List of monarchs by nickname
This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility ) sorted by nickname .
This list is divided into two parts:
Notes:
Nicknames are listed in each section alphabetically, ignoring articles and prepositions.
Non-English words are rendered in italics , and translated where possible.
When the name and nickname are rendered in a non-English language, the nickname will be in boldface italics .
Cognomen
A swung dash (~ ) is used to indicate where the personal name occurs in the nickname; thus "~ the Accursed" means "Sviatopolk the Accursed".
Sobriquets
"The Accursed": Genghis Khan
"Bonnie Prince Charlie": Charles Edward Stuart
"The (Bloody) Butcher" or "Butcher Cumberland": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland http://www.regiments.org/biography/royals/1721wilC.htm#military http://www.answers.com/topic/prince-william-augustus-duke-of-cumberland http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9028181
"Caligula ": (Latin , "Little Boots"): Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman Emperor
"Caracalla " (Latin , "Hooded Tunic"): Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor
"Cecco Peppe " (Italian , diminutive of Francesco Giuseppe ): Franz Joseph I of Austria
"Champion of the Reformation": John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
"Duke of Albany": Charles Edward Stuart
"Emperor-Sacristan": Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
"Fat Billy": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
"Father-in-law of Europe ":
"First Gentleman of Europe": George IV of the United Kingdom
"Fox of Mecklenburg": Albert II of Mecklenburg
"Gloriana": Elizabeth I of England
"Good King Henry" (French : "le bon roi Henri" ): Henry IV of France
"Good Queen Bess": Elizabeth I of England
"Grandmother of Europe": Victoria of the United Kingdom
"The Great Belly-Gerent": Frederick I of Württemberg
"The Great Elector" (German : "Großer Kurfürst" ): Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
"Hammer of the North": Harald III of Norway
"Hammer of the Scots": Edward I of England
"Harry": Maud of the United Kingdom
"He of the Little Dagger" (Catalan language: "el del Punyalet" ): Peter IV of Aragon
"Hooded Tunic" (Latin : Caracalla ): Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor
"The Huckster King": Henry VII of England
"The Iron Duke": Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (Dutch : "IJzeren Hertog" )
"King Freddie": Mutesa II of Buganda
"The King of May" (Italian : "Re di maggio" ): Umberto II of Italy
"Lady of the English": Empress Matilda
"The Last Knight": Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
"Lion of Justice": Henry I of England ; Henry II of England
"Lion of the North": Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
"The Little Corporal": Napoleon I of France
"Little Sabre" (Italian : "Sciaboletta" ): Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
"The Merry Monarch" or "The Merrie Monarch":
"Mrs Brown": Victoria of the United Kingdom
"Napoleon of the Pacific": Kamehameha I of Hawai?i
"The Nine-Day Queen": Lady Jane Grey of England
"Old Coppernose": Henry VIII of England
"The Old Pretender": James Francis Edward Stuart
"The People's King": Lunalilo of Hawaii
"The Prince of Whales":http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/131.shtml?question=131 George IV of the United Kingdom
"Princess Di": Diana, Princess of Wales
"Randy Andy": Prince Andrew, Duke of York
"The Sailor King": William IV of the United Kingdom
"The Scourge of God": Attila the Hun
"Skanderbeg" (from Albanian Skënderbeu , "Lord Alexander"): Gjergj Kastrioti of Albania
"Soft-Sword": John of England
"Stupid Willy" (Polish : "G?upi Wilu?" ): Wilhelm II of Germany
"The Sun King" (French : "Le Roi Soleil" ): Louis XIV of France
"Sweet William": William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
"Thief of Cairo": Farouk of Egypt
"The Uncle of Europe": Edward VII of the United Kingdom
"The Universal Spider" (Old French : "l'universelle aragne" ): Louis XI of France
"The Virgin Queen": Elizabeth I of England
"The Winter King": Frederick I of Bohemia
"The Young Pretender": Charles Edward Stuart
References
Castro, Jesus de. "IBERCRONOX." http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/2572/
Gordon, Bruce R. "Regnal Chronologies." http://www.hostkingdom.net/regindex.html . April 2005.
"List of Wallachian, Moldavian and Romanian Sovereigns, 1310-1947" http://homepage.mac.com/crowns/r/avtxt.html
Marek, Miroslav. "GENEALOGY.EU." http://genealogy.euweb.cz/index.html , June 2005
Miller, Elizabeth. "Dracula's Homepage." http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/VladT.htm
Mladjoy, Ian S. R. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~imladjov/ .
Ross, Martha. Rulers and Governments of the World - Vol 1, Earliest Times to 1491 , Bowker Publishing Company Ltd, London & New York, 1978. ISBN 0-85935-051-7
Vajda, Edward. "Eurasian Studies 201." http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/russ110/t1_studyguide.htm
See also
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