Earcongota of Kent.
the Holy Virgin: "The monasteries adhering to these rules provided a favorable climate for the intellectual activities of nuns in Gaul. According to Bede, many daughters of the English aristocracy entered the monasteries of Merovingian Gaul in the seventh century, and the king of Kent, Earconberht (d. 664), sent his daughter Earcongota to Brie to become a nun at Faremoutiers. Before she became abbess of Hartlepool in Northumbria and later first abbess of Whitby, Hild had planned to travel to Gaul to join her sister Hereswitha at Chelles." (Beach)
Eadric Cild
Eadric Sivaticus, Salvagius: "Eadric Silvaticus, Salvagius, or the wild is one of the better-known leaders of English resistance to the Norman Conquest. In the D version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle he is said to have joined the Welsh in attacking the garrison of Hereford in 1067 and to have inflicted great losses. Here he is described as Eadric cild' but Plummer and Earle suggest that 'cild' is, given the context, probably a slip for 'Se wilda'.' The Worcester chronicle, written fairly early in the twelfth century but based on a lost version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, has a little more information, which seems to reflect local knowledge: Eadric cognomento silvaticus', a 'praepotens minister', was the son of Aelfric brother of Eadric Streona. ...." [Reynolds]
Eadric Sivaticus, Salvagius: "Eadric Silvaticus, Salvagius, or the wild is one of the better-known leaders of English resistance to the Norman Conquest. In the D version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle he is said to have joined the Welsh in attacking the garrison of Hereford in 1067 and to have inflicted great losses. Here he is described as Eadric cild' but Plummer and Earle suggest that 'cild' is, given the context, probably a slip for 'Se wilda'.' The Worcester chronicle, written fairly early in the twelfth century but based on a lost version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, has a little more information, which seems to reflect local knowledge: Eadric cognomento silvaticus', a 'praepotens minister', was the son of Aelfric brother of Eadric Streona. ...." [Reynolds]
Ebles Mamzer/Manzer: "Ebles was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Aquitaine. The meaning of his surname is disputed. Manzer is a Germanic habitational name, but also a Germanic personal name formed from magin, meaning "strength" or "might" (cf magnus). The same surname was used by another Prince from Occitania, Arnaud Manzer, Count of Angoulême (born 952-died 988/92), who also was a bastard. No other European Prince used the name Manzer. This fact makes the speculation about the Germanic origin of the Ebles' surname problematic." (Wikipedia)
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| Ebba Sparre la Belle Comtesse @Wikipedia |
Ebba Sparre.
la Belle Comtesse (by Queen Christina of Sweden): "In 1653, the Queen's 'bedfellow' Ebba Sparre married Jakob de la Gardie. (Bedfellowing on cold nights was a common 17th century custom) However, Whitelock also describes how Christina tokk one of Ebba's gloves, demonstratively divided it in three and gave a piece to him, to Chanut, and to Pimentel. She used to insist on using Ebba's nickname, 'la Belle Comtesse,' and invited Whitelocke to a conversation with Ebba and asked him to judge 'whether or not her inside was as beautiful as her outside.' . . ." (Akerman. Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle: 39)
la Belle Comtesse (by Queen Christina of Sweden): "In 1653, the Queen's 'bedfellow' Ebba Sparre married Jakob de la Gardie. (Bedfellowing on cold nights was a common 17th century custom) However, Whitelock also describes how Christina tokk one of Ebba's gloves, demonstratively divided it in three and gave a piece to him, to Chanut, and to Pimentel. She used to insist on using Ebba's nickname, 'la Belle Comtesse,' and invited Whitelocke to a conversation with Ebba and asked him to judge 'whether or not her inside was as beautiful as her outside.' . . ." (Akerman. Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle: 39)
Eber Brock-Ward (Capt.)
der Rauschebart (the Contender; the Grumbler; the Whiner; the Wrangler): :"Eberhard entered literature through ballads by Schiller and Uhland (Count Eberhard der Rauschebart / Der Überfall im Wildbad). Greinen in the linguistic usage at the time meant something like "quarreling". While he was decried as a "brawler" by his opponents, the people, whom he was able to protect from the aristocrats, some of whom degenerated into robber knights, worshiped him as a "bushy beard"." (German Wikipedia)
the Bearded: " . . . In the neighbourhood of these Princes a number of small lordships had been gradually united into the County of Wurttemberg, which in 1495 was erected into a Duchy in favour of Eberhard the Elder, called also the Bearded and the Pious. . . . " (Dyer. 1453-1530: 27)
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| Edgar the Peaceful King of England @Wikipedia |
England's Darling: "John Speed in his History of Great Britain (1611) said Edgar was 'In such esteem with the people, that he was called England's darling." ('England's darling' and Scotland's saint @BBC News)
the Peaceful: "When, sitting at noon in the shade of an oak tree at Dead Man's Plack, I beheld Edgar, I almost ceased to wonder at the mirable that had happened in this war-mad, desolated England, where Saxon and Dane, like two infuriated bull-dogs, were everlastingly at grips, striving to tear each other's throats out, and deluging the country with blood; how, ceasing from their strife, they had all at once agreed to live in peace and unity side by side under the young king; and this seemingly unnatural state of things endured even to the end of his life, on which account he was called Edgar the Peaceful." (Hudson. Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn: 15)
Young Edgar: "He accordingly advanced into England, where, in many places, partial risings were made on behalf of 'England's darling,' as the Saxon ballads called young Edgar, after his ancestor Alfred. . . ." (Yonge. Cameos from English History: 117)
" . . . [H]e became well known as Sir Edgar Vincent, Viscount D'Abernon, financier, politician and diplomat, described by Margo tTennat (later Asquith) as among 'the four best looking men I ever saw'. He was not only handsome, but brilliantly intelligent, a linguist, a superb horseman, gambler, witty raconteur and, on account of his extramarital affairs, nicknamed 'the Piccadilly stallion'. . . ." (Sebba. American Jennie: the Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: 88)
" . . . The chairman of the Liquor Control Board, [was] Viscount D'Abernon --- an extremely rich financier whose extramarital affairs had earned him the nickname the 'Piccadilly Stallion'. . . ." (Paxman. Great Britain's Great War)
" . . . D'Abernon was an imposing, and, in private, charismatic figure. Margot Asquith described him as 'one of the four best looking men I ever saw'. Sir Collin Scott Moncrieffe agreed, describing Lord D'Abernon as 'beautiful . . . like a son of the Gods. D'Abernon's 'beauty' was an attribute that he apparently made good use of, with his extra marital affairs earning him the laudatory nickname 'the Piccadilly Stallion'. Sir Robert Vansittart described him as having 'something more than an eye for a pretty girl, excellent company, one of those Britons who contrive to be cosmopolitan in culture and insular in outlook'. It seems that it was perfectly acceptable for him to concern himself with the supposed immoral activities of others whilst not exactly being a beacon of virtue himself. Indeed D'Abernon had a reputation for being very self-confident. . . ." (Duncan. Pubs and Patriots: the Drinks Crises in Britain During World War One: 96)
the Pioneer of Appeasement: " . . . Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon, the 'pioneer of appeasement', was the British ambassador. The 'spirit of Locarno'---engendered by the Locarno Treatis, due to be signed on 1 December 1925 by the seven Western Allied countries and the new states of Central and Eastern Europe --- was creating a spirit of rapprochement." (Schofield. Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett: 20)
Eadgyth Swannheshals
Edith the Fair (Edith Swanneshals)
Edith the Gentle Swan
Edith of the Swan-neck (Edith Swannesha)
la Mome Piaf:
the Little Sparrow:
the Waif Sparrow:
Ironside:
--At length the sceptre of the Anglo-Saxons came into the hand of a prince able to wield it with dignity to himself, and prosperity to his people. Like Athelstan, he was illegitimately born; but his spirit was full of energy; and his constitution was so hardy, that he obtained the surname of Ironside. It was his misfortune that he attained the crown in a stormy season; and, before his character and talents count be duly known or estimated, he had to conflict with a king, perhaps greater than himself. . . ." (Turner: 203)
--Edmund showed unexpected resolution in prosecuting the war against the invaders and his valour soon won him the epithet of 'Ironside'. His desire to beat Canute at his own game and free England from the invaders not through paying of Danegeld but through military victory is clearly reflected in the life story of his famous brother, Edward the Confessor. . . He became a worthy adversary of Canute, who soon learnt to respect the sword of the English prince. He gave hope to his countrymen and restored their pride. Before long, people were wondering whether Edmund Ironside was the 'Man of Bronze' of Merlin's prophecy, destined to recover the country from the aliens. . . ." (Ronay: 9)
Edmund Tudor (c1430-1456), Earl of Richmond, 1452
Edmund of Hadham: Edmund was born at Hadham, Hertfordshire.
Edo Wiemken. Lord of Jever, 1468–1511
the Young, the Younger
the Extravagant, the Spendthrift: "Amadeus the Great was succeeded by two of his sons. The first, Count Edward the Extravagant (1284-1329), wreaked havoc on the state's finances due to his spending but generally continued faithful to his late father's policies. The Fifteenth Count of Savoy and his wife, Bianca of France, had one child, a daughter, but she was excluded from the succession due to the Salic Law. His reign lasted but six years and, in 1329, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Aimone, as Sixteenth Count of Savoy (1291-1242)." (Savoy Delegation)
le Beau Dillon:
"Each of the four favorites alternated in the queen's good graces and favors, but during the first months of this year the malicious chronicle also added a fifth name to those of the four noblemen---Monsieur Dillon. The ladies of the court had nicknamed him le beau Dillon, or the handsome Dillon." (Bashor. Marie Antoinette's Head: 85)
" . . . Colonel Edward Dillon, with whom I was particularly acquainted, was likewise highly distinguished by her. He descended, I believe, collaterally, from the noble Irish family of the Earls of Roscommon, though his father carried on the trade of a wine-merchant at Bordeaux. But he was commonly denominated as 'le Comte Edouard Dillon,' and 'le Beau Dillon.' In my estimation, he possessed little pretension to the latter epithet; but he surpassed most men in stature, like Lord Whitworth, Lord Hugh Seymour, and the other individuals on whom the French queen cast a favourable eye. . . ." (Wraxall. Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Times, Vol 1: 195)
the Big Mortar: "Known by Napoleon's punning nickname as 'the big mortar', Edouard Mortier was among the most popular, honest and honourable of the marshals, and was also unusual in being an English-speaker. . . ." (Haythornthwaite: 52)
the Excellent: "Our old historian, Florence of Worcester, has . . . attached some splendid epithet to the name of each of the great conquering English kings of the tenth century . . . Edred the Excellent. . . ." (Chambers and Chambers, Vol. 50: 536)
the Weak-in-the-Feet (Lat. Debilis Pedibus): "In 955, Edred died; but not worn out by old age, as some have dreamt. One expression has descended to us concerning him, debilis pedibus, weak in the feet. We also learn from the writing of an author, almost, if not quite, his contemporary, that his indisposition, rather an offensive one, lasted all his reign; and, by gradual wasting, produced his death." (Turner: 146)
le Citoyen Edouard Fitzgerald: " . . . His travels deepened his evolving radicalism and in 1792 in Paris, he became a fully fledged republican—Le Citoyen Edouard Fitzgerald—who ostentatiously renounced his aristocratic title—‘I do not like to be Lord Edward’. He subsequently enthusiastically embraced the ‘democratic turf and milk’ of his rural Kildare retreat." (History Ireland)
the Angel: His family circle simply adored him. The word ‘angel’ is repeated again and again to describe him: ‘His life was that of an angel for if perfection ever came from the hand of the Almighty, he was perfect’ (his sister Sophia). ‘I did love that angel brother most tenderly’ (his sister Emily). ‘So heavenly and beautiful a mind’ (Lady Frances Coutts). ‘A man possessed of the tenderness of a woman to all he loved’ (his brother Henry). ‘Of such rare stuff as nature seldom favours us with’ (Arthur O’Connor). ‘Our beloved angel’ (his aunt Louisa). ‘The angel, the joy and delight of our hearts’ (his sister Lucy)." (History Ireland)
Ned Kynaston
the Prettiest Woman in the Whole House (by Samuel Pepys);
the Handsomest Man
the Loveliest Lady that I Ever Saw in My Life (by Samuel Nicolas).
Eadwig of England
Edwy the Fair
Edwy the All-Fair.
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