Cadafael (Catgabail) 'Cadgommed' of Gwynedd
King of Gwynedd, 637
King of Britain
the Battle Shirker
--"On November 15, 655 CE, King Penda stood on the banks of the river Winwaed and prepared to lead his forces into what would be his final battle. Two of his allies had already deserted the field. Cadafael ap Cynfeddw of Gwynedd--who would hence be known as Cadomedd, the battle-shirker--fled with his troops the night before. Following this, the cowardly King Aedelwald of Deira retreated with his own men..." (Albertson: 1)
--" . . . Cadafael marched with Penda in 654 against Oswy of Bernicia (Oswald's successor), who slew Oswald however the night before the battle shirked from the fight and slipped off with his men earning him the ignominious nickname 'cadgommed' [battle-shirker]. . . ." (Hughes: 217)
--" . . . Cadafael marched with Penda in 654 against Oswy of Bernicia (Oswald's successor), who slew Oswald however the night before the battle shirked from the fight and slipped off with his men earning him the ignominious nickname 'cadgommed' [battle-shirker]. . . ." (Hughes: 217)
Cadell Ddyrnllwg, King of Powis.
Ddyrnllwg (Fr. au Pommeau Rutilant; It. Impugnatura Scintillante)
the Saint:
the Wise:
the Wise:
Cadwaladr
the Blessed:
Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion
the Blessed:
Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion
the Long Hand, the Long-Handed:
Cat-Head
Cat's Head
Hard-Head.
Hard-Head.
Cairbre Lifechair
the Lover of the Liffey.
the Lover of the Liffey.
Ptolemy Philopator Philometor Caesar.
(Ptolemy, Beloved of his Father, Beloved of his Mother, Caesar)
"Caesarion (47-30 BC) was the son of Caesar and Cleopatra VII. This nickname means 'Caesar's son'; his official name and style was Ptolemy XV Caesar Theos Philopator kai Philometor ('father-loving and mother-loving god). . . ." (Who's who in the Roman World: 49)
the Little Boot.
la Bella Ardizzina:
Cangrande (Big Dog, Great Dog): " . . . [T]he nickname adopted by two members of the dynasty (Cangrande) was chosen to evoke the achievements of the Great Khans, which court poets and eventually his tomb monuments celebrated the conquests of Cangrande I. . . ." (Jones & McKitterick: 464)
Cnut Sweynsson
Knud Svendsen
the Dane
the Great
the Rich.
Caracalla (188-217)
Lucius Septimius Bassianus
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Oedipus:
--" . . . Towards the end of his life there were rumors that he and his mother, Julia Domna, were incestuous. The people of Alexandria, Egypt nicknamed Julia "Jocasta" and Caracalla they called "Oedipus." (In the story of Oedipus the king, Oedipus unknowingly has children by his mother.). . . ."
--"Caracalla got his name, actually nickname, from the long Gallic robe that he wore. His decidedly un-Roman look also included wearing a wig of blond hair so he would look more German. . . ." (Ancient Roman History)
--" . . . Caracalla or Caracallus which never appears on medals or inscriptions, was a nickname derived from a long tunic or great coat with a hood, worn by the Gauls, which he adopted as his favourite dress after he became emperor, and introduced into the army. These vestments found great favour, especially among the lower orders, and were known as Antoninianae Caracallae. . . ." (Smith: 607)
--"Caracalla (AD 188-217), the elder son of Septimius SEVERUS (I), reigned as emperor from 211 until his death. He was born at Lugdunum (Lyons), and was later given the official name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus after his adoptive grandfather, the emperor of that name. His nickname Caracalla derives from the hooded Gallic military greatcoat (caracallus) which he often wore after he became emperor in defiance of the law that military garb could not be worn in the city. . . ." (Hazel: 52)
Cardonell Goodman:
the Blue Prince (Ger. Blauer Prinz; Swe. Blå Prinsen): " . . . He was a cavalry officer who was often portrayed in his blue uniform, thusly, the nickname. . . ." (Royal Forums) [Pix1]
the Photo Prince
the Rally Prince.
la Infantona:
the Barbarian:
the Cripple (It. lo Zoppo):
the Unfortunate: "His subjects called Charles III the 'Good' and the 'Unfortunate.' But the first epithet was hardly a cloak to his miserable weakness, and there are evidences of cruelty and falseness against him--two faults too frequently allied with timidity and irresolution. There was likewise a mixture of vanity and frivolousness in the man's character, which did away with not a little of the respect and sympathy the other epithet would readily call forth." (Gallenga: 304)
the Magnanimous: " . . . A strange pathetic being, at odds with himself and his time; compounded of monkish asceticism and soldierly courage; autocratic, but irresolute; holding his honor dearer than his life, yet pursued through life by accusations of dishonor: such was Charles Albert, to whom when he had passed beyond the reach of their praises or their blame, his countrymen gave the epithet 'magnanimous'." (Thayer 103)
the Great: "Charles Emmanuel I (Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 1562-1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. Well-educated, and intelligent, he spoke Italian, French and Spanish, as well as Latin. He proved an able warrior although short and hunchbacked. Being also ambitious and confident, he pursued a policy of expansion for his duchy, seeking to expand it into a kingdom." (Web Gallery of Art)
the Hot-headed (It. il Testa di Fuoco)
the Hunchback (It. il Gobbo).
Carlino:
the Musical Butcher of Venosa (It. il Musical Macellaio di Venosa)
the Blind:
the Vixen of Queluz (Por. A Megera de Queluz): " . . . Nevertheless they produced nine children and, because they were all handsome, it was rumoured that especially the younger ones had a different father. After the birth of the ninth child they began to live separate lives, he at Mafra and she at Queluz. Here it was rumoured that she had bought a retreat where she indulged in sexual orgies. . . ."
Carlos of Viana (1421-1461)
Carlos IV of Navarre
Carlos of Aragon
Don Carlos
" . . . Charles was a sickly prince, with a vacillating and feeble character; as much a friend of intrigue as his father, but with less success, and neither lacking authoritarian inclinations. Romantic historiography distorted his figure making him into a martyr of his father's tyranny and the hate of Joanna Enríquez." (Enciclopedia Catalana)
the Last World Emperor: Karl V of the Holy Roman Empire: " . . .The Spanish Habsburgs inherited and encouraged this prophetic tradition at least as late as the reign of Philip IV (1622-65). Although Charles V was portrayed as the Last World Emperor, his son Philip II preferred a more orthodox family myth that sanctified the dynasty: the Habsburgs as custodians of the Blessed Sacrament. . . ." (Armstrong-Roche: 67)
Charles d'Albret:
the Bad:
--"Charles II. king of Navarre, and count of Evreux, whom history has branded with the title of the Bad, or the Wicked, was the son of Philip count of Evreux, who obtained the crown of Navarre in right of his wife Joan,, daughter of Lewis Hutin king of France. Charles was born in 1332; and in his eighteenth year succeeded his mother, who had reigned alone after the death of her husband. He was, a young prince of uncommon promise, possessing in a high degree the popular talents of courtesy, politeness, affability, and ready elocution}, but these qualities were corrupted by a bad heart, and a total want of principle.
--"Charles II, surnamed the Bad, king of Navarre. He succeeded to his kingdom when only 18 years of age, and his reign was marked by much wickedness. He murdered the constable, Charles of Angouleme; seduced the dauphin, afterwards Charles V, into rebellion against his father; and was accused of employing a person to administer poison to Charles V. His death was as horrible as his life had been wicked. Being ill of a leprosy, his physicians caused him to be swathed in cloths dipped in spirits of wine, and covered with brimstone; and his page accidentally setting to fire to these inflammable materials, Charles died in great torture, in 1387." (The Biographical Treasury: A Dictionary of Universal Biography: 171)
--"Charles II, surnamed le Mauvais, or the Bad, who was in France on his mother's death, returned to his kingdom the following year, to be crowned at Pamplona. On this occasion he exhibited the natural sternness of his disposition, by the severity with which he punished the leaders of a partial insurrection. . . ." (History of Spain and Portugal, Volume 3: 44)
--" . . . Voltaire supposes that, notwithstanding the epithet of bad, given him through the prejudices of French chroniclers, he was little or not at all worse than his contemporaries. But it is to be observed, that the Spanish writers apply the same title to him; and if history is deserving of any credit, his perfidy and villainy exceeded the common measure of unprincipled politics. . . ."(General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Vol 2: 628)
the Wicked:
--" . . . Amidst these general disorders, Charles was accused of committing great crimes; whence his odious surname of the Wicked. If he were guilty of such, he was duly punished. . . [A]nd the king of Navarre was thrown into prison, from which he was only released by a stratagem of his brother, Don Philip. He did not return to Navarre till the year 1362." (Busk: 50)
--"Her son Charles then became King of Navarre. This prince is styled by the Spanish writers, Don Carlos, 'the Wicked,' and by others, Charles d'Albret. He was eighteen years of age when he ascended the throne. He had been educated in the French court, and was one of the most accomplished persons of his time. He is described as courteous, eloquent in the extreme, and popular without losing his dignity; indeed such were his great qualities that they attracted the notice of all Europe, before he became a king, but his subsequent shameful abuse of power drew upon him the detestation of mankind. His subjects had been led to anticipate a glorious reign, but they found themselves cruelly disappointed, for his first acts were of such severity as to alarm their minds for the future." (Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain: 157)
Lord Strutt: " . . . — so called in Arbuthnot's satire entitled 'The History of John Bull.'. . . ." (An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction:220)
the Bewitched (Sp. el Hechizado): "Pedro had little to fear from Carlos II, his pathetic contemporary, the most physically and mentally degenerate victim of Spanish Habsburg inbreeding, which earned him the epithet of 'El Hechizado', the bewitched. Like Dom Afonso, he was incapable of producing a child." (Robertson: 93)
the Little King (It. il Reuccio): "Affectionately called the 'Il Reuccio'—the 'little king' —by Neapolitans, Charles II (1661-1700), King of Spain, was the last ruler of the once mighty Spanish empire and, thus, is the last in the line of Spanish monarchs to rule Naples. He died without an heir and designated as his successor Philip of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, and nephew of the king of France. . . ." (Matthews)
Carlo I of Parma and Piacenza
Carlo V of Sicily
Carlo VII of Naples
Charles de Bourbon
the Enlightened Despot
the Great Restorer
the Politic
the Progressive King (It. il Re Progresista)
the Restorer of the Kingdom of Naples.
Carlos IV de Navarra
Carlos de Trastamara y Evreux.
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