the Cannibal Count:
the Cannibal of Pisa, was the leader of the pro-Papal faction in the medieval Italian city-state of Pisa who lost to the pro-Imperial forces led by Archbishop Ruggieri degli Ubaldini. Ugolino, together with his two sons and two grandsons, were condemned to prison where they all eventually died of starvation. Before dying, Ugolino ate the flesh of his progeny as they one by one starved to death. See here and here.
Vladislaus II of Hungary
Vladislas II Dobze:
Bene Rex (King Yes), Vladislaus Bene:
--" . . . He was a cheerful man, nicknamed 'Vladislaus Bene' (Polish: Władysław Dobrze, Hungarian: Dobzse László, Czech: král Dobře) because to almost any request he answered, 'Bene' (Latin for '(It's) well'). . . ."(Wikipedia: Vladislas II of Hungary)
--" . . . Vladislav, who later earned the nickname Dobre, Czech for 'good' or 'OK,' because he was so complacent, was neither politically nor personally strong enough to do otherwise and accepted the deal. . . ." (Johnson: 57)
--" . . . He consciously attended the meetings of the royal council, but he let the chancellor preside and took no part in decision-making. 'All right': that was all he would say generally in Czech, which earned him the nickname 'dobre' ('good'). It caused some excitement when once he added" 'Well, do it.'" (Engel: 347)
--"Wladislas was a good and well-meaning man with a soft heart. His favorite expression was the Polish word dobje meaning "all right." To this day he is commonly referred to as Wladislas Dobje (Dobzse Laszlo). During his reign everything in Hungary that could possibly be given away was given away, and all requests that could be granted were granted. The main beneficiaries of this policy were the big landowners; the losers were the peasants. As the grievances of the peasants under Wladislas increased, so did their hostility toward the ruling class." (Sisa)
King Very Well: " . . . The Magyar magnates, who were generally averse to strong and wilful rulers, awarded the vacant Hungarian throne to Vladislav (as Ulaszlo II of Hungary) in preference to Matyas Hunyadi's son Janos (who became King of Bosnia and perished while fighting the Turks). Vladislav (Ulaszlo) II pleased his baronial sponsors by beating off a Habsburg invasion of Hungary, by restoring Vienna and eastern Austria to Habsburg control, by reuniting the territories of the Bohemian crown, and by consigning Hungary's powerful 'Black Army' to destruction by the Turks and by Magyar barons (who regarded it as an instrument of royal absolutism). Indeed, Vladislav's instinctive reaction to whatever his backers and advisers proposed was to say 'Oh, very well,' earning him the nickname of 'King Very Well'. . . ." (A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change: 251)
King Yes: "So Vladislas Jagiellon was duly elected king of Hungary by the Diet. Described as a handsome young man, a womaniser of mild temperament, the new monarch was totally indifferent to state affairs in his Czech and Hungarian kingdoms. The nickname 'Dobze', 'Yes, All Right', was bestowed upon him, as he approved of anything suggested by the barons who had hoisted him on the throne. Vladislas II Dobze seems to have spent twenty-six years saying 'Yes, yes' to unbelievable waste and to impoverishment of the state, not to mention decay in his own court. . . ." (A Concise History of Hungary: 80)
Ursolina della Penna.
la Bella de Perugia
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