the White: "Once securely in the saddle, Andrew outlawed the heathen religion and ordered his countrymen to return, on pain of death, to the Catholic Church. The lapsed laws of King Stephen were zealously enforced and Hungary once again took its place among the devoutly Christian states of Europe. The expediency of the power struggle was over and to distance himself from its excesses, Andrew called himself 'the White'. Loyal chroniclers also appended the epithet 'Catholic' to his name in a further act of symbolic absolution." (Rona 86)
Andrew of Jerusalem. "The King of Hungary is called 'Apostolic Majesty.' King Andrew II of the House of Arpad was the first to take this title, calling himself Andrew of Jerusalem because he helped Christianity by furnishing armies to secure the Holy Land for the Church. The first Habsburg to use this title was Maria Theresa." (Simon: 143)
the Venetian: "Born from a Venetian mother, he was brought up in the Republic."
" . . . Andrew [was] surnamed the Venetian because his father Stephen had taken up residence at Venice, and married a Venetian lady." (Coxe, p. 77)
Andre Boniface Louis de Riqueti, Vicomte de Mirabeau.
Mirabeau Barrel:
" . . . Andrew [was] surnamed the Venetian because his father Stephen had taken up residence at Venice, and married a Venetian lady." (Coxe, p. 77)
Andre Boniface Louis de Riqueti, Vicomte de Mirabeau.
Mirabeau Barrel:
the Father of the Country (It. Padre della Patria; Lat. Pater Patriae):
Andrea Tron, Procurator of San Marco.
Padrone:
the Master of Venice:
the Good:
Andrei, Prince of Shuisky
Chastokol:
Andrei, Prince of Vologda (1452–1481)
Menshoy (the Smaller)
Andrei Prince Gorbaty-Shuiski (d. after 1550)
Suchyok
Andrei Bogolyubsky
Bogolyubsky: "His nickname 'Bogolyubksy' came from the castle of Bogolyubovo which was his favourite residence."
the God-Loving.
Chastokol:
Andrei, Prince of Vologda (1452–1481)
Menshoy (the Smaller)
Andrei Prince Gorbaty-Shuiski (d. after 1550)
Suchyok
Andrei Bogolyubsky
Bogolyubsky: "His nickname 'Bogolyubksy' came from the castle of Bogolyubovo which was his favourite residence."
the God-Loving.
Andrei Bolshoy
the Big:
Andrei of Suzdal, 1341–1355
the Pious:
Andrei II of Suzdal, Grand Prince of Suzdal, 1263–1264
the Emperor:
Andrei III of Pskov (d.1480)
the Nail:
the Big:
Andrei of Suzdal, 1341–1355
the Pious:
Andrei II of Suzdal, Grand Prince of Suzdal, 1263–1264
the Emperor:
Andrei III of Pskov (d.1480)
the Nail:
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| Andrew, Duke of York |
Andrew, Duke of York.
Angilbert
Air Miles Andy: . "Not for nothing is the Prince known as 'air-miles' Andy: Last year, he was criticised by the National Audit Office for spending £3,000 on a royal chopper to fly him just 50 miles, to a lunch with Arab dignitaries." (The Independent)
the Duke of Yob: "Playboy Prince, Randy Andy, Prince of Freebies, Air Miles Andy, Junket of York, the Duke of Yob. The list of tabloid labels stuck on the Duke of York over the years is almost as long as the line of wealthy and glamorous women with whom he has been linked, both before and after his marriage to Sarah Ferguson." (The Guardian)
the Great I Am: "That same year Charles' brother, Andrew was getting into trouble in the Royal Navy. His cruel practical jokes and his need for continuous acknowledgment of his rank and status were seen as boring. Worse, was his inability to take the same practical jokes back at him. His school and Naval College nickname, 'The Great I Am' would not work even if he was great. He was disliked by the lower ranks and junior officers. . . ." (Bayliss. Secret Royal History: 197)
the Junket of York
the Playboy Prince
the Windsor Clan's Resident Walking Hormone (by Australian press)
Father of the Country (It. Padre della Patria; Lat. Pater Patriae):
born Angelique de Paulet
Parthenie.
Parthenie.
the Beautiful Lioness (Fr. la Belle Lionne)
the Lioness (Fr. la Lionne)
the Red Lioness (Fr. la Lionne Rousse)
the Saint
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
the Last of the Romans:
the Saint:
the Last of the Romans:
the Saint:
the Jagiellonian
the Catherine Medici of Eastern Europe: "Anna, last of the Jagiellons, died on 9 September 1596. Already her contemporaries were dubbing her the Catherine Medici of Eastern Europe."
the Catherine Medici of Eastern Europe: "Anna, last of the Jagiellons, died on 9 September 1596. Already her contemporaries were dubbing her the Catherine Medici of Eastern Europe."
the National Matchmaker: "Anna Ioannovna's love of holding weddings for her subjects led to her being termed the "national matchmaker" by one Russian historian.The most famous marriage presided over by the empress was the wedding of one of her jesters, Prince Michael Golitsyn-Kvasnik, to a Kalmyk woman called Avdotia Buzheninova. The event was celebrated in a special house carved from ice on the frozen River Neva." (Royal Russia)
the First Female Historian
the Last of the Ninons (by Chateaubriand):
Monsikha, Queen of Kukuy.
Anna Oates.
the Broom
the Little Savage (Fr. la Petite Sauvage).
the Purple-Born:
Anna Radziwill. Regent of Mazovia, 1503 (1476-1522)
A Woman with the Heart of a Man:
the Intolerable Woman:
Anna Sloan
the American Dazzler.
Anna Sidow
Anna Dietrich
the Beautiful Giesserin (Ger. Schone Giesserin)
the White Lady (Ger. Weisse Frau)
Anna Throndsen
the Scottish Lady (Skottefruen):
the Wanton Shrewsbury (by poet A. Pope)
Captain Burn-a-Bench (Fr. le Capitaine Brule-Bancs):
the Good Queen Anne: "Daughter of the emperor Charles the Fourth . . . and was married to Richard the Second of England, when she was fifteen years of age. This was just after the insurrection of Wat Tyler; and the executions of the oppressed people who had taken part with him, had been bloody and barbarous beyond all precedent, even in that sanguinary day. At the young queen's earnest request, a general pardon was granted by the king; this mediation obtained for Richard's bride the title of 'the good queen Anne.' Never did she forfeit the appellation, or lost the love of her subjects. She was the first of that illustrious band of princesses who were 'the nursing mothers of the Reformation;' and by her influence the life of Wickliffe was saved, when in great danger at the council of Lambeth, in 1382. . . ." (Adams: 51)
Flanders Mare
" . . . England's Henry VIII was dismayed when he caught his first glimpse of the German-born Anne of Cleves, destined to become his fourth wife. When the King went to the water's edge to meet her in 3rd January 1540, he discovered she looked little like the portrait that Hans Holbein, the court's most prominent artist, had painted of her. By then, however, it was too late to call off the union with a woman whom he dubbed his 'Flanders mare'. . . ." (Conradi. Great Survivors: 141)
the King's Beloved Sister
" . . . At Henry's instigation, the marriage was annulled, but Anne received a generous settlement including Richmond Palace and Hever Castle, home of Henry's former-in-laws, the Boleyns, and became known as 'the King's Beloved Sister. . . ." (Conradi. Great Survivors: 141)
Anne de Beaujeau:
Madame la Grande: "As regent of France, Anne was one of the most powerful women in the late fifteenth century, and she was referred to as "Madame la Grande". In addition to having a strong, formidable personality, Anne was extremely intelligent, shrewd and energetic. Her father had termed her "the least foolish woman in France". Anne was dark-haired with a high forehead, a widow's peak, and finely-arched eyebrows. She was further described as having had clear brown eyes, direct in their gaze; a sharp, haughty nose, thin lips, thin hands, and she "stood straight as a lance"." the Least Foolish of Women---" . . . Whatever he felt about his [Louis XI], Louis left his son, the dauphin Charles, in the female universe of Amboise, while his daughter Anne became part of his court at Plessis; after her marriage to Pierre de Beaujeau in November of 1473, Anne seems to have spent much of the next ten years in the company of her father. 'She is the least foolish of women,' he famously to have said, '---and as for wise women, there are none.'" (Anne of France: Lessons for My Daughter: 4)
Brandy Nan:
--"The Queen had rarely been in good health. The eighteen pregnancies had taken their toll and at her coronation she was suffering from gout and had to be carried in a chair to carry out the various stations of the ceremony, as she was unable to stand let alone walk. Nor at any time was her health aided by an addiction to brandy, she was known as 'Brandy Nan'. . . ."(BBC)
--"Anne owed her scurrilous nickname 'Brandy Nan' to her supposed fondness for a drink or two -- it was said that she and Sarah Churchill would serve each other gin out of a teapot." (Crofton: 187)
--"Her nickname was Brandy Nan because of her alleged taste for fine French brandy. She was also known as Mrs Bull and Mrs Morely." (Barrow)
the Good Queen Anne:
--" . . . A generous and indulgent mistress, and a warm friend, she had inspired all who surrounded her with feelings of sincere affection, while the paternal regard she had on all occasions manifested for the welfare of her people had made her so universally beloved that her death was more sincerely lamented than that of perhaps any Monarch who ever sate on the throne of these realms. Without any of those qualifications which constitute what is called a great Sovereign, she was one of the best and purest, and was unquestionably entitled to the expressive epithet of " the Good Queen Anne" by which she was long remembered. . . ." (Lodge: 8)
--" . . . Her conduct, while princess, towards her father, her stepmother, and her half-brother was base in the extreme; but as a wife and mother she was all that could be desired. Her reign was decidedly successful. No subject's blood was shed for treason, and she was so charitable that her privy purse was facetiously called ' the national poor-box.' The people sincerely loved her, and never spoke of her but as the good Queen Anne,---an epithet by which they fondly remembered her throughout the two subsequent reigns." (Peake: 391)
the Last Sovereign of the House of Stuart: "Anne, the last sovereign of the House of Stuart, succeeded her brother-in-law by virtue of an act of parliament, which set aside the claims of James II and his son. . . ." (Peake: 390)
Anne-Benedicte of Bourbon-Conde
the Doll of the Blood
the Doll of the Blood
the Royal Doll
the Little Black Beetle
wife of Louis, Duke of Maine and illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France.
the Little Black Beetle
wife of Louis, Duke of Maine and illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France.
Colonel Anne:
the Beautiful Rebel:
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| Anne-Genevieve de Bourbon Duchesse de Longueville la Belle Conde @Wikipedia |
la Belle Conde:
the Goddess of Peace and Concord: " . . . Anne Genevieve's husband was the chief envoy for France, and Anne Genevieve was present during the negotiations of the treaty; her charm and wit earned her the nickname of 'goddess of Peace and Concord', which is alluded to in the verses ('jestois la vivante image/De la Concorde et de la Paix')." (British Museum)
the Mother of the Church: " . . . But after having spent some time in various convents, she was again attracted by the pleasures of society; and while in this unsettled state of mind, she accepted an invitation to rejoin him in Normandy. The duke died in 1663, and the duchess now devoted herself almost entirely to a religious life. She was called the 'mother of the church,' and her influence in Rome was said to have secured for the Jansenists the so called peace of Clement IX (1668). . . ." (The New American Cyclopaedia: 647)
the Concubine: "Anne Boleyn was never considered a beauty. Indeed with her sallow complexion, a large mole on her neck and an extra rudimentary finger on her left hand, some would have called her a witch. Indeed that was her reputation. All the same, Henry lusted after her with desperate desire. And she, on her part, by playing hard to catch, did nothing to decrease his sexual eagerness. Her nickname 'the Concubine' was in fact hardly fair, for she positively held out for marriage or nothing." (Monarchs, Murders & Mistresses: A Book of Royal Days)
the English Mare: "Adam Blackwood, writing in 1587, states that the French nobleman with whom Anne supposedly stayed was a friend of her father's. According to Sander, 'soon afterward, she [Anne] appeared at the French court, where she was called the English mare, because of her shameless behavior, and then the royal mule, when she became acquainted with the King of France.' It is easy to see where Sander got some of the information." (Weir)
the Hackney of England: " . . . According to Lord Herbert, William Rastell---Sir Thomas More's editor and biographer, and therefore a hostile source---claimed that when Anne Boleyn was fifteen, she was caught in a compromising situation with one of her father's servants and was sent to France in disgrace. Here, she 'behaved herself so licentious that she was vulgarly called the Hackney of England, till, being adopted to that king's [Francois I's] familiarity, she was termed his mule.' A hackney, in sixteenth century parlance, was a horse for hire and another name for a prostitute. . . . " (Weir)
Catharine Beuthaken:
Støvlet-Cathrine (Boots-Catherine, Katrine with the Boots): "Her mother was married to the soldier Johan Ernst Benthagen, and Cathrine took his last name. Her mother manufactured boots, which earned the girl the nickname Støvlet-Cathrine (literally "Boots-Catherine"). She was described as a beautiful, tall woman with a feminine figure and a dark complexion: her mother was believed to have been of African origin. As a person, she was described as confident, strong-willed and witty." (Wikipedia)
the Mistress of the Universe (by Christian VII):
Nan Clarges, Duchess of Albemarle
Mistress Anne Ratford
Anne Monck
Madame l'Etiquette: " . . . Foremost among these sticklers for old ideas was the Countess de Noailles, her principal 'lady of honour,' whose uneasiness on the subject speedily became so notorious as to give rise to numerous Court squibs and satirical odes, the authors of which seemed glad to compliment the Dauphin and to vex her ladyship at the same time; but who could not be deterred by these effusions from lecturing Marie Antoinette on her disregard of her rank, and on the danger of making herself too familiar, till she provoked the young Princess into giving her the nickname of Madam Etiquette; and, no doubt, in her childish playfulness, to utter many a speech and do many an act whose principal object was to excite the astonishment or provoke the frowns of the too prim lady of honour." (Yonge: 28)
Queen of the Emigration. "Mme de Balbi’s sway over Monsieur reached its zenith at Coblenz, where she was known as the ‘Queen of the Emigration’ and aspired to a political rôle. Her promiscuity made Louis-Stanislas a laughing-stock. When he moved to Hamm, she went to Brussels instead, though with every intention of rejoining him later. However, Monsieur then learnt that it was common gossip that she had had twins by a youthful lover, and was so furious that he never saw her again." (Erenow)
Constable de Montmorency.
Captain Burn-a-Bench (Fr. le Capitaine Brule-Bancs):
--" . . . [H]e played a conspicuous part during the reign of Charles IX and in concert with the duke of Guise and Marshal St. Andre, with whom he formed a sort of triumvirate, was an uncompromising enemy of the Huguenots. Having on one occasion broken into their church in the rue St. Jacques at Paris, and ordered his followers to destroy every thing therein, he received the sobriquet of Capitaine Brule-bancs. . . . " (Ripley and Dana: 695)
--" . . . The Connetable, who had preceded the Court to Paris, had caused the meeting-houses which the Edict of January had allowed to the Protestants to be sacked under his own eyes; a proceeding which gained for him the nickname of 'Capitaine Brule-Bancs.'." (d'Orleans: 102)
--" . . . The constable in Paris, at the head of troops equipped as for a severe campaign, charged into the suburbs among the churches used by heretics, broke open their gates, and dragged their pulpits and their benches out to make great bonfires for the delectation of the people. This exploit amused the wits of Paris, who forthwith honored Montmorenci with the name of Captain Burn-a-bench (Le Capitaine Brule-Bancs). . . ." (Morley, Vol. 1: 294)
--". . . Montmorenci, with 200 men, assisted by the mob, attacked two Hugonot (sic) meeting-houses outside the gates of St. Jacques and St. Antoine, threw down the pulpits, and burnt the benches. This exploit, which did not much redound to the honour of a Constable of France, procured him the nickname of Captain Brule-bancs. It was the signal to the populace for outrage, and the unfortunate Huguenots were pillaged and murdered without mercy" (Dyer: 279)
--" . . . In the time of Charles VI the protestants held their meetings in the vicinity of the president's country-seat [village of Popincourt]; but the constable de Montmorency repaired to the spot, and caused the pulpit and the benches to be burned in his presence, from which he acquired the name of captain Brule-Banc." (The History of Paris: 276)
the Fabius of France; Fabius of the French; French Fabius:
--" . . . In 1536, an imperial army having again entered Provence, the marshal laid waste the country, and by skillfully prolonging the campaign nearly destroyed the enemy. On this occasion he received the appellation of 'French Fabius,' and two years later he was made constable. . . ." (Ripley and Dana: 694)
----" . . . so called from his success in almost annihilating the imperial army which had invaded Provence, by laying the country waste and prolonging the campaign." (Infoplease)
--" . . . In 1586, an imperial army having again entered Provence, the marshal laid waste the country, and by skillfully prolonging the campaign nearly destroyed the enemy. On this occasion he received the appellation of the 'French Fabius,' and two years later he was made a constable. . . ." (The New American Cyclopædia: 694)
-- " . . . Anne, Duc de Montmorency, grand constable of France; so called from his success in almost annihilating the imperial army which had invaded Provence, by laying the country waste and prolonging the campaign (1493-1567.)" (Infoplease)
Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princesse de Soubise.
born Anne-Julie de Rohan-Chabot
Anne de Rohan
Anne de Soubise, Madame de Frontenay
La Belle Florice
Madame Guillotine.
Anne de Rohan
Anne de Soubise, Madame de Frontenay
La Belle Florice
Madame Guillotine.
born the Honourable Anne Luttrell
Lady Anne Luttrell
the Honourable Anne Horton
the Honourable Anne Horton
Mrs. Anne Horton
Mrs. Horton
the Duke of Grafton's Mrs. Houghton, the Duke of Dorset's Mrs. Houghton, Everyone's Mrs. Houghton.
the Pageant Queen:
the Duke of Grafton's Mrs. Houghton, the Duke of Dorset's Mrs. Houghton, Everyone's Mrs. Houghton (Alias Mrs. Houghton):
Royal mistress
Madame de la Folie:
Annora de Braose
Archambaud IV of Bourbon (1047–1078)
the Bold, the Strong.
Archambaud V of Bourbon
the Pious
the Dane
Anthemius
the Little Greek:
Anthemius
the Little Greek:
Anthony George Martin (d.1800).
--Lieut.-Gen. Anthony George Martin, who died in May 1800, at his house in Leicester Square, was, when a young man, considered by the ladies so handsome as to be called by them the 'Military Cupid.'. . . ." (Notes and Queries: 81)
--" . . . One of these new acquaintances proved more persistent than the rest, and soon, alas, she began to have a liking for her admirer. He was an ensign in the army, Anthony George Marin by name, the natural son of an English merchant by a Portuguese mistress, and his handsome features and fresh rosy face had earned for him the nickname of 'The Military Cupid.'" (Ladies Fair and Frail: 65)
the Illustrious
the One-Eyed:
the Great:
Monsieur de Vendome: "The negotiations began in 1561, as soon as Antoine de Bourbon rose to an eminence more apparent than real perhaps, with the title of Lieutenant General of the Kingdom. The man whom Spain called 'Monsieur de Vendome' was in fact king of Navarre, the Spanish part of which Philip II was occupying without any legal right...." (Braudel: 1006)
the Goliath: "The son of Louis I, Antoine I, who frequented the high aristocratic society, distinguished himself by engaging in the military. His size and courage in the battlefields of Fleurus, Mons and Namus earned him the nickname Goliath. He threw magnificent parties in the palace which he restored and fortified. A distinguished musician, he conducted his orchestra with the conductors stick bequeathed to him by Lully. . . ." (Monaco Centre de Press)
the Julian Apostate of the French Reformation: " . . . And yet it is the opinion of a contemporary, whose views are always worthy of careful consideration, that, had it not been for the final defection of the King of Navarre at this critical juncture, the great woes impending over France might still have been delayed or averted. That unhappy prince seemed determined to earn the title of the 'Julian Apostate of the French Reformation. . . ." (Baird: 9)
le Grand Batard.
the Good:
the Naughty Boy:
Antoine du Plessis:
the Monk: " . . . A worse man still was his younger brother, known as Antoine, 'the monk"; he was absolved of his vows by Cardinal Caraffa, and was one of the most dissolute troop-leaders and bloodhounds of the Guises. Terrible things were told of Antoine. . . ." (Richelieu: 54)
Antoine I de Ligne
Antoine le Grand Diable:
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (Cardinal).
Cardinal Granvella/Cardinal Granvelle
the Kind:
Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius
the Adoptive Emperor:
the Determined
the Fighter
the Independentist:
Antonio Barberini (Cardinal).
the Don Quijote of Reaction
the Don Quijote of Legitimism
Antonio Caraffa
the Hyena of Eperjes
Anund Gårdske
the Russian:
the Hyena of Eperjes
Anund Gårdske
the Russian:
Arabella Musgrave.
Archambaud III of Bourbon
Archambaud du Montet
the White
Archambaud IV of Bourbon (1047–1078)
the Bold, the Strong.
Archambaud V of Bourbon
the Pious
the Uncrowned King of Scotland
Archibald Douglas,4th Earl of Douglas
the Loser
Tyneman
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus.
the Red Douglas: "A nickname given to Archibald Douglas, fourth Earl of Angus. When his kinsman James, ninth Earl of Douglas, called the Black Douglas, engaged in schemes against James, he attached himself to the king, and when the sentence of forfeiture was passed upon the traitor, the Douglas lands were divided among the Angus branch of the family, and so, in the phrased of the time, 'the Red Douglas' --- such was the complexion of Angus --- 'put down the Black.' He afterwards was wounded at the siege of Roxburgh, and opposed Edward IV at Alnwick. He was succeeded by his son Archibald, called Bell-the-Cat." (Sobriquets and Nicknames, Vol. 1888: 298)
the Great Earl: " . . . Archibald Douglas, fifth Earl of Angus, became the most powerful nobleman in the kingdom, and was commonly called the Great Earl. . . ." Archibald Douglas, fifth Earl of Angus, became the most powerful nobleman in the kingdom, and was commonly called the Great Earl. . . ." (The Angus Douglases @Electric Scotland)
Bell the Cat.
Archibald Douglas (Sir)
the Loser, Tyneman
Grey Steill, Greysteel: " . . . Archibald Douglas . . . appears to have been one of the ablest and most energetic of his family. . . He was remarkable for his great strength and skill in warlike exercises, and gained the affection of James V. in his boyhood, who called him his ‘Grey Steill,’ after a renowned champion in the romance of ‘Sir Egar and Sir Grime.’" (The Angus Douglases @Electric Scotland)
Ardolf I of Guisnes (966–996)
the Posthumous
Arduin of Italy
the Bald.
Arnaud I of Angouleme.
the Bastard:
le Pelerin de la Paix:
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