the Maker of the Kingdom (Boia: 205)
BB
Mrs. Bogan of Bogan
the Flower of Strathearn.
the Illustrious: " . . . Caroline's gracious and dignified personality, her lofty ideals and pure life did much to counteract the unpopularity of her husband and father-in-law, and redeem the early Georgian era from utter grossness. She was rightly called by her contemporaries 'The Illustrious'." (Wilkins: x) (See also, and here)
la Bouce d'Or:
Duchess of Lipona: " . . . [W]hen the queen of Naples and her husband were expelled, and following the execution of her husband, the demoted Caroline had to choose a new name. . . She called herself Countess of Lipona---an anagram of 'Napoli' . . . ."
Caroline Barry, Lady Melfort.
Billingsgate.
Caro by Lord Byron
Caroline St. Jules
Caro George
Cleopatra
the Other Caroline
Caroline St. Jules
Caro George
Cleopatra
the Other Caroline
Spanish dancer royal mistress
born Agustina Otero Iglesias:
Carolina Castanetta:
Caroline de Otero:
Croguesse de Diamants (the Chewer of Diamonds):
la Belle Otero:
My Little Gypsy (by Tsar Nicholas II):
the Andalucian Volcano:
the Three Graces of Paris:
the International Queen of Dance:
the Little Savage (by Kaiser Wilhelm II):
the Most Scandalous Person Since Helen of Troy (by novelist Colette):
the Spanish Gypsy:
the Siren of Suicide, the Suicide Siren; the Suicides' Siren; the Suicidal Siren". . . Her drama coach's son drowned himself in the Seine, an art student threw himself under the coach, two noblemen blew their brains out, two more leaped from windows, and a schoolteacher hanged himself from the tree in the Bois de Boulogne where he'd first seen her." (Glamour: A History)
Caroline de Otero:
Croguesse de Diamants (the Chewer of Diamonds):
la Belle Otero:
My Little Gypsy (by Tsar Nicholas II):
the Andalucian Volcano:
the Three Graces of Paris:
the International Queen of Dance:
the Little Savage (by Kaiser Wilhelm II):
the Most Scandalous Person Since Helen of Troy (by novelist Colette):
the Spanish Gypsy:
the Siren of Suicide, the Suicide Siren; the Suicides' Siren; the Suicidal Siren". . . Her drama coach's son drowned himself in the Seine, an art student threw himself under the coach, two noblemen blew their brains out, two more leaped from windows, and a schoolteacher hanged himself from the tree in the Bois de Boulogne where he'd first seen her." (Glamour: A History)
The World's First Movie Star: "In 1965, an elderly impoverished woman was found dead in a hotel room in Nice, France. Her death marked the end of an era. She was the last of the great courtesans. Known as La Belle Otero, she was a volcanic Spanish beauty whose patrons included the Vicomte de Chênedollé, Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia. She is also sometimes credited as the world’s first movie star. She accumulated an enormous fortune, but gambled it all away. On her death, a rare species slipped into extinction, quietly and unnoticed." (Scarlet Women: 1)
Carly Massy-Birch.
the Boho Bumpkin.
--"In the meantime, Jennie had attracted another young lover, Major Caryl Ramsden, an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders. His name crops up in letters between Jennie and her sons from 1897. 'Beauty Ramsden,' as he was nicknamed, had been posted to Cairo, where an expedition was being assembled under Horatio Herbert Kitchener . . . ." (The Churchills: A Family Portrait)
--" . . . Not only did Kitchener spurn her representations, but also her current lover, Maj. Caryl Ramsden, nicknamed 'Beauty' for his exceptional good looks, jilted her: Jennie found him in flagrante with the wife of an army general." (Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945: 78)
--" . . . By coincidence her latest lover Major Caryl Ramsden, regarded as the handsomest man in his regiment, the Seaforth Highlanders -- an attribute for which he was nicknames 'Beauty Ramsden' -- had just been posted there." (The Churchills: In Love and War: 162)
Casanova.
"In 1794, Casanova returned to the orbit of Charles-Joseph, Seventh Prince de Ligne. The Prince comprehended the enormously complex Giacomo Casanova in his totality, as both 'the knight and the Wandering Jew,' in the Prince's words; an amalgam of lust, perversity, and genius." (Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius: 461)
the Napoleon of Fornication (by an admirer): "Did the 'Napoleon of Fornication,' as one admirer dubbed him, really bed the 132 women he mentions by name or by their initials? Did he really chat with Voltaire for a full day about the great questions of the time, as he claims?" (bloomberg.com)
le Beau Montrond:
Cathal II of Munster, 663-665
the Motherless Houn
Catherine of Portugal
the Hapless Bride: ". . . The Infanta D. Catharina, sister of the King, also died about this time. She was rightly called the 'hapless bride,' as she was about to wed D.Carlos, the Prince of Navarre and Aragon, when he died, and she then entered the monastery of Santa Clara of Lisbon, from whence she was to leave to marry King Edward of England when a fever assailed her, which terminated mortally. . . ." (McMurdo: 508)
Caterina Sforza Riario
the Madonna of Forli (Machiavelli) [Ref:148]
la Duchessina:
Madame Snake:
the Black Queen (Fr. la Reine Noire):
the Mother of the Modern High-heeled Shoe:
Catherine I of Russia.
the Russian Cinderella:
Catherine the Great
Sophia Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst
Alexeyevna
Feke, Figchen
Little Mother (by Potemkin & Izmailovskii Guards): " . . . With Orlov, his four brothers, and the Russian Guards behind her, she walked down the Nevsky Prospect toward the Winter Palace, where great crowds had formed to cheer her passage. The regiments defending the palace, carried by events, swore allegiance to matushka, or Little Mother, the sobriquet for their newly proclaimed ruler. . . ." (Catherine & Diderot: 70)
Alexeyevna
Feke, Figchen
Little Mother (by Potemkin & Izmailovskii Guards): " . . . With Orlov, his four brothers, and the Russian Guards behind her, she walked down the Nevsky Prospect toward the Winter Palace, where great crowds had formed to cheer her passage. The regiments defending the palace, carried by events, swore allegiance to matushka, or Little Mother, the sobriquet for their newly proclaimed ruler. . . ." (Catherine & Diderot: 70)
Little Mother (by Izmailovskii Guards)
Madam Resourceful: " . . . Peter, Catherine claimed, had begun to exude a constant odour of alcohol and tobacco. She, on the other hand, was acquiring a reputation for intelligence and for being a willing and thoughtful listener. Even Peter referred to her as 'Madam Resourceful' and would come to her for advice, though once he got it, would rush away again as fast as he had come.'" (Rounding)
Madame Snake
Sovereign Lady (by Potemkin)the Clement: . " . . . A biographer of this empress, Elizabeth, sums up her character in these pithy words:---'Her devotions often rendered her impious, and her clemency cruel.' He adds in illustration, that 'she had made a vow not to permit any sentence of death to be executed during her reign; and the judges, therefore, who could not have criminals beheaded, caused them to perish by the barbarous torture of the knout. Moreover, never were there more tongues cut out, or more wretches exiled to Siberia, than beneath the sway of this princess, so unworthily surnamed, 'the clement.'" (World-noted Women: 351)
the Empress of Art
the Enlightened Despot
the Great
the Greatest Scandal of European Royalty
the Modern Messalina
the Northern Semiramis
the Original Diva
the Philosopher-King
the Semiramis of the North
the Star of the North.
the Enlightened Despot
the Great
the Greatest Scandal of European Royalty
the Modern Messalina
the Northern Semiramis
the Original Diva
the Philosopher-King
the Semiramis of the North
the Star of the North.
the Women of Abandoned Morals: (One among)
the Best of Queens: "Although not without her champions in England, Dryden hailed her as 'the best of Queens', while her husband consistently praised her virtues, Catherine's policy of non-interference in politics, her lack of the beauty, wit and sophistication so highly prized at her husband's court, and her crucial failure to produce an heir has meant that she is easily overlooked with many historians and biographers content to dismiss her as the Merry Monarch's 'dull but worthy' wife." (Murphy)
the Guardian Angel of Portugal: "Finally in 1692 Catherine received the long-awaited permission to return home, and in January 1693 after an arduous voyage landed in Lisbon where the people gave a rapturous welcome to the woman they regarded as 'the guardian angel of Portugal'. Her first months were spent in palaces in Alcantara, Santa Marta, Moinho de Vento and Belem, before she finally settled at Bemposta near Lisbon, where she had a new palace and chapel built and spent her days happily in retirement." (Murphy)
the Mother of the Court: " . . . Knowing his daughters, Mary and Anne, were now motherless, she made sure they were cared for earning her the nickname of 'mother' of the court. It may have pained her to not have her own children but she took great pleasure in being maternal to others." (Catherine of Braganza: Charles II's Restoration Queen)
Squeak: "Kate Middleton revealed she was nicknamed 'Squeak' while growing up at St. Andrew’s School in Berkshire. Why? 'I was nicknamed Squeak just like my guinea pig,' she said on a trip to visit the school years later. ''There was one called Pip and one called Squeak.'" (Southern Living)
Sister Cecilia.
Catherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond.
the Old Countess of Desmond:
the White Rose: " . . . The eldest daughter, Lady Catherine Gordon, married in 1496, by direction of James IV, Perkin Warbeck, the pretended duke of York, who had taken refuge in the Scottish court, and after invading England was taken and executed by order of Henry VII in 1499. That monarch, struck with the beauty, virtues, and misfortunes of Lady Catherine, recommended her to the charge of his queen, and assigned to her a pension, which she long enjoyed. She was popularly styled the White Rose, the badge of her husband's claim. . . . (Anderson: 518)
the White Rose of Scotland:
Catherine Bellier
Catherine-Henriette, Baronne de Beauvais
La Beauvais
La Borgnesse (by Queen Anne of Austria)
One-Eyed Catherine
One-Eyed Caton (One-eyed Kate):
Catherine-Henriette, Baronne de Beauvais
La Beauvais
La Borgnesse (by Queen Anne of Austria)
One-Eyed Catherine
One-Eyed Caton (One-eyed Kate):
the Mother of Wales (Mam Cymru):
Cecilia Gallerani: the Modern Sappho (by Bandello)
la Passerose (hollyhock): " . . . Cecile, surnamed 'La Passe-Rose' (hollyhock), on account of her tall, stately beauty, and of her wonderful bloom. . . ." (Macleod: 825)
Celeste de Chabrillan
Elisabeth-Celeste Venard
Celeste Venard, Comtesse de Chabrillan
La Mogador
Madame Lionel
Madame de ChabrillanCeleste Mogador, Queen of the Bal Mabille.
Catherine Bagration
the Beautiful Naked Angel (Fr. le Bel Ange Nu): A name given by the high society in Dresden made the young princess Katharina Bagration. Although already married to the much older Russian prince Bagration she fell in love with the Austrian ambassador count Clemens Metternich. (The Naked Angel)
the Naked Angel (by Metternich):
the Russian Andromeda
the Russian Siren
the Wandering Countess
the Wandering Princess
the White Cat (Chatte Blanche)
the White Pussycat.
the Naked Angel (by Metternich):
the Russian Andromeda
the Russian Siren
the Wandering Countess
the Wandering Princess
the White Cat (Chatte Blanche)
the White Pussycat.
Royal mistress
Skittles; Skitsie: " . . . Her name came later from a reply to an insult from some drunken guardsmen that 'it they didn't hold their bloody row, she'd knock them down like a row of bloody 'skittles'. The poet laureate Alfred Austen paid tribute to her appearance in Rotten Row where 'though scowling matrons stamping steeds restrain, she flaunts propriety with flapping mane'. . . ." (The Northeaster Dictionary of Women's Biography: 564)
the Usurper.
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