Louis-Francois-Armand de Vignerot de Plessis
le Lovelace Francais: " . . . Contemporaries regarded Richelieu, the grand-nephew of the great cardinal, as 'the professor of pleasure,' the prince of vice,' and 'le Lovelace francais,' in short, as the very embodiment of an eighteenth-century galant-libertine. . . ."
the Champion Adulterer of the 18th Century: "Richelieu was known as the champion adulterer of the 18th century in France. A dozen-titled ladies fell in turn into his bed, drawn by his rank, wealth, reputation, and personal charm."
the French Alcibiades
the Father of Odessa:
Armand Guerry de Maubreuil
the Handsome Lauzun (Fr. le Beau Lauzun)
Arnaud I of Angouleme (d.992)
the Bastard:Arnould I d'Ardres (1069-1093)
Arnoul I d'Ardres
the Advocate (Fr. L'Avoue):
Arnoud II d'Ardres (d. 1117).
the Old (Fr. le Vieil)
the Flemish (Fr. le Flamand)
Arnoud III d'Ardres.
the Younger (Fr. le Jeune):
the Red (Fr. le Rous)
Arnulf I of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, 907-914 (885/890-914)
Arnolfus malus
Arnulf der Bose
the Bad: For confiscating church properties to finance his government. (Stewart)
the Great:
the Old
the Rich
--" . . . Arnulf I the Great . . ., also known in his last years as 'the Old,' 'the Rich,' or 'the Lame,' was the son of Count Baudouin II. . . ." (Medieval France: An Encyclopedia: 70)
--" . . . And having attained the patriarchal age of ninety-two, he died, and in the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-lez-Grand, he was buried. In his Charters he was somewhat boastingly accustomed to style himself Arnulphus Magnus, but posterity did not ratify this assumption; and it is by the epithet, so truly applied, as resulting from his longevity, that Arnoul-le-Vieux is commemorated in history." (The History of Normandy and of England: 697)
the Young:
the Unlucky, Unfortunate:
Arnulf of Herstal:
Arpad, Duke of the Magyars (850–907)
the Hungarian.
Arthur of Winchester:
Arthur de Richemont:
the Constable: " . . . 1425 - As arranged by Yolande d 'Aragon, Richemont was made constable of France by Charles VII." (Societe de l'Oriflamme)
the Justiciar (Fr. le Justicier):
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour:
King Arthur:
Arty or Atty (by his veterans):
Beau Douro (by a Guards officer):
ce cher Villainton (to Grassini):
Dukey (by niece's children):
Douro:
Nosey:
Old Hookey: "The soldiers called him 'Old Hookey' as he was noted for his distinctive large hooked nose...." (Napoleon, His Army and Enemies)
the Achilles of England, the English Achilles:" . . . The duke of Wellington is so called sometimes, and is represented by a statue of Achilles of gigantic size in Hyde Park, London, close to Apsley House...." (Brewer, Vol. 1, 1892) the Beau (by close friends); " . . . British officers under his command called him 'The Beau', thanks to him being a fine dresser." (Napoleon, His Army and Enemies)
the Beau:
the Best of Cut-throats (by Lord Byron)
the Conqueror of France (by Lady Frances Webster)
the Duke of Waterloo
the Eagle (by the Spaniards)
the Handsome Englishman (Fr. le Bel Anglais) [by Turenne's troops]:
--A name given by the French troops under Turenne to John Churchill (1650-1722), afterward the celebrated Duke of Marlborough, who was no less distinguished for the singular graces of his person than for his brilliant courage and his consummate ability both as a soldier and as a statesman. . . ." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 148)."
--[H]e was distinguished in the army for his bravery and good looks, and generally went by the name of Le bel Anglais. . . Distinguished for talents and accomplishments, remarkable for his good looks and elegance of person, he could hardly fail, with the protection he enjoyed, to be Fortune's favourite." (Biographies of Eminent Soldiers of the Last Four Centuries: 251)
--"He was singularly handsome, and when Sarah first knew him was even then esteemed as a gallant soldier. Above the middle height, with regular features, a noble brow, thoughtful eyes, and a mouth expressive of sweetness, Churchill might well attract the fancy of a young girl who must have seen him almost daily. His merits as an officer had even then been owned by Turenne, who had added to his praise of the young soldier the sobriquet of the Handsome Englishman; and then his manner, Lord Chesterfield has declared, 'was irresistible either by man or woman.'. . . ." (The Queens of Society: 16)
--" . . . At the siege of Nimeguen he attracted the discerning eye of Turenne, who from the period spoke of him by the familiar title of his handsome Englishman, and shortly afterwards put his spirit to the test. A lieutenant-colonel having scandalously abandoned, without resistance, a station which he was enjoined to defend to the last extremity, Turenne exclaimed, 'I will bet a supper and a dozen claret, that my handsome Englishman will recover the post, with half of the number of men that the officer commanded who has lost it!' The wager was instantly accepted, and the event justified the confidence of the genera; for Captain Churchill, after a short but desperate struggle, expelled the enemy, and maintained the post." (Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough, Volume 1: 5)
" . . . He distinguished himself so much by his valour, that Turenne praised the conduct of the handsome Englishman, as he denominated young Churchill. . . ." (Universal Biography: 326)
the Iron Duke (by the public): Wellington's ferrous nickname 'The Iron Duke' had nothing to do with his behavior in battle. He got this nickname for iron shutters he placed over his house's windows against the mob in London who hated him...." "He was tall and lead with broad shoulders, chestnut-brown hair, and blue eyes. When he appeared in his scarlet field marshal uniform, with its 'gold-embroidered velvet collar' and his array of medals, Wellington looked like the 'Iron Duke' of his later reputation (the nickname only appeared in the 1820s when he set up a new wrought-iron railing in front of his London house...." (Vienna 1814: 212)
the Magician (by closest women friends)
the Old
the Peer (by his Iberian officers)
the Sepoy General (by Napoleon): "Years passed. Wellington’s army was now busy fighting Napoleon Bonaparte’s French armies all over Europe. Napoleon derogatorily called Wellington the “Sepoy* General” — an insult to his military service in India, meant to contemptuously dismiss him as an unworthy opponent. The French press gleefully published it. But that glee was short-lived." (The Sepoy General who defeated Napoleon)
the Victor of the World: "Vienna salons were immediately competing for the honor of hosting the new celebrity in town, the excitement coming in part at least because this arrival 'supplied something new, for which they were really at a loss.' With the famous opera singer and society sweetheart Giuseppina Grassini on his arm, the duke entered Vienna as the 'Victor of the World.'" (Vienna 1814: 213)
Marshal de Cosse: "Cosse, Arthur de, brother of . . . [Charles de Cosse, also known as Marshal de Brissac)] and also marshal of France, obtained this distinction by his military skill and valour, which he displayed against the Calvinists, and other enemies of France." (Crabb, Vol. I: 56)
Ashot I of Persia.
the Great:
Ashot II of Georgia, (923–954
Ashot of Iron:
der Kuche:
the Blind:
the New Omphale
Deianira
Hera
Helen:
Athanaric
the Judge of the Visigoths.
the Hun
the Scourge of God: "Attila, king of the Huns from 445 to 453, after murdering his brother and co-ruler. His reputation for violence earned him the nickname of Flagellum Dei ('Scourge of God'). . . ." (Inferno)
Attilhiu IV of Piombino
the Pious:
the Boar (Lat. Aper): "In his 'Historia Comitum Ardensium' (Pertz, vol. xxiv.), Lambert of Ardres, speaks of Aubrey as 'Albericus Aper' in his account of the comté of Guines. (Aper is Latin for Boar)." (EarlofOxford.com)
the Grim: "Aubrey III was another crusader/veteran who was known as "Aubrey the Grim," perhaps because of his height and stern appearance." (EarlofOxford.com)
the Justinian of Saxony: " . . . In other respects the sway of Augustus was directed to the improvement of the condition of the people. He respected the constitutions of his country, and consulted the assembly of the states on all important occasions, especially in the raising of subsidies. His laws and ordinances were also held in high estimation, and he was styled by some the Justinian of Saxony. He embellished Dresden, and built the fine palace of Augustenburg, and yet left the coffers of the state well filled at his death in 1586. . . ." (Knight: 434)
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Friedrich August I von Sachsen
the Hercules
the Iron-Hand
the Saxon Hercules
the Saxon Man of Sin
the Iron-Hand
the Saxon Hercules
the Saxon Man of Sin
the Strong
"Augustus II 'the Strong' was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick August I), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II), and a man of many talents: commander-in-chief, art collector, hunter and womanizer. Some say that his nickname, 'the Strong,' derived from his ability to bend horseshoes with his bare hands. Alternatively, it may derive from the stories that he fathered as many illegitimate children 'as the days in the year.' Both theories attest to the twin goals of his life: relently pursuit of power and unremitting pursuit of pleasure. . . ." (Pavlac & Lott. The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia: 185)
the Sun King of Saxony.the Dragon of the Rhine: "Augusta, sometimes known as the 'Dragon of the Rhine,' was highly strung and said to be the most argumentative woman in Europe. She became more unpredictable as she grew older, occasionally making passes at her ladies-in-waiting and often disappearing for months on end. The Emperor and Empress shared a lifelong mutual loathing and it was said that barely a single day of their marriage, which lasted nearly sixty years, passed without a fearful row. . . ." (Shaw: 18)
Black Harry: "Grafton was descended from Charles II and Barbara Villiers, and seems to have inherited Charles II's looks---Grafton was known as 'Black Harry'---and his enthusiasm for horses and women. . . ." (Eccleshall: 61)
the Old: " . . . One of the Ynglings, named Aun the Old, sacrificed every ten years one of his sons to Odin, having been promised that for every son he sacrificed, ten years should be added to his life. When he had thus slain seven sons, and was so old that he had to be fed like an infant, his people grew weary of him and saved the eighth son, whom he was about to sacrifice. . . ." (The Story of Norway: 45)
the Midnight Princess:
the Nocturnal Princess:
the Modern St. Francis of Assisi:
the Handsome Fersen (Fr. le Beau Fersen, by Queen Marie-Antoinette).
the Younger
Joseph the Jew: " . . . According the the chroniclers, Gaveston returned to England as arrogant as ever, and during this period he is alleged to have dubbed his fellow earls with slanderous nicknames: Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, was 'Joseph the Jew'" (Fritze & Robison: 222)
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