magnus IV , also known as Magnus the Blind and Magnus Sigurdsson, was king of Norway from 1130 to 1135 and again from 1137 to 1139....
       (Old Norse
      Old Norse

      Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
      : Magnus Blinde)
    • Stefan Brankovic of Serbia (?????)
    • Vasili II Vasiliyevich of Russia
      Vasili II of Russia

      Vasily II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy was the Grand Duchy of Moscow whose long reign was plagued by the greatest civil war of Old Russian history....
       (??????)
  • "~ the Blond" or "Yellow ~": Selim II of the Ottoman Empire
    Selim II

    Selim II Sarkhosh , also known as "Selim the Sot ", was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his fourth and favourite wife Valide Sultan H?rrem Sultan, :tr:H?rrem Sultan, originally named Roxelana, a Ruthenians....
     ('Sari Sultân Selim)
  • "~ Bloodaxe": Eric I of Norway (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    :
    Eiríkr Blóđöx
    )
  • "~ the Bloodthirsty": Ismail of Morocco
  • "Bloody ~": Mary I of England
    Mary I of England

    Mary I , was Queen of England and Monarchy of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI of England, to the English throne....
  • "~ the Bloody": Nicholas II of Russia
    Nicholas II of Russia

    Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russian Empire, Grand Prince of Finland, and claimant to the title of King of Poland. His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church....
     (????????)
  • "~ Bluetooth": Harold I of Denmark (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    : Haraldr blátönn)
  • "~ the Bold":
    • Boleslaw II of Poland (Smialy)
    • Charles the Bold (le Téméraire), duke of Burgundy
    • Philip the Bold
      Philip the Bold

      Philip the Bold can refer to:* Philip the Bold, also known as Philip II Duke of Burgundy * Philip III of France ...
      (le Hardi)
    • Philip III of France
      Philip III of France

      Philip III , called the Bold , was the List of French monarchs, succeeding his father, Louis IX of France, and reigning from 1270 to 1285....
      (le Hardi
      )
  • "~ the Bolognian": Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III of Portugal

    Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian or the Brave , the fifth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, since 1249....
    (o Bolonhęs)
  • "~ the Bookish": Coloman of Hungary
    Coloman of Hungary

    Coloman I the Book-lover , also spelled Koloman , King of Hungary . Although Coloman was their father's elder son, during his reign, Coloman had to fight against his brother, Prince ?lmos who permanently disputed his right to the crown because Coloman probably had a physical deformity....
    ('Könyves Kálmán
    )
  • "~ the Brash": Olof of Denmark
    Olof the Brash

    Olaf, according to the Denmark king Sweyn Estridson and Adam of Bremen, was a Sweden chieftain who conquered Denmark in the late 9th century or early 10th century and founded the House of Olaf....
  • "~ the Brave":
    • Afonso III of Portugal
      Afonso III of Portugal

      Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian or the Brave , the fifth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, since 1249....
       (o Bravo
      )
    • Afonso IV of Portugal
      Afonso IV of Portugal

      Afonso IV , called the Brave , was the seventh List of Portuguese monarchs from 1325 until his death. He was the only legitimate son of Dinis of Portugal by his wife Elizabeth of Aragon....
       (o Bravo)
    • Boleslaw I of Poland
      Boleslaw I of Poland

      Boleslaw I the Brave , in the past also known as Boleslaw I the Great , ruled as Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and as the first King of Poland in 1025....
       (Chrobry
      )
    • Dan II of Wallachia
      Dan II of Wallachia

      Dan II was a voivode of the principality of Wallachia in the 15th Century, ruling an extraordinary five times, and succeeded four times by Radu II Chelul, his rival for the throne....
       (Viteazul)
    • Michael of Wallachia and Moldavia
      Michael the Brave

      Michael the Brave was the Prince of Wallachia , of Transylvania , and of Moldavia , the three Romanian principalities that he united under his rule....
       (Viteazul
      )
    • Selim I of the Ottoman Empire
      Selim I

      Selim I also known as "the Grim" or "the Brave", or the best translation "the Stern", Yavuz in Turkish language, the long name is Yavuz Sultan Selim; October 10 1465/1466/1470 September 22, 1520) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520....
       ('Yavuz Sultan Selim)
  • "~ the Broad-shouldered": Haakon II of Norway
    Haakon II of Norway

    Haakon II Sigurdsson , king of Norway from 1157 until 1162....
    (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    :
    Hákon Herdebrei)
  • "~ Broom-plant": Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
    Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou

    Geoffrey V , called the Handsome and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Count of Tours, and Count of Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144....
     (Plantagenet
    )
  • "~ Builder": David IV of Georgia
    David IV of Georgia

    David IV, also known as David II or David III, or David the Builder , from the House of Bagrationi, was List of the Kings of Georgia of Georgia from 1089 to 1125....
     (????????????)
  • "~ Bulgar-Slayer": Basil II, Byzantine Emperor
    Basil II

    Basil II, surnamed the Bulgar-slayer , also known as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from Basil I the Macedonian, was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from January 10 976 to December 15, 1025....
     (?????a???t????
    )
  • "~ the Burgundian": Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III of Portugal

    Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian or the Brave , the fifth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, since 1249....

C

  • "~ the Cabbage": Ivailo of Bulgaria (??????)
  • "~ the Careless": John I of Aragon
    John I of Aragon

    John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 to his death....
     (el Descurat
    )
  • "~ the Candid": Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III of Aragon

    File:Alfonso III of Aragon.jpgAlfonso III , called the Liberal or the Free , was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1285....
     (el Franc; el Franco)
  • "~ the Catholic":
    • Alfonso I of Asturias
      Alfonso I of Asturias

      Alfonso I , called the Catholic , was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757....
       (el Católico
    • Ferdinand II of Aragon
      Ferdinand II of Aragon

      Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
       (el Católico
      , )
    • Peter II of Aragon
      Peter II of Aragon

      File:Pere II diner 1196 755909.jpgPeter II the Catholic was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213.He was the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile....
       (el Catňlic)
  • "~ the Caulker": Michael V, Byzantine Emperor
    Michael V

    Michael V "the Caulker" or Kalaphates , , was Byzantine emperor for 4 months in 1041–1042, as the nephew and successor of Michael IV the Paphlagonian and the adoptive son of his wife, the Zoe ....
     (?a?af?t??
    )
  • "~ the Ceremonious": Peter IV of Aragon
    Peter IV of Aragon

    Peter IV, also known as Pedro or Pere , called the Ceremonious or El del Punyalet , was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia , King of Valencia , and Count of Barcelona from 1336 until his death....
     (el Ceremonioso, el Cerimoniós)
  • "~ the Chansonnier": Theobald I of Navarre/Theobald IV of Champagne
    Theobald I of Navarre

    Theobald I , called the Troubadour, the Chansonnier, and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234....
     (le Chansonnier; el Trovador)
  • "~ the Chaste":
    • Alfonso II of Aragon
      Alfonso II of Aragon

      File:Alfonso II de Arag?n from Liber feudorum maior.jpgAlfonso II or Alfons I , called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1162 until his death....
       (el Cast; el Casto; le Chaste)
    • Alfonso II of Asturias
      Alfonso II of Asturias

      Alfonso II , called the Chaste, was the king of Asturias from 791 to his death, the son of Fruela I of Asturias and the Basque people Munia....
       (Spanish
      Spanish language

      Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
      : Alfonso el Casto)
    • Boleslaw V the Chaste
      Boleslaw V the Chaste

      Boleslaw V the Chaste or the Shy was the son of Leszek the White. Several years after the death of Henry the Pious at the battle of Legnica , he became prince in Krak?w, and thus the predominant prince in fragmented Poland....
      (Wstydliwy)
  • "~ the Clubfoot": Sverker I of Sweden
    Sverker I of Sweden

    Sverker I Kolson or Sverker the Elder was a Monarch of Sweden c. 1130–1156....
    (Klumpfot
    )
  • "~ Coal-Burner": Anund Jacob of Sweden
    Anund Jacob of Sweden

    Anund Jakob was King of Sweden 1022-c.1050. He is believed to have been born in 25th of July c. 1008 or 1010 as Jakob. When the Swedish counsel, the thing , was to elect him the co-ruler of Sweden, the people objected to his non-Scandinavian name....
    (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    :
    Emund Kolbränna)
  • "~ the Confessor": Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor

    Saint Edward the Confessor , son of Ethelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxons List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death....
     (of England
    Kingdom of England

    The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
    )
  • "~ the Conqueror":
    • Afonso I of Portugal
      Afonso I of Portugal

      Afonso I , or also Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , sometimes rendered in English language as Alphonzo or Alphonse, depending on the Spanish or French influence, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques , nicknamed the Conqueror , was the first List of Portuguese monarchs, achieving its independen...
       (Portuguese
      Portuguese language

      Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
       Affonso o Conquistador)
    • James I of Aragon
      James I of Aragon

      File:Jaume I Palma.jpgJames I the Conqueror was the Kings of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276. His long reign saw the expansion of the Crown of Aragon to the south and into and across the Mediterranean as far as Naples: into Kingdom of Valencia to the south and the Balearic Islands, Sicily and the Kingd...
      (el Conqueridor; el Conquistador)
    • Mehmed II of The Ottoman Empire
      Mehmed II

      Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he Fall of Constantinople, bringing an end to the medieval Byzantine Empire....
      (Ottoman Turkish
      Ottoman Turkish language

      Ottoman Turkish is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. It contains extensive borrowings from Arabic language and Persian language languages and was written in a variant of the Arabic script....
      :
      Mehmed el-Fatih)
    • William I of England
      William I of England

      William I , better known as William the Conqueror , was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and English monarchy from later 1066 to his death. William is sometimes also referred to as "William II" in relation to his position as the second Duke of Normandy of that name....
       (Old English
      Old English language

      Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century....
      : Wilhelm se Gehiersumiend; le Conquereur)
    • Valdemar II of Denmark
      Valdemar II of Denmark

      Valdemar II , called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious , was the King of Denmark from November 12, 1202 until his death in 1241....
      (Old Norse
      Old Norse

      Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
       
      Valdemar Sejr
      )
  • "~ Corvinus" (from Latin "like a raven"): Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
    Matthias Corvinus of Hungary

    Matthias I was Kings of Hungary of Kingdom of Hungary ....
     ('Corvinus Mátyás; Corvin)
  • "Crazy ~": Otto of Bavaria
    Otto of Bavaria

    Otto I of Bavaria , was King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913. He was the son of Maximilian II of Bavaria and his wife, Marie of Prussia, and younger brother of Ludwig II of Bavaria....
  • "~ the Crosseyed": Vasili Kosoi, Muscovian usurper (?????)
  • "~ Crouchback":
    • Inge I of Norway
      Inge I of Norway

      Inge Haraldsson, old Norse language Ingi Haraldsson was king of Norway from 1136 to 1161. Inge?s reign fell within the start of the period known in Norwegian history as the civil war era in Norway....
      (Old Norse
      Old Norse

      Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
      :
      Inge Krokrygg)
    • Richard III of England
      Richard III of England

      Richard III was List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England of Kingdom of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the Plantagenet dynasty....
  • "~ the Cruel":
    • Boleslaus I of Bohemia
      Boleslaus I of Bohemia

      Boleslaus I the Cruel, also called Boleslav I , was the prince of Bohemia from 929 or 935 to his death. His father was Vratislaus I of Bohemia....
       (Ukrutný
      )
    • Louis XI of France
      Louis XI of France

      Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
    • Peter I of Portugal
      Peter I of Portugal

      Peter I , called the Just , was the eighth List of Portuguese monarchs from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife, princess Beatrice of Castile ....
       (o Cruel)
    • 'Peter of Castile (el Cruel)
  • "~ the Crusader": Sigurd I of Norway
    Sigurd I of Norway

    Sigurd I Magnusson , also known as Sigurd Jorsalfare was king of Norway from 1103 to 1130. He initially shared the throne with his brothers Eystein I of Norway and Olav Magnusson, but ruled alone from 1123....
     (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    : Sigurd Jorsalfare)
  • "~ the Curly" Boleslaw IV the Curly
    Boleslaw IV the Curly

    Boleslaw IV the Curly was a Duke of Masovia since 1138 and High Duke of Poland from 1146 until his death.He was the third son of Boleslaw III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland by his second wife Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, daughter of Henry, Count of Berg-Schelklingen....
    (Kedzierzawy
    )
  • "~ Curthose" (Middle English
    Middle English

    Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman conquest of England of 1066 and about 1470, when the #Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the introduction of the printing press into England by William...
    , "short stockings"):
    Robert II, Duke of Normandy
    Robert II, Duke of Normandy

    Robert the Magnificent , also called Robert the Devil and Robert I or II, was the Duke of Normandy from 1027 until his death. He was the son of Richard II, Duke of Normandy and Judith of Brittany, daughter of Conan I of Rennes....
  • "~ Curtmantle" (Middle English
    Middle English

    Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman conquest of England of 1066 and about 1470, when the #Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the introduction of the printing press into England by William...
    , "short cloak"):
    Henry II of England
    Henry II of England

    Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....

D

  • "~ the Damned" or "~ the Accursed": Sviatopolk I of Kiev
    Sviatopolk I of Kiev

    Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich was the Kniaz' of Turov and Velikii Kniaz of Kiev whose paternity and guilt in the murder of brothers are disputed....
    (????????; ????????)
  • "~ the Deacon": Bermudo I of Asturias
    Bermudo I of Asturias

    Bermudo I , called the Deacon or the Monk, was the King of Asturias from 788 or 789 until his abdication in 791. He was a son of Fruela, brother of Alfonso I of Asturias, and a brother of Aurelius of Asturias....
    (Asturian
    Asturian language

    Asturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian languages, Astur-Leonese language, spoken in the Spain province of Asturias by the Asturian people....
    :
    Bermudo el Diáconu; el Diácono)
  • "~ the Debonaire": Louis I of France
    Louis the Pious

    Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
     (le Débonnaire)
  • "~ the Deed-Doer": Edmund I of England
    Edmund I of England

    Edmund I , called the Elder, the Deed-Doer, the Just or the Magnificent, was King of England from 939 until his death. He was a son of Edward the Elder and half-brother of Athelstan of England....
  • "~ the Devil":
    • Robert II, Duke of Normandy
      Robert II, Duke of Normandy

      Robert the Magnificent , also called Robert the Devil and Robert I or II, was the Duke of Normandy from 1027 until his death. He was the son of Richard II, Duke of Normandy and Judith of Brittany, daughter of Conan I of Rennes....
      (le Diable)
    • Vlad II of Wallachia
      Vlad II Dracul

      Vlad II , known as Vlad Dracul , was a voivode of Wallachia. He reigned from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He was the father of Mircea II, Vlad Calugarul, Vlad Tepes, and Radu cel Frumos....
       (Dracul)
  • "~ Do-Nothing", "~ the Indolent" or "~ the Sluggard": Louis V of France
    Louis V of France

    Louis V , called the Indolent or the Sluggard , was the King of West Francia from 986 until his early death. The son of Lothair of France and his wife Emma of Italy, a daughter of Lothair II of Italy, he was the last Carolingian monarch....
     (le Fainéant
    )
  • "~ Dracul" (Romanian
    Romanian language

    Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
    , "The Devil" or "The Dragon"): Vlad II of Wallachia
    Vlad II Dracul

    Vlad II , known as Vlad Dracul , was a voivode of Wallachia. He reigned from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He was the father of Mircea II, Vlad Calugarul, Vlad Tepes, and Radu cel Frumos....
     (Dracul)
  • "~ Dracula" (Romanian
    Romanian language

    Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
    , "Son of the Devil" or "Son of the Dragon"): Vlad III of Wallachia
    Vlad III the Impaler

    Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler , also known as Vlad Dracula, or simply Dracula , was a Wallachian voivode....
  • "~ the Drunkard":
    • Michael III, Byzantine Emperor
      Michael III

      Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
       (? ????s??
      )
    • Selim II, Ottoman Emperor
      Selim II

      Selim II Sarkhosh , also known as "Selim the Sot ", was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his fourth and favourite wife Valide Sultan H?rrem Sultan, :tr:H?rrem Sultan, originally named Roxelana, a Ruthenians....
       (Sarhos)
    • Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
      Wenceslaus, King of the Romans

      Wenceslaus , was, by election, List of German monarchs from 1376 and, by inheritance, List of rulers of Bohemia from 1378. He was the third Bohemian and second German monarch of the House of Luxembourg....
       (der Säufer
      ; Opilec)
  • "~ the Dung-Named": Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor
    Constantine V

    Constantine V was List of Byzantine Emperors from 741 to 775; ); ....
     (?' ??p????µ??
    )

E

  • "~ the Ecclesiastic" or "~ the Priest": Martin I of Aragon
    Martin I of Aragon

    Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, King of Valencia, King of Sardinia, and Medieval Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 ....
     (l'Eclesiŕstic; Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
    : "Martín el Eclesiástico" o "el Cura")
  • "~ the Elder":
    • Eadweard I of England
      Edward the Elder

      Edward the Elder was Kingdom of England . He was the son of Alfred the Great and Alfred's wife, Ealhswith, and became King upon his father's death in 899....
       (Old English
      Old English language

      Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century....
      : Eadweard se Ieldra?)
    • Inge I of Sweden
      Inge I of Sweden

      Inge Stenkilsson was a king of Sweden. He was the son of the former king Stenkil and died c. 1100.He shared the rule of the kingdom with his probably elder brother Halsten Stenkilsson, but little is known with certainty of Inge's reign....
    • Martin I of Aragon
      Martin I of Aragon

      Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, King of Valencia, King of Sardinia, and Medieval Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 ....
    • Mircea I of Wallachia
      Mircea I of Wallachia

      Mircea the Elder was one of the most important rulers of Wallachia. The byname "elder" was given to him after his death in order to distinguish him from his grandson Mircea II ....
      (cel Batran)
    • Sverker I of Sweden
      Sverker I of Sweden

      Sverker I Kolson or Sverker the Elder was a Monarch of Sweden c. 1130–1156....
      (den äldre
      )
  • "~ the Eloquent": Edward of Portugal
    Edward of Portugal

    Edward, ; Viseu, , called the Philosopher or the Eloquent, was the eleventh List of Portuguese monarchs and second Lord of Ceuta from 1433 until his death....
    (o Eloquente)
  • "Empress ~": Matilda of England
    Empress Matilda

    Empress Matilda, also known as Matilda of England or Maude was the daughter and heir of King Henry I of England. Matilda and her younger brother, William Adelin, were the only legitimate children of King Henry....
  • "~ Epiphanes": several Hellenistic kings, including
    • Ptolemy V Epiphanes
      Ptolemy V Epiphanes

      Ptolemy V Epiphanes , son of Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Arsinoe III of Egypt, was the 5th ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He became ruler at the age of five, and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralyzed....
       
  • "~ Euergetes": several Hellenistic kings, including
    • Ptolemy III Euergetes
      Ptolemy III Euergetes

      Ptolemy III Euergetes, was the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He was the eldest son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife, Arsinoe I, and came to power in 246 BCE upon the death of his father....
       
    • Ptolemy VIII Physcon
      Ptolemy VIII Physcon

      Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II , nicknamed , Ph?skon, Physcon for his obesity, was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. His complicated career started in 170 BC, when Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Egypt, captured his brother Ptolemy VI Philometor and let him continue as a puppet monarch....
       
  • "~ Eupator" : Ptolemy Eupator
    Ptolemy Eupator

    Ptolemy Eupator was for a short time in 152 BC joint ruler with his father Ptolemy VI Philometor. It is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died that same year....
  • "~ the Executioner": Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire
    Mehmed I

    Mehmed I ?elebi was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421....
    (Kirisçi
    )
  • "~ the Exile": Wladyslaw II the Exile
    Wladyslaw II the Exile

    Wladyslaw II the Exile, was a High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia from 1138 until 1146.He was the eldest son of Boleslaw III Wrymouth by his first wife Zbyslava of Kiev, daughter of Sviatopolk II of Kiev....
     (Wygnaniec')

F

  • "~ the Fair":
    • Charles IV of France
      Charles IV of France

      Charles IV , was the List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the House of Capet....
      (le Bel
      )
    • Donald III of Scotland
      Donald III of Scotland

      Domnall mac Donnchada , anglicisation as Donald III, and nicknamed Domnall B?n, "Donald the Fair" , was King of Scots from 1094?1097....
      (Scots Gaelic:
      Domnall Bán)
    • Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
      Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou

      Geoffrey V , called the Handsome and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Count of Tours, and Count of Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144....
       (French
      French language

      French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
       Geoffroy le Bel)
    • Louis I of France
      Louis the Pious

      Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
    • Philip IV of France
      Philip IV of France

      Philip IV , called the Fair , son and successor of Philip III of France, reigned as List of French monarchs from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was List of Navarrese royal consorts and Counts of Champagne from 1284 to 1305....
      (le Bel)
  • "~ Fairhair": Harald I of Norway
    Harald I of Norway

    Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair , was the first king of Norway.Little is known of the historical Harald. The only contemporary sources mentioning him are the two skaldic poems Haraldskv??i and Glymdr?pa, by ?orbj?rn Hornklofi....
    (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    :
    Haraldr hinn hárfagri
    )
  • "~ the Fair Sun": Vladimir I of Kiev
    Vladimir I of Kiev

    Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great, also sometimes spelled Volodymyr Old East Slavic: ?????????? ???????????? was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 987, and proceeded to baptism of Kiev....
     (Ukrainian
    Ukrainian language

    Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic languages of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Ukraine. In some areas of Russia there are dialects, Balachka or Surzhyk, which are the Ukrainianized versions of the Russian language....
     ????????? ?????? ???????)
  • "~ the Farmer": Denis of Portugal
    Denis of Portugal

    Denis, Portuguese language: Dinis or Diniz, , called the Farmer King , was the sixth List of Portuguese monarchs. The eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, Beatrice of Castile , Dinis succeeded his father in 1279....
    (Portuguese
    Portuguese language

    Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
     
    Diniz o Lavrador
    )
  • "~ Fart" (Old Norse, "The Swift"?): Eystein Halfdansson of Romerike and Vestfold
    Eystein Halfdansson

    Eystein Halfdansson was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. He inherited the throne of Romerike and Vestfold....
     (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    : Eysteinn Fart)
  • "~ the Fat":
    • Afonso II of Portugal
      Afonso II of Portugal

      Afonso II , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , nicknamed "the Fat" , third List of Portuguese monarchs, was born in Coimbra on April 23 1185 and died on March 25 1223 in the same city....
      (Portuguese
      Portuguese language

      Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
       
      Affonso o Gordo
      )
    • Charles III, Holy Roman Emperor
      Charles the Fat

      Charles the Fat was the Duke of Swabia from 876, King of Italy from 879, Carolingian Empire from 881, King of Germany from 882, and King of France from 884....
       (le Gros)
    • Conan III, Duke of Brittany
      Conan III, Duke of Brittany

      Conan III of Cornwall , was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was son of Duke Alan IV, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou .Conan III allied himself with Stephen of England in his war against the dispossessed Empress Matilda....
       (French
      French language

      French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
       Conan III le Gros)
    • Henry I of Cyprus
      Henry I of Cyprus

      Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat, aka Henry of Lusignan or Henri I le Gros de Lusignan was Kingdom of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253....
       (le Gros
      )
    • Henry I of Navarre
      Henry I of Navarre

      Henry I the Fat was the Count of Champagne and Brie and List of Navarrese monarchs from 1270. After a brief reign, characterised, it is said, by dignity and talent, he died in July 1274, suffocated, according to the generally received accounts, by his own fat....
       (le Gros; Spanish
      Spanish language

      Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
       Enrique el Gordo)
    • Louis VI of France
      Louis VI of France

      Louis VI , called the Fat , was List of French monarchs from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and his first wife, Bertha of Hollan...
      (le Gros)
    • Sancho I of León
      Sancho I of León

      Sancho I, called the Fat , was the son of King Ramiro II of Leon. He succeeded his halfbrother Ordo?o III of Le?n in 956 and reigned until his death, except for a two year interruption from 958 to 960, when Ordo?o IV of Le?n usurped the throne....
  • "~ the Fearless": John the Fearless (sans Peur)
  • "~ First-Crowned": Stefan of Raška (???????????)
  • "~ Fitzempress": Henry II of England
    Henry II of England

    Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....
  • "~ Flatnose": Ketil of Man
    Ketil Flatnose

    Ketil, nicknamed Flatnose, was a Norway hersir of the mid 800s, son of Bjorn Buna. His holdings were in the Nord-Norge part of the country....
    (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    :
    Ketil Flatnef
    )
  • "~ Forkbeard": Sweyn I of Denmark
    Sweyn I of Denmark

    Sweyn I Forkbeard, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in English Sven the Dane, also known as Swegen and Tuck , was king of Denmark and England, as well as parts of Norway....
     (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    : Svend Tjugeskćg or Svend Tyvskćg; Old English: Sweyn Forcbeard?)
  • "~ the Fortunate":
    • Manuel I of Portugal
      Manuel I of Portugal

      Manuel I ; Portuguese language: Manoel I, English language: Emmanuel I), the Fortunate , 14th List of Portuguese monarchs was the son of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, Beatriz of Portugal ....
      (o Venturoso
      or
      Manuel o Bem-Aventurado or Manuel O Afortunado)
    • Dietrich of Oldenburg
      Dietrich of Oldenburg

      Derrick or Dietrich of Oldenburg, Latin-based anglicization also Theoderic of Oldenburg , nicknamed Theoderic the Lucky or the Fortunate , was a feudal lord in northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Oldenburg ....
       (Latin
      Teudericus Fortunatus
      )
  • "~ the Fowler": Henry I of Germany (der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler)

G

  • "~ the Generous" or "~ the Liberal": Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III of Aragon

    File:Alfonso III of Aragon.jpgAlfonso III , called the Liberal or the Free , was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1285....
     Catalan
    Catalan language

    Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
    :
    Alfons el Liberal; Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
     Alfonso
    el Liberal
    )
  • "~ the Gentle":
    • Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
      Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

      Frederick II, Elector of Saxony was Elector of Saxony and was Landgrave of Thuringia ....
       (der Sanftmütige)
    • Harald III of Denmark
      Harald III of Denmark

      Harald III Hen was king of Denmark from 1074 or 1076 to 1080. Harald III was the eldest illegitimate son of Sweyn II of Denmark.He was proclaimed king at the Zealand Assembly in 1076....
       (Old Norse
      Old Norse

      Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
      :
      Harald Hen
      ); see also "~ Hen" below
  • "~ the German": Louis I of the East Franks
    Louis the German

    Louis the German , was a grandson of Charlemagne and the third son of the succeeding Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye....
    (le Germanique)
  • "~ the God-Like One": Murad I, Ottoman Emperor
    Murad I

    Murad I was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of R?m, from 1359 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan I and the Valide Sultan Nil?fer Hatun , daughter of the Prince of Yarhisar or Byzantine Empire Princess Helen , who was of ethnic Greek people descent and became the ruler following his father's death in 1359....
    (Hüdavendigar
    )
  • "~ the God-Loving": Andrey I Bogolubsky (Russian: ?????? ???????????)
  • "~ the Good":
    • Alfonso IV of Aragon
      Alfonso IV of Aragon

      Alfonso IV, called the Kind was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou....
      (el Benigne; Aragonese
      Aragonese language

      Aragonese , is a Romance languages now spoken in a number of local varieties by between 10,000 and 30,000 people over the valleys of the Arag?n River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in Aragon....
       Alifonso
      o Beninno
      ; el Benigno)
    • Alexandru of Moldavia
      Alexandru cel Bun

      File:010 - Alexandru cel Bun si doamna sa.jpgAlexander the Good was a Voivode of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I. He succeeded Iuga of Moldavia to the throne, and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality....
       (cel Bun
      )
    • Fulk II of Anjou
      Fulk II of Anjou

      Fulk II of Anjou , son of Fulk I of Anjou, was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou from 941 to 958. He was often at war with the Brittany. He seems to have been a man of culture, a poet and an artist....
       (French
      French language

      French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
       
      Foulques le Bon?)
    • Hywel ap Cadell of Wales
      Hywel Dda

      Hywel Dda , was a well-thought-of king of Deheubarth in West Wales, who, using his cunning, eventually came to rule Wales from Prestatyn to Pembroke....
      (Dda
      )
    • Haakon I of Norway
      Haakon I of Norway

      Haakon I , , surnamed the Good, was the third king of Norway and the youngest son of Harald I of Norway.Haakon was fostered by King Athelstan of England, as part of a peace agreement made by his father....
      (Old Norse
      Old Norse

      Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
      : Hákon
      góđi)
    • John I of Portugal
      John I of Portugal

      John I, Portuguese language: Jo?o, , called the Good or of Happy Memory, was the tenth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta....
       (o Bom
      )
    • John II of France
      John II of France

      John II , called John the Good , was Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy from 1332, Count of Poitiers from 1344, Duke of Aquitaine from 1345, and King of France from 1350 until his death, as well as Duke of Burgundy from 1361 to 1363....
       (le Bon)
    • Louis I of Holland
      Louis Bonaparte

      Louis Napol?on Bonaparte, Prince Fran?ais, King of Holland, Comte de Saint-Leu-la-For?t was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino....
       (de Goede
      )
    • Magnus I of Norway
      Magnus I of Norway

      Magnus I was the King of Norway from 1035 to 1047 and the King of Denmark from 1042 to 1047. He was the illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, by his concubine Alvhild....
       (Old Norse
      Old Norse

      Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
      :
      Magnus den Gode)
    • Philip III of Burgundy
      Philip III, Duke of Burgundy

      Philip the Good , also Philip III, Duke of Burgundy was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet branch of the Valois dynasty ....
      (le Bon
      )
    • William II of Sicily
      William II of Sicily

      William II , called the Good, was Kingdom of Sicily from 1166 to 1189.William was only eleven years old at the death of his father William I of Sicily, when he was placed under the regency of his mother, Margaret of Navarre....
      (il Buono)
  • "~ with the Good Memory": John I of Portugal
    John I of Portugal

    John I, Portuguese language: Jo?o, , called the Good or of Happy Memory, was the tenth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta....
    (o de Boa Memória
    )
  • "~ the Good Mother": Maria II of Portugal
    Maria II of Portugal

    Maria II was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853. She was the second Queen regnant of Portugal and the Algarve, and the 29th or 30th List of Portuguese monarchs....
    (a Boa Măe)
  • "~ the Gouty":
    • Piero I de Medici of Florence
      Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

      Piero di Cosimo de' Medici , , was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance. He was the father of Lorenzo de' Medici and Giuliano di Piero de' Medici...
      (il Gottoso
      )
    • Bermudo II of León
      Bermudo II of León

      Bermudo II, called the Gouty , king of Galicia and king of Le?n , was the son of Ordo?o III of Le?n. He was raised by the nobility against the king Ramiro III of Leon in Galicia in 982....
      (el Gotoso)
  • "~ the Great": see List of people known as The Great
    List of people known as The Great

    This is a list of people whose names in English language are commonly appended with the phrase "the Great", or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language....
  • "the Great Elector
    Prince-elector

    The Prince-Electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of Imperial election the Holy Roman Emperors....
    ":
    Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
    Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

    Frederick William was the Prince-elector of Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duke of Duchy of Prussia from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector because of his military and political skill....
  • "~ Greyfell" or "~ Greyhide": Harald II of Norway
    Harald II of Norway

    Harald II Greycloak , was the son of Eirik I of Norway and a grandson of Harald I of Norway. After his father's death, he and his brothers allied with Harold I of Denmark of Denmark against Haakon I of Norway....
    (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    : Haraldr
    gráfeldr
    )
  • "~ Greymantle": Geoffrey I of Anjou
    Geoffrey I of Anjou

    Geoffrey I of Anjou , known as Grisegonelle , was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou from 958 to 987. He succeeded his father Fulk II of Anjou....
     (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
     
    Geoffroy Grisegonelle)
  • "~ the Grim" or "~ the Brave" or "~ the Inexorable": Selim I of the Ottoman Empire
    Selim I

    Selim I also known as "the Grim" or "the Brave", or the best translation "the Stern", Yavuz in Turkish language, the long name is Yavuz Sultan Selim; October 10 1465/1466/1470 September 22, 1520) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520....
    (Turkish
    Turkish language

    Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
     
    Yavuz
    Sultan Selim)
  • "~ Gylle": (Old Norse, "Servant"): Harald IV of Norway
    Harald IV of Norway

    Harald Gille , king of Norway, was born in Ireland. His byname Gille is probably from Gilla Cr?st, i.e. servant of Christ.Around 1127, he went to Norway and declared he was a son of King Magnus III of Norway, who had visited Ireland just before his death in 1103, and consequently a half-brother of the reigning king, Sigurd I of Norway....

H

  • "~ the Hairy": Wilfred I of Urgel
    Wilfred the Hairy

    Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy, was Count of Urgell , Count of Cerdanya , List of counts of Barcelona , Count of Girona , Count of Besal? , and Osona ....
  • "~ Hairy Breeches": Ragnar Lodbrok of Sweden
    Ragnar Lodbrok

    Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norsemen legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.The namesake and subject of ?Ragnar?s Saga?, and one of the most popular Viking heroes among the Norse themselves, Ragnar was a great Viking commander and the scourge of France....
     (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    :
    Ragnarr Lođbrók)
  • "~ the Hammer":
    • Charles Martel of the Franks
      Charles Martel

      Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms....
    • Geoffrey II of Anjou
      Geoffrey II of Anjou

      Geoffrey II of Anjou, called Martel , was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou from 1040 to 1060. He was the son of Fulk III of Anjou. He was bellicose and fought against the William VII of Aquitaine, the Theobald I of Blois-Chartres, and the William I of England....
    • Geoffrey IV of Anjou
      Geoffrey IV of Anjou

      Geoffrey IV of Anjou, called Martel , was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou with his father Fulk IV of Anjou from 1098 to 1106. He revolted against the policies of his father and was assassinated in 1106, possibly at the instigation of his father....
  • "~ the Handsome":
    • Ferdinand I of Portugal
      Ferdinand I of Portugal

      Ferdinand I , sometimes referred to as the Handsome or rarely as the Inconstant , was the ninth List of Portuguese monarchs, the second son of Peter I of Portugal and his wife, Constance of Castile....
    • Frederick I of Austria
      Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg)

      Frederick the Handsome or the Fair , from the House of Habsburg, was the Duke of Austria as Frederick I and King of Germany as Frederick III....
    • John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor
      John II Komnenos

      John II Komnenos or Comnenus was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as Kalo?oannes , he was the eldest son of emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina....
      (???????
      )
    • Philip I of Castile
      Philip I of Castile

      Philip I , known as the Handsome or the Fair, was the son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Through his mother Mary of Burgundy he inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands and through his wife Juana of Castile he briefly succeeded to the Kingdom of Castile....
    • Radu of Wallachia
      Radu cel Frumos

      Radu cel Frumos , , was the younger brother of Vlad III Dracula and voivode of the principality of Wallachia. They were both sons of Vlad II Dracul , but by different mothers....
  • "~ the Hardy": Canute III of Denmark
    Harthacanute

    Harthacanute was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 as well as King of England from 1040 to 1042. He came from Northmannia according to Adam of Bremen and was the only son of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy....
    (Old Norse
    Old Norse

    Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
    : Hardeknud; Old English: Harthacnut)
  • "~ Hardrada" (from Old Norse "Harđráđi", "Stern Counsel"): Harald III of Norway
    Harald III of Norway

    Harald Sigurdsson , later given the epithet Hardrada was the Monarch of Norway from 1047 until 1066. He was also claimed to be the King of Denmark until 1064, often defeating Sweyn II army and forcing him to leave the country....
  • "~ Harefoot": Harold I of England
    Harold Harefoot

    Harold Harefoot was King of England from 1035 to 1040. His cognomen "Harefoot" was for his speed, and the skill of his huntsmanship. He was the son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway, and some of the Kingdom of Sweden, through his handfast wife ?lfgifu of Northampton....
  • "~ the Holy":
    • Canute IV of Denmark
      Canute IV of Denmark

      Canute IV , also known as Canute the Saint and Canute the Holy , was List of Danish monarchs of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought the English throne, attempted to strengthen the Danish monarchy, and devoutedly supported the Roman Catholic Church....
    • Eric IX of Sweden
      Eric IX of Sweden

      Eric IX of Sweden was a Sweden Monarchy of Sweden c.1150 – 1160. No historical records of Eric have survived, and all information about him is based on later legends that were aimed at having him established as a saint....
  • "~ the Hopeful": Peter V of Portugal
  • "~ the Hunchback": Pippin the Hunchback
  • "~ the Humane" or "~ the Humanist": Martin I of Aragon
    Martin I of Aragon

    Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, King of Valencia, King of Sardinia, and Medieval Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 ....
  • "~ Hunger": Olaf I of Denmark
    Olaf I of Denmark

    Olaf I of Denmark , was king of Denmark following his brother Canute IV of Denmark starting from 1086. He was a natural son of king Sweyn Estridson and married Ingegard, princess of Norway, the daughter of Harald H?rdr?de....
  • "~ the Hunter":
    • Gudrřd
      Gudrřd the Hunter

      Gudr?d the Hunter was a semi-legendary king in south-east Norway, during the early Viking Age. He is mentioned in the skaldic poem Ynglingatal....
    • John I of Aragon
      John I of Aragon

      John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 to his death....
      (Spanish
      Spanish language

      Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
       Juan
      el Cazador; el Caçador)

I

  • "~ Ill-Ruler": Östen Beli of Sweden
  • "~ the Ill-Tempered": Fulk IV of Anjou
    Fulk IV of Anjou

    Fulk IV , called le R?chin, was the Count of Anjou from 1068 until his death. The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation....
  • "~ the Impaler": Vlad III of Wallachia
  • "~ the Impotent" Henry IV of Castile
    Henry IV of Castile

    Henry IV , King of Castile, nicknamed the Impotent , was the last of the weak late medieval kings of Castile. During Enrique's reign the nobles increased in power and the nation became less centralised....
     
  • "~ the Inconstant": Ferdinand I of Portugal
    Ferdinand I of Portugal

    Ferdinand I , sometimes referred to as the Handsome or rarely as the Inconstant , was the ninth List of Portuguese monarchs, the second son of Peter I of Portugal and his wife, Constance of Castile....
  • "~ the Indolent": Louis V of France
    Louis V of France

    Louis V , called the Indolent or the Sluggard , was the King of West Francia from 986 until his early death. The son of Lothair of France and his wife Emma of Italy, a daughter of Lothair II of Italy, he was the last Carolingian monarch....
  • "~ the Iron": Ernest of Austria
  • "~ Ironside":
    • Bjorn of Sweden
      Björn Ironside

      Bj?rn Ironside was a legendary Swedish king who would have lived sometime in the 9th century. Bj?rn Ironside is said to have been the first ruler of House of Muns?, and in the early 18th century a barrow named after a king Bj?rn on the island of Muns? was claimed by antiquarians to be Bj?rn Ironside's grave....
    • Edmund II of England

J

  • "~ the Just":
    • James II of Aragon
      James II of Aragon

      James II , called the Just was the King of Sicily from 1285 to 1296 and King of Aragon and Kingdom of Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327....
    • Louis XIII of France
      Louis XIII of France

      Louis XIII reigned as List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 1610 to 1643....
    • Matthias I of Hungary
      Matthias Corvinus of Hungary

      Matthias I was Kings of Hungary of Kingdom of Hungary ....
    • Bayezid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
      Bayezid II

      Bayezid II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512....

K

  • "~ the Kind":
    • Alexandru of Moldavia
      Alexandru cel Bun

      File:010 - Alexandru cel Bun si doamna sa.jpgAlexander the Good was a Voivode of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I. He succeeded Iuga of Moldavia to the throne, and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality....
    • Alfonso IV of Aragon
      Alfonso IV of Aragon

      Alfonso IV, called the Kind was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou....
  • "~ the Kind-Hearted":Eric I of Denmark
    Eric I of Denmark

    Eric I of Denmark , also known as Erik Ejegod , was King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I of Denmark in 1095. He was a son of King Sweyn II of Denmark, by his wife Gunhild Svendsdatter, and he married Boedil Thurgotsdatter....

L

  • "~ Lackland": John of England
    John of England

    John reigned as List of English monarchs from 6 April 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I of England, who died without issue....
     (sans Terre)
  • "~ the Lamb": Eric III of Denmark
    Eric III of Denmark

    Erik III H?konss?n Lam was the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I of Denmark.Being the nephew of Eric II he succeeded to the throne after the latter?s murder....
  • "~ the Lame": Timur
    Timur

    Timur , among his other names, commonly known as Tamerlane in the West, was a 14th century Turko-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire of India....
     (i-Lang
    )
  • "~ the Lawful": Peter I of Portugal
    Peter I of Portugal

    Peter I , called the Just , was the eighth List of Portuguese monarchs from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife, princess Beatrice of Castile ....
  • "~ Law-Mender": Magnus VI of Norway
    Magnus VI of Norway

    Magnus Lagab?te or Magnus H?konsson , was king of Norway from 1263 until 1280....
  • "~ the Lawgiver":
    • Eric IX of Sweden
      Eric IX of Sweden

      Eric IX of Sweden was a Sweden Monarchy of Sweden c.1150 – 1160. No historical records of Eric have survived, and all information about him is based on later legends that were aimed at having him established as a saint....
    • Magnus VI of Norway
      Magnus VI of Norway

      Magnus Lagab?te or Magnus H?konsson , was king of Norway from 1263 until 1280....
    • Süleyman I of the Ottoman Empire
      Suleiman the Magnificent

      Suleiman I, His Imperial Majesty , was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in Western world as Suleiman the Magnificent and in Eastern world, as the Lawgiver , for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system....
  • "~ the Learned": Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X of Castile

    Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Galicia from 1252 until his death. He also was elected List of German monarchs in 1257, though the Papacy prevented his confirmation....
  • "~ the Liberal":
    • Alfonso III of Aragon
      Alfonso III of Aragon

      File:Alfonso III of Aragon.jpgAlfonso III , called the Liberal or the Free , was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1285....
    • Edward of Savoy
    • Henry I of Champagne
      Henry I of Champagne

      Henry I of Champagne , known as "the Liberal", was count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181. He was the eldest son of Count Thibaut II of Champagne ....
    • Robert I of Normandy (Libéral)
  • "~ the Liberator":
    • Alexander II of Russia
      Alexander II of Russia

      Alexander II Nikolaevich , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the List of Russian rulers of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881....
    • Pedro I of Brazil
  • "~ the Lion":
    • Albert II of Mecklenburg
      Albert II of Mecklenburg

      Albrecht II Duke of Mecklenburg was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, on the shores of the Baltic Sea. He reigned as the head of the House of Mecklenburg, and since 1350's his princely seat was located in Schwerin....
    • Brian Boruma of Ireland
    • Henry II, Duke of Mecklenburg
    • Henry III, Duke of Saxony
      Henry the Lion

      Henry the Lion was a member of the Guelph dynasty and Rulers of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and List of rulers of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180....
    • Louis VIII of France
      Louis VIII of France

      Louis VIII the Lion reigned as list of French monarchs from 1223 to 1226. He was a member of the House of Capet. Louis VIII was born in Paris, France, the son of Philip II of France and Isabelle of Hainaut....
  • "~ the Lionheart": Richard I of England
    Richard I of England

    Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Nantes and Brittany at various times during the same period....
     (Cśur de Lion
    )
  • "~ the Little Impaler": Basarab Tepelus cel Tânar of Wallachia
    Basarab Tepelus cel Tânar

    Basarab Tepelus cel T?nar was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, between the years 1477-1481, and again from 1481 to 1482. Curiously, and symbolically of the unstable political climate of Medieval Wallachia, despite the fact that he was removed from his position in 1481, and replaced the same year, two other men were granted the title...
     (Tepelus)
  • "~ Lodbrok" (from Old Norse: "Lođbrók" "Hairy Breeches"): Ragnar Lodbrok of Sweden
    Ragnar Lodbrok

    Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norsemen legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.The namesake and subject of ?Ragnar?s Saga?, and one of the most popular Viking heroes among the Norse themselves, Ragnar was a great Viking commander and the scourge of France....
  • "~ Longshanks": Edward I of England
    Edward I of England

    Edward I , popularly known as Longshanks, the English Justinian, and the Hammer of the Scots , was a House of Plantagenet King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost succeeding in doing the same to Scotland....
  • "~ the Lover of Elegance": John I of Aragon
    John I of Aragon

    John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 to his death....
     (l'Amador de la Gentilesa
    ; el Amador de la gentileza)

M

  • "~ the Mad":
    • Charles VI of France
      Charles VI of France

      Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
    • George III of Great Britain
    • Joanna of Castile
      Joanna of Castile

      Joanna , called Joanna the Mad queen regnant as Kings of Castile of Crown of Castile jointly with her husband Philip I of Castile and later also as List of Aragonese monarchs of Crown of Aragon jointly with her son the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor....
      (Spanish:
      Juana la Loca
      )
    • Ludwig II of Bavaria
      Ludwig II of Bavaria

      Ludwig II was king of Kingdom of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death. He is sometimes referred to as the Swan King in English language and der M?rchenk?nig in German language....
  • "~ the Magnanimous":
    • Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
      Pedro II of Brazil

      Pedro II, , or Dom Pedro de Alc?ntara; December 2, 1825 December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil, having ruled for almost 50 years....
    • King Alfonso V of Aragon
      Alfonso V of Aragon

      Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
    • John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
      John Frederick, Elector of Saxony

      John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony , called John the Magnanimous, was Elector of Saxony and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany , "Champion of the Reformation"....
    • King John V of Portugal
      John V of Portugal

      |Fidel?ssimus John V the Magnanimous , 24th Portuguese monarchs of Portugal and the Algarves, was born John-Francis-Anthony in Lisbon and succeeded his father Peter II of Portugal in December 1706, and was proclaimed on January 1, 1707....
    • Landgrave Philipp I of Hesse
    • King Ladislas of Naples
      Ladislas of Naples

      Ladislas the Magnanimous was King of Naples and Titular King of Jerusalem and Kingdom of Sicily, Titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier , and Titular List of Hungarian rulers and List of Dalmatian rulers ....
    • Inca Roca
      Inca Roca

      Inca Roca was the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco and the first of the Hanan dynasty. His wife's name was Mama Michay, and his son was Yahuar Huacac....
    • Charles II of Alençon
      Charles II of Alençon

      Charles II of Alen?on, called the Magnanimous was the second son of Charles of Valois and his first wife Margaret. He was Count of Alen?on, Count of Perche , Count of Chartres and Count of Joigny ....
  • "~ the Magnificent":
    • Robert I of Normandy (le Magnifique)
    • Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire
      Suleiman the Magnificent

      Suleiman I, His Imperial Majesty , was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in Western world as Suleiman the Magnificent and in Eastern world, as the Lawgiver , for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system....
  • "~ the Maiden":
    • Eystein of Norway
      Eystein Meyla

      Eystein the Maiden, ?ystein ?ysteinsson M?yla was elected a rival Monarch of Norway at ?yratinget in 1176.Nickname M?yla means maiden, girl, cute woman....
    • Malcolm IV of Scotland
      Malcolm IV of Scotland

      Malcolm IV , nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" , King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne....
  • "~ Martel" (German
    German language

    German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
    , "The Hammer"):
    • Charles Martel of the Franks
      Charles Martel

      Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms....
    • Geoffrey II of Anjou
      Geoffrey II of Anjou

      Geoffrey II of Anjou, called Martel , was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou from 1040 to 1060. He was the son of Fulk III of Anjou. He was bellicose and fought against the William VII of Aquitaine, the Theobald I of Blois-Chartres, and the William I of England....
    • Geoffrey IV of Anjou
      Geoffrey IV of Anjou

      Geoffrey IV of Anjou, called Martel , was List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou with his father Fulk IV of Anjou from 1098 to 1106. He revolted against the policies of his father and was assassinated in 1106, possibly at the instigation of his father....
  • "~ the Martyr":
    • Edward the Martyr of England
      Edward the Martyr

      Edward the Martyr or Eadweard II was king of England from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar of England, but not his father's acknowledged heir apparent....
    • King Charles I of England
  • "~ the Memorable": Eric II of Denmark
    Eric II of Denmark

    Erik II Emune was king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137. His nickname means "the Memorable". Erik was an illegitimate son of Eric I of Denmark....
  • "~ the Merry":
    • Charles II of England
      Charles II of England

      Charles II was the Monarchy of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland.His father Charles I of England Regicide#The regicide of Charles I of England at Palace of Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War....
  • "~ the Mild": Halfdan of Romerike and Vestfold
    Halfdan the Mild

    Halfdan the Mild was the son of king Eystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla....
  • "~ the Middle": Pippin of Herstal
    Pippin of Herstal

    Pepin of Herstal was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia from 680 to his death and of Neustria and Kingdom of Burgundy from 687 to 695....
  • "~ Minus-a-Quarter": Michael VII Dukas, Byzantine Emperor
    Michael VII

    Michael VII Doukas or Ducas , nicknamed Parapinakes, Byzantine emperor from 1071 to 1078....
  • "~ Moneybags": Ivan I of Russia
    Ivan I of Russia

    Ivan I Danilovich Kalita , Prince of Moscow , Grand Prince of Vladimir , son of Daniil Aleksandrovich . ...
  • "~ the Monk":
    • Alfonso IV of Leon
      Alfonso IV of León

      Alfonso IV , called the Monk, was Kingdom of Le?n from 925 and of Galicia from 929, until he abdication in 931.When Ordo?o II of Leon died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of Le?n but rather his brother Fruela II of Leon....
    • Fortun I of Pamplona
    • Ramiro II of Aragon
      Ramiro II of Aragon

      Ramiro II , called the Monk, was King of Aragon from 1134 until 1137. He was the youngest son of Sancho Ram?rez, King of Aragon and Navarre, and Felicie de Roucy....
    • Vlad IV of Wallachia
      Vlad Calugarul

      Vlad IV. Calugarul, translated as Vlad the Monk, was the Piety half-brother of Vlad III , and one of many rulers of Wallachia during the 15th century....
  • "~ Monk's-Cloak"?: Jon Kuvlung of Norway
    Jon Kuvlung

    Jon Ingesson Kuvlung was a pretender to the crown of Norway. He claimed to be a son of king Inge I of Norway, though Sverris saga claims this to have been false....
  • "~ Monomakh" (Russian
    Russian language

    Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
     "???????" from Greek
    Greek language

    Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
     "????µa???", "One who fights alone"): Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev
  • "~ Monomakhos" (from Greek
    Greek language

    Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
     "????µa???", "One who fights alone"): Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor
  • "~ the Moor": Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan
    Ludovico Sforza

    Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan , a member of the Sforza dynasty of Milan, Italy, was the second son of Francesco Sforza, and was famed as patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists....

N

  • "~ New-Day": Valdemar IV of Denmark
    Valdemar IV of Denmark

    Valdemar Atterdag was a King of Denmark .He was the youngest son of Christopher II of Denmark and spent most of his childhood and youth in exile at the court of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor in Bavaria after the defeats of his father....
  • "~ of the Nine Hostages" (Irish
    Irish language

    Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
     Noigíallach): Niall Noigíallach of Ireland
    Niall of the Nine Hostages

    Niall No?g?allach , son of Eochaid Mugmed?n, was an Ireland king, the eponymous ancestor of the U? N?ill kindred who dominated Ireland from the 6th century to the 10th century....
  • "~ the Noble":
    • Charles III of Navarre
      Charles III of Navarre

      Charles III , called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of ?vreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours....
    • Magnus I of Norway
      Magnus I of Norway

      Magnus I was the King of Norway from 1035 to 1047 and the King of Denmark from 1042 to 1047. He was the illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, by his concubine Alvhild....
  • "~ No-Counsel" or "~ the Unready": Ethelred II of England (Old English: Ćţelrćd Unrćd; Middle English
    Middle English

    Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman conquest of England of 1066 and about 1470, when the #Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the introduction of the printing press into England by William...
    :
    Ethelred
    the Redeless)

O

  • "~ the Old":
    • Emund of Sweden
      Emund of Sweden

      Emund the Old, Emund den gamle, Old Swedish: ?mun??r gaml? or ?mun??r gammal also Emund the Evil Old Swedish: ?mun??r slem? was an illegitimate son of Olof Sk?tkonung....
    • Gorm of Denmark
      Gorm the Old

      Gorm the Old , also called Gorm the Sleepy , was King of Denmark from c.900- c.940.The son of Danish king Harthacnut of Denmark, Gorm was born in the late 9th century and died in 958, according to dendrochronology studies of the wood in his burial chamber....
    • Pippin of Landen
      Pippin of Landen

      Pepin of Landen , also called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the Merovingians king Dagobert I from 623 to 629....
    • Mieszko III the Old
      Mieszko III the Old

      Mieszko III the Old , of the Piast Dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland, 1138-1202, and High Duke of all Poland, with interruptions, 1173-1202....
  • "~ the One-Eyed": Fortun I of Pamplona
  • "~ the Outlaw": Edgar Ćtheling of England
    Edgar Ćtheling

    Edgar ?theling, also known as Edgar the Outlaw was the last male member of the West Saxon royal house of Cerdic of Wessex....
  • "~ d'Outremer" (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
    , "from Overseas"): Louis IV of France
    Louis IV of France

    File:Louis IV denier Chinon 936 954.jpgLouis IV , called d'Outremer or Transmarinus , reigned as List of French monarchs from 936 to 954....

P

  • "~ the Pacific": Peter II of Portugal
    Peter II of Portugal

    |Peter II , the Pacific , Regent and 23rd Kings of Portugal of Portugal and the Algarves .The youngest son of John IV of Portugal and being created Duke of Beja, he was appointed regent for his insane brother, Afonso VI of Portugal, in 1668, shortly after Spain recognition of Portugal's independence....
  • "~ the Pagan": Eric VIII of Sweden
  • "~ the Pale": Constantius I, Roman Emperor
    Constantius Chlorus

    Flavius Valerius Constantius , also Constantius I, was an Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire . He was commonly called Chlorus an epithet given to him by Byzantine Empire historians....
  • "~ the Peaceful":
    • Edgar of England
      Edgar of England

      Edgar I the Peaceful or the Peaceable was a king of England.Edgar was the younger son of Edmund I of England. His cognomen, "The Peaceable", was not necessarily a comment on the deeds of his life, for he was a strong leader, shown by his seizure of the Northumbrian and Mercian kingdoms from his older brother, Edwy, in 958....
    • Olaf III of Norway
      Olaf III of Norway

      Olaf III of Norway , also known as Olaf Haraldsson and Olav Kyrre , was king of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093. During his reign the nation experienced a rare extended period of peace....
  • "~ the Perfect Prince": John II of Portugal
    John II of Portugal

    Jo?o II , the Perfect Prince , was the thirteenth List of Portuguese monarchs. He was born in Lisbon, the son of king Afonso V of Portugal by his wife, Isabel of Coimbra, princess of Portugal....
  • "~ the Philosopher" or "~ the Philosopher King": Edward of Portugal
    Edward of Portugal

    Edward, ; Viseu, , called the Philosopher or the Eloquent, was the eleventh List of Portuguese monarchs and second Lord of Ceuta from 1433 until his death....
     (O Rei-Filósofo
    )
  • "~ the Pious":
    • Boleslav II of Bohemia
    • John III of Portugal
      John III of Portugal

      John III , nicknamed o Piedoso , was the fifteenth Portuguese monarchy.Born in Lisbon, he was the son of Manuel I of Portugal and his queen consort, Maria of Aragon ....
    • Louis I of France
      Louis the Pious

      Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
    • Robert II of France
      Robert II of France

      Robert II , called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orl?ans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine....
    • Sancho II of Portugal
      Sancho II of Portugal

      Sancho II , nicknamed "the Pious" and "the Caped" or "the Capuched" , , fourth List of Portuguese monarchs, was the eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Urraca, princess of Castile....
    • William V, Duke of Bavaria
      William V, Duke of Bavaria

      William V, Duke of Bavaria , called the Pious, was List of rulers of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597....
  • "~ Ploughpenny": Eric IV of Denmark
    Eric IV of Denmark

    Eric IV , was king of Denmark from 1241 until his death. He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his wife, Bereng?ria of Portugal, and brother to Abel of Denmark and Christopher I of Denmark....
  • "~ the Popular": Louis I of Portugal
  • "~ the Populator": Sancho I of Portugal
    Sancho I of Portugal

    Sancho I , nicknamed the Populator , second List of Portuguese monarchs, was born on November 11 1154 in Coimbra and died on March 26, 1212 in the same city....
  • "~ the Posthumous":
    • John I of France
      John I of France

      John I , called the Posthumous, was List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs, and Counts of Champagne, as the son and successor of Louis X of France, for the five days he lived....
    • Ladislaus I of Bohemia
    • Theobald IV of Champagne
  • "~ the Priesthater": Eric II of Norway
  • "~ the Prudent": Louis XI of France
    Louis XI of France

    Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
  • "~ the Purple-Born":
    • Baldwin II of Constantinople
      Baldwin II of Constantinople

      Baldwin II of Courtenay was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Yolanda of Flanders, sister of the first two emperors, Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders....
    • Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor
      Constantine VII

      Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, "the Purple-born" , was the son of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise and his fourth wife Zoe Karbonopsina....

Q

  • "~ the Quarreller":
    • Frederick of Saxony
      Frederick of Saxony

      Frederick of Saxony may refer to:*Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Belligerent , ruler of Saxony from 1422?1428*Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Gentle , ruler of Saxony from 1428?1464...
    • Louis X of France
      Louis X of France

      Louis X , called the Quarreller, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn , was the List of Navarrese monarchs from 1305 and list of French monarchs from 1314 until his death....
  • "~Queen": James I of England
    James I of England

    James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
  • "~ the Quiet": Olaf III of Norway
    Olaf III of Norway

    Olaf III of Norway , also known as Olaf Haraldsson and Olav Kyrre , was king of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093. During his reign the nation experienced a rare extended period of peace....

R

  • "~ the Red":
    • Haakon of Sweden
      Haakon the Red

      H?kan the Red was a Monarch of Sweden reigning for about a decade in the second half of the 11th century. There is little information on him, and it is mostly contradictory....
       (Röde)
    • Fulk I of Anjou
      Fulk I of Anjou

      Fulk I of Anjou, called the Red, was son of viscount Ingelger of Angers, and was the first List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou from 898 to 941....
    • John I, Duke of Brittany
      John I, Duke of Brittany

      John I the Red , known as John the Red due to the colour of his beard, was Duke of Brittany, from 1237 to his death. He was son of Duke Peter I, Duke of Brittany and Alix of Thouars, heiress of the duchy....
    • Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
      Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

      Otto II , called the Red, was the third ruler of the Saxony or Ottonian dynasty, the son of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Adelaide of Italy....
    • William II of England
      William II of England

      William II , the third son of William I of England, was Kingdom of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers also over Duchy of Normandy, and influence in Kingdom of Scotland....
       (Latin
      Latin

      Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
      : William Rufus)
  • "~ the Redeemeress": Isabel of Brazil
    Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

    Isabel I, called Isabel the Redeemeress and de jure Empress Isabel I of Brazil , was the heir to the throne of Brazil, with the title of Princess Imperial during the last decades of the reign of her father Pedro II of Brazil, and sometime Regent....
  • "~ the Redless" or "~ the Redeless": Ethelred II of England (Old English: Ćthelred Unrćd)
  • "~ the Reformer": Joseph I of Portugal
    Joseph I of Portugal

    |Joseph I , the Reformer , 25th Kings of Portugal of the Portugal and the Algarves, was born in Lisbon, on June 6, 1714. He was the third child of King John V of Portugal and his wife Mary Anne Josepha of Austria....
  • "~ the Restorer":
    • Casimir I of Poland
      Casimir I of Poland

      Casimir I the Restorer , was a Duke of Poland of the Piast dynasty and the de facto monarch of the entire country. He is known as the Restorer mostly because he managed to reunite all parts of the Polish Kingdom after a period of turmoil....
      (Odnowiciel)
    • Garcia VI of Navarre
      García VI of Navarre

      Garc?a Ram?rez, sometimes Garc?a IV,V, VI or VII , called the Restorer , was Lord of Monz?n and Logro?o, and, from 1134, King of Navarre....
    • Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire
      Mehmed I

      Mehmed I ?elebi was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421....
    • John IV of Portugal
      John IV of Portugal

      John IV was the king of Portugal from 1640 to his death. He was the grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, who had in 1580 claimed the Portuguese crown and sparked the struggle for the throne of Portugal....
  • "~ the Righteous": Henry IV of Silesia

S

  • "~ the Saver of Europe": Tervel of Bulgaria
    Tervel of Bulgaria

    Tervel also called Tarvel, or Terval, or Terbelis in some Byzantine Empire sources, was the ruler of the Bulgarians at the beginning of the 8th century....
  • "~ the Seer": Oleg of Novgorod
    Oleg of Novgorod

    Oleg of Novgorod was a Varangian prince who ruled all or part of the Rus during the early tenth century. He is credited with moving the capital of Kievan Rus' from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, laid the foundation for the powerful state of Kievan Rus....
  • "~ the Be-shitten": James II of England
    James II of England

    James II and VII was List of English monarchs, List of Scottish monarchs, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. He was the last Roman Catholic Church monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
    (Irish
    Irish language

    Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
     
    Séamus á Chaca
    )
  • "~ the Short": Pippin III, King of the Franks
    Pippin the Younger

    Pepin or Pippin , called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was the Mayor of the Palace and Duke of the Franks from 741 and King of the Franks from 751 to 768....
  • "~ the Silent":
    • Olav III of Norway
    • William I of Orange
  • "~ the Simple": Charles III of France
    Charles the Simple

    Charles III , called the Simple or the Straightforward , was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as List of French monarchs from 893 to 922/923....
  • "~ Skötkonung" (Old Norse "Tax-King"?): Olof of Sweden
    Olof of Sweden

    Olof Sk?tkonung was the son of Eric the Victorious and Sigrid the Haughty. He was born around 980 and he succeeded his father in 995. One of many explanations to his Swedish name Sk?tkonung is that it means "tributary king" and one scholar speculates about a tributary relationship to the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard, who was his stepfat...
  • "~ Slemme": Emund of Sweden
    Emund of Sweden

    Emund the Old, Emund den gamle, Old Swedish: ?mun??r gaml? or ?mun??r gammal also Emund the Evil Old Swedish: ?mun??r slem? was an illegitimate son of Olof Sk?tkonung....
  • "~ the Sluggard": Louis V of France
    Louis V of France

    Louis V , called the Indolent or the Sluggard , was the King of West Francia from 986 until his early death. The son of Lothair of France and his wife Emma of Italy, a daughter of Lothair II of Italy, he was the last Carolingian monarch....
  • "~ the Soldier": Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
    Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

    Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy Kingdom of Italy . In addition, he was the claimed Emperor of Ethiopia Ethiopia and King of Albania Albania ....
  • "~ the Soldier-King":
    • Frederick William I of Prussia
      Frederick William I of Prussia

      Frederick William I of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death. He is popularly known as "the Soldier-King" ....
    • Pedro I of Brazil
  • "~ Split-Nose": Justinian II, Byzantine Emperor
    Justinian II

    Justinian II , known as Rinotmetos or Rhinotmetus , was the last Byzantine emperor of the :Category:Heraclian Dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711....
  • "~ the Stammerer": Louis II of France
    Louis the Stammerer

    Louis the Stammerer , was the King of Aquitaine and later List of French monarchs. He was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orl?ans....
  • "~ the Stout": Olaf II of Norway
    Olaf II of Norway

    Olaf Haraldsson , was king of Norway from 1015–1028, . His mother was ?sta Gudbrandsdatter, and his father was Harald Grenske, great-grandchild of Harald I of Norway....
  • "~ the Strong":
    • Magnus Nilsson, Swedish pretender
      Magnus the Strong

      Magnus Nilsson, Mogens Nielsen, or Magnus the Strong , was a Scandinavian ruler and Denmark duke who reigned c. 1125-c.1130 in southern parts of Sweden ....
    • Sancho VII of Navarre
      Sancho VII of Navarre

      Sancho VII Sanches , called the Strong or the Prudent, was the King of Navarre from 1194 to his death. His retirement at the end of his life has given rise to the alternate nickname el Encerrado or "the Retired."...
  • "~ the Stuttering and Lame": Eric XI of Sweden
    Eric XI of Sweden

    Eric XI Ericsson den l?spe och halte: "the lisp and lame," was king of Sweden 1222 ? 1229 and 1234 ? 1250. He was the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark....
     (Swedish
    Swedish language

    Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
     Erik läspe och halte)

T

  • "~ the Tall":
    • Canute II of Sweden
      Canute II of Sweden

      Canute II , Knut Holmgersson, was king of Sweden from 1229 to 1234. Eric the Saint may have been his great-grandfather . Canute was closely allied with folkungs who wanted to limit the powers of the church and king....
    • Philip V of France
      Philip V of France

      Philip V , called the Tall , was List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs and Count of Champagne from 1316 to his death, and the second to last of the House of Capet....
  • "~ the Tennis King": Gustav V of Sweden
  • "~ the Terrible":
    • Charles, Duke of Burgundy
    • Ivan IV of Russia
      Ivan IV of Russia

      Ivan IV Vasilyevich , known in English language as Ivan the Terrible was Grand Duchy of Moscow from 1533. The epithet "Grozny" is associated with might, power and strictness, rather than poor performance, horror or cruelty....
    • Shingas
      Shingas

      Shingas , was a leader of the Lenape people in the Ohio Country and a noted American Indians in the United States warrior on the western frontier during the French and Indian War....
    • Krum of Bulgaria
      Krum of Bulgaria

      Krum was ruler of Bulgaria, from sometime after 796, but before 803, to 814 AD. During his reign the Bulgarian territory doubled in size, spreading from the middle Danube to the Dnieper and from Odrin to the Tatra Mountains....
  • "~ the Theologian": John I of Mecklenburg
  • "~ the Thunderbolt": Bayezid I, Ottoman Sultan
    Bayezid I

    Bayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, then R?m, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I who was of Turkish people origin and Valide Sultan Gulcicek Hatun or G?l?i?ek Hatun who was of ethnic Greek people descent....
  • "~ Transmarinus": (Latin
    Latin

    Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
    :
    transmarinus "from Outerseas") Louis IV of France
    Louis IV of France

    File:Louis IV denier Chinon 936 954.jpgLouis IV , called d'Outremer or Transmarinus , reigned as List of French monarchs from 936 to 954....
  • "~ the Trembling": Garcia IV of Pamplona
    García IV of Pamplona

    Garc?a S?nchez II, sometimes Garc?a II, III, IV or V , called the Trembling, the Tremulous, or the Trembler by his contemporaries, was the List of Navarrese monarchs and List of Aragonese monarchs from 994 until his death....
  • "~ the Tremulous": Garcia II of Navarre
  • "~ the Troubadour":
    • Alfonso II of Aragon
      Alfonso II of Aragon

      File:Alfonso II de Arag?n from Liber feudorum maior.jpgAlfonso II or Alfons I , called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1162 until his death....
    • Theobald IV of Champagne
  • "~ the Tyrant": Christian II of Denmark
    Christian II of Denmark

    Christian II was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. Christian was born the son of King Hans of Denmark and Christina of Saxony, at Nyborg Castle in 1481 and succeeded his father as king and regent in Denmark and Norway, where he later was to be succeeded by his uncle King Frederick I of Denmar...

U

  • "~ the Unlucky":
    • Arnulf III of Flanders
    • Henry III of Reuss
  • "~ the Unready": Ethelred II of England
  • "~ the Usurper": Mauregato of Asturias

V

  • "~ the Vain":James I of England
    James I of England

    James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
    (VI of Scots)
  • "~ the Valiant": Jean V of Brittany
  • "~ the Victorious":
    • Afonso VI of Portugal
      Afonso VI of Portugal

      Afonso VI , or Affonso , was the twenty-second Kings of Portugal of Portugal and the Algarves, the second of the House of Braganza, known as "the Victorious" ....
    • Charles VII of France
      Charles VII of France

      File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
    • Eric VI of Sweden
      Eric VI of Sweden

      Eric I the Victorious Old Norse: Eir?kr inn sigrs?li, Modern Swedish: Erik Segers?ll, , was the first Swedish king about whom anything definite is known....
    • Frederick I of the Palatinate
    • Valdemar II of Denmark
      Valdemar II of Denmark

      Valdemar II , called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious , was the King of Denmark from November 12, 1202 until his death in 1241....
  • "~ the Virgin Queen": Elizabeth I of England
    Elizabeth I of England

    Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....

W

  • "~ the Warlike":
    • Albert, Prince of Beyreuth
    • Bernard VII of Lippe
    • Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
      Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

      Frederick IV, Margrave of Meissen and Elector of Saxony was Markgraf of Mei?en and Elector of Saxony from 1381 until his death. He is not to be confused with his cousin Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, the son of Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia....
    • Frederick II of Austria
    • Herman of Schwarzenberg
    • Michael VI, Byzantine Emperor
      Michael VI

      Michael VI Bringas , called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus or Gerontas , was Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057.Apparently a relative of the powerful courtier Joseph Bringas , Michael Bringas was an elderly patrician and a member of the court bureaucracy who had served as military minister ....
    • Svyatoslav I of Kiev
  • "~ the Warrior": Charles I of Savoy
    Charles I of Savoy

    Charles I , surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular Kingdom of Cyprus, Kings of Jerusalem, and Monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1485 to 1490....
  • "~ Wartooth": Harald Hildetand of Sweden (Old Norse: Haraldr Hilditönn)
  • "~ Wearing-a-Cape": Hugh Capet of France
    Hugh Capet of France

    Hugh Capet was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V of France in 987 until his death....
  • "~ the Well-Beloved": Charles VI of France
    Charles VI of France

    Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
  • "~ the Well-Served": Charles VII of France
    Charles VII of France

    File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
  • "~ the White":
    • Henry III of Silesia
    • Leszek I of Poland (Bialy)
  • "~ Who-Fights-Alone":
    • Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor
    • Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev
  • "~ the Wicked":
    • Ordońo IV of Leon
      Ordońo IV of León

      Ordo?o IV, called the Wicked or the Bad , son of Alfonso IV of Le?n and nephew of Ramiro II of Le?n, was the king of Le?n from 958 until 960, interrupting the reign of Sancho the Fat for a two year period....
    • Yazdegerd I of Persia
  • "~ the Wise":
    • Albert II of Austria
    • Albert IV of Bavaria
    • Alfonso X of Castile
      Alfonso X of Castile

      Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Galicia from 1252 until his death. He also was elected List of German monarchs in 1257, though the Papacy prevented his confirmation....
    • Charles V of France
      Charles V of France

      Charles V , called the Wise, was List of French monarchs from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Br?tigny....
    • Coloman of Hungary
      Coloman of Hungary

      Coloman I the Book-lover , also spelled Koloman , King of Hungary . Although Coloman was their father's elder son, during his reign, Coloman had to fight against his brother, Prince ?lmos who permanently disputed his right to the crown because Coloman probably had a physical deformity....
    • Frederick II of the Palatinate
    • Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
      Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

      Frederick III, Elector of Saxony , also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to his death. Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria....
    • Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor
      Leo VI

      Leo VI can refer to:*Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise*Pope Leo VI*King Leo VI of Armenia...
    • Robert of Naples
      Robert of Naples

      Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise was King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. He was also Duke of Calabria , titular King of Jerusalem, and Counts of Provence ....
    • Sancho VI of Navarre
      Sancho VI of Navarre

      Sancho VI Garc?s , called the Wise , was the king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194.Son of King Garc?a Ram?rez of Navarre and Marguerite de l'Aigle, he was the first to use the title "King of Navarre" as the sole designation of his kingdom, dropping Pamplona out of titular use....
    • William IV of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
    • Yaroslav I of Kiev
  • "~ the Wrymouth": Boleslaus III of Poland (Krzywousty)

Y

  • "Yellow ~" or "~ the Blond": Selim II of the Ottoman Empire
    Selim II

    Selim II Sarkhosh , also known as "Selim the Sot ", was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his fourth and favourite wife Valide Sultan H?rrem Sultan, :tr:H?rrem Sultan, originally named Roxelana, a Ruthenians....
     ('Sari Sultân Selim)
  • "~ the Young":
    • Basarab Tepelus of Wallachia
      Basarab Tepelus cel Tânar

      Basarab Tepelus cel T?nar was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, between the years 1477-1481, and again from 1481 to 1482. Curiously, and symbolically of the unstable political climate of Medieval Wallachia, despite the fact that he was removed from his position in 1481, and replaced the same year, two other men were granted the title...
       (Old Romanian
      Romanian language

      Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
      :
      Basarab Tepelus cel Tânar)
    • Fulk V of Anjou (French
      French language

      French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
       Foulque le Jeune)
  • "~ the Young King": Henry the Young King
    Henry the Young King

    Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine....
    (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
     
    Henri le Jeune)
  • "~ the Younger":
    • Inge II of Sweden
      Inge II of Sweden

      Inge the Younger was the King of Sweden in the early 12th century and the son of king Halsten and he was probably Halsten's youngest son. According to unreliable traditions Inge would have ruled together with his brother Philip of Sweden after the death of their uncle Inge I of Sweden:...
      (Swedish
      Swedish language

      Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
       Inge den yngre)
    • Louis VII of France
      Louis VII of France

      Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, , was List of French monarchs, the son and successor of Louis VI of France . He ruled from 1137 until his death....
      (French
      French language

      French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
       
      Louis le Jeune)
    • Pippin III, King of the Franks
      Pippin the Younger

      Pepin or Pippin , called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was the Mayor of the Palace and Duke of the Franks from 741 and King of the Franks from 751 to 768....
       (French
      French language

      French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
      , Pépin le Bref; German
      German language

      German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
      ,
      Pippin
      der Kleine, Pippin der Kurze, or Pippin der Jüngere); see also "~ the Short", above
    • Sverker II of Sweden
      Sverker II of Sweden

      Sverker The Younger Karlsson or Sverker den yngre Karlsson in Swedish language , was king of Sweden from 1196 to 1208....
      (Swedish
      Swedish language

      Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
       
      Sverker den yngre)

Sobriquets

"The Accursed": Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan , born , was the founder, Khan and Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the World's largest empires contiguous empire in history....
"Bonnie Prince Charlie": Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart was the exiled Jacobitism claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland. He is commonly known in English and Scots language as Bonnie Prince Charlie....
"The (Bloody) Butcher" or "Butcher Cumberland": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland "Caligula": (Latin, "Little Boots"): Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman Emperor
Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
"Caracalla" (Latin, "Hooded Tunic"): Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor
Caracalla

Caracalla , born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, was the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Roman Emperor from 211 – 217....
"Cecco Peppe" (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, diminutive of Francesco Giuseppe): Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I Karl of the Habsburg was Emperor of Austrian Empire, Apostolic King of Kingdom of Hungary from 1848 until 1916 ....
"Champion of the Reformation": John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
John Frederick, Elector of Saxony

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony , called John the Magnanimous, was Elector of Saxony and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany , "Champion of the Reformation"....
"Duke of Albany": Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart was the exiled Jacobitism claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland. He is commonly known in English and Scots language as Bonnie Prince Charlie....
"Emperor-Sacristan": Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
"Fat Billy": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland "Father-in-law of Europe
Father-in-law of Europe

The sobriquet "Father-in-law of Europe" was carried by two European monarchs in the late 19th and early 20th century: Christian IX of Denmark and Nicholas I of Montenegro, both on account of their children's marriages to foreign princes and princesses....
": * Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29, 1906....
* Nicholas I of Montenegro
Nicholas I of Montenegro

Nikola I Mirkov Petrovic-Njego? was the only monarch of Kingdom of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910....
"First Gentleman of Europe": George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV was the king of Kingdom of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III of the United Kingdom, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later....
"Fox of Mecklenburg": Albert II of Mecklenburg
Albert II of Mecklenburg

Albrecht II Duke of Mecklenburg was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, on the shores of the Baltic Sea. He reigned as the head of the House of Mecklenburg, and since 1350's his princely seat was located in Schwerin....
"Gloriana": Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
"Good King Henry" (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: "le bon roi Henri"): Henry IV of France
Henry IV of France

Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
"Good Queen Bess": Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
"Grandmother of Europe": Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was from 20 June 1837 the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death....
"The Great Belly-Gerent": Frederick I of Württemberg
Frederick I of Württemberg

Frederick I was the first King of W?rttemberg. He was known for his size, 2.11 m and about 200 kg , which put him in contrast to Napoleon who recognized him as King of W?rttemberg....
"The Great Elector" (German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
: "Großer Kurfürst"): Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick William was the Prince-elector of Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duke of Duchy of Prussia from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector because of his military and political skill....
"Hammer of the North": Harald III of Norway
Harald III of Norway

Harald Sigurdsson , later given the epithet Hardrada was the Monarch of Norway from 1047 until 1066. He was also claimed to be the King of Denmark until 1064, often defeating Sweyn II army and forcing him to leave the country....
"Hammer of the Scots": Edward I of England
Edward I of England

Edward I , popularly known as Longshanks, the English Justinian, and the Hammer of the Scots , was a House of Plantagenet King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost succeeding in doing the same to Scotland....
"Harry": Maud of the United Kingdom "He of the Little Dagger" (Catalan language: "el del Punyalet"): Peter IV of Aragon
Peter IV of Aragon

Peter IV, also known as Pedro or Pere , called the Ceremonious or El del Punyalet , was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia , King of Valencia , and Count of Barcelona from 1336 until his death....
"Hooded Tunic" : Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor
Caracalla

Caracalla , born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later called Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, was the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Roman Emperor from 211 – 217....
"The Huckster King": Henry VII of England
Henry VII of England

Henry VII was the Kingdom of England and Lordship of Ireland from his usurpation of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty....
"The Iron Duke": Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
: "IJzeren Hertog") "King Freddie": Mutesa II of Buganda
Mutesa II of Buganda

Sir Edward Mutesa II, Order of the British Empire was the Kabaka of Buganda of Buganda from 1939 until his death, and List of Presidents of Uganda of Uganda from 1963 to 1966....
"The King of May" (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
: "Re di maggio"): Umberto II of Italy
Umberto II of Italy

Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May , was born the Prince of Piedmont ....
"Lady of the English": Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda, also known as Matilda of England or Maude was the daughter and heir of King Henry I of England. Matilda and her younger brother, William Adelin, were the only legitimate children of King Henry....
"The Last Knight": Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
"Lion of Justice": Henry I of England
Henry I of England

Henry I was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror. He succeeded his elder brother William II of England as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106....
; Henry II of England
Henry II of England

Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....
"Lion of the North": Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Gustav II Adolf, In the era, which was characterized by nearly endless warfare, he led his armies as Monarch of Sweden—from 1611, as a seventeen year old, until his death in battle while leading a charge during 1632 in the bloody Thirty Years' war—as Sweden rose from the status as a mere regional power and run-of-the-mill king...
"The Little Corporal": Napoleon I of France
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
"Little Sabre" (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
: "Sciaboletta"): Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy Kingdom of Italy . In addition, he was the claimed Emperor of Ethiopia Ethiopia and King of Albania Albania ....
"The Merry Monarch" or "The Merrie Monarch": *Charles II of England
Charles II of England

Charles II was the Monarchy of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland.His father Charles I of England Regicide#The regicide of Charles I of England at Palace of Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War....
*Kalakaua of Hawai‘i
Kalakaua

Kalakaua I, born David Laamea Kamanakapuu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalakaua and sometimes called The Merrie Monarch , was the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii....
"Mrs Brown": Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was from 20 June 1837 the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death....
"Napoleon of the Pacific": Kamehameha I of Hawai‘i
Kamehameha I

Kamehameha I , also known as Kamehameha the Great, conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaii's independence under his rule....
"The Nine-Day Queen": Lady Jane Grey of England
Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey , also known as Queen Jane of England, was a claimant to the Kingdom of England and Monarchy of Ireland, who was de facto monarch of England for just over a week in 1553....
"Old Coppernose": Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
"The Old Pretender": James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart

Prince James, Prince of Wales was the son of the deposed James II of England. As such, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones from the death of his father in 1701, when he was proclaimed king of England, Scotland and Ireland by his cousin Louis XIV of France....
"The People's King": Lunalilo of Hawaii
Lunalilo

Lunalilo I, born William Charles Lunalilo , was monarch of the Hawaiian monarchy of Hawaii from January 8, 1873 until February 3, 1874. He was the most liberal king in Hawaiian history, but was the shortest reigning monarch of the monarchy....
"The Prince of Whales": George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV was the king of Kingdom of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III of the United Kingdom, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later....
"Randy Andy": Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York

The Prince Andrew, Duke of York is the second son and third child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was second in the History of the British line of succession#George VI to the thrones of Commonwealth realm; however, after additions to the Royal Family, and an evolution o...
"The Sailor King": William IV of the United Kingdom
William IV of the United Kingdom

William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Kingdom of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. William, the third son of George III of the United Kingdom and younger brother and successor to George IV of the United Kingdom, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the House of Hanover....
"The Scourge of God": Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun

Attila , also known as Attila the Hun, was leader of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the Danube to the Baltic Sea ....
"Skanderbeg" (from Albanian
Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European languages spoken by nearly 6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including the west of the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and southern Serbia....
 Skënderbeu, "Lord Alexander"): Gjergj Kastrioti of Albania
Skanderbeg

Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg , or Iskander Beg, was a prominent historical figure in the history of Albania and of the Albanian people. Known as the Dragon of Albania he is the national hero of the Albanians and initially through the work of his main biographer, Marin Barleti, is remembered for his struggle against the Ottoman Empire,...
"Soft-Sword": John of England
John of England

John reigned as List of English monarchs from 6 April 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I of England, who died without issue....
"Stupid Willy" (Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: "Glupi Wilus"): 'Wilhelm II of Germany' "The Sun King" (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: "Le Roi Soleil"): 'Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
' "Sweet William": 'William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland' "Thief of Cairo": 'Farouk of Egypt
Farouk of Egypt

Farouk I of Egypt ? , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I of Egypt, in 1936....
' "The Uncle of Europe": 'Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910....
' "The Universal Spider" (Old French: "l'universelle aragne"): 'Louis XI of France
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
' "The Virgin Queen": 'Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
 
' "The Winter King": 'Frederick I of Bohemia
Frederick V, Elector Palatine

Frederick V was Electoral Palatinate , and, as Frederick I , King of Bohemia . He was the son and heir of Frederick IV, Elector Palatine and of Louise Juliana of Nassau, the daughter of William I of Orange and Charlotte of Bourbon....
' "The Young Pretender": 'Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart was the exiled Jacobitism claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland. He is commonly known in English and Scots language as Bonnie Prince Charlie....
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See also

Epithet
Epithet

An epithet is a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing, which has become a fixed formula....
Nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
Sobriquet
Sobriquet

A sobriquet is a nickname or a fancy name, usually a familiar name given by others as distinct from a pseudonym assumed as a disguise, but a nickname which is familiar enough such that it can be used in place of a real name without the need of explanation....
Victory titles List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility
List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility

This list has been split into smaller lists:* List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: A* List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: B...
List of people known as The Great
List of people known as The Great

This is a list of people whose names in English language are commonly appended with the phrase "the Great", or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language....
List of royal saints and martyrs
List of royal saints and martyrs

This list of royal saints and martyrs is a list of monarchs, Royal family, and nobility who have been canonization or beatification, or who are otherwise named or revered as saints or martyrs in Christian churches....
List of military figures by nickname
List of military figures by nickname

This is a list of military figures by nickname....


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