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| Charles I of Burgundy the Bold @Wikipedia |
Charles-Martin de Bourgogne
Charles de Bourgogne
le Hardi
le Guerrier
le Travaillant
the Assiduous
the Bold
the Great Lion:
the Hard-working
the Rash (Fr. Tete Hardie):
the Reckless (Fr. le Téméraire):
--" . . . Charles . . . at his father's death would become the fourth Valois duke of Burgundy and would be assigned the name Charles the Bold, or Charles the Rash depending on how one translates the sobriquet le Temeraire. Charles gained his nickname, no matter the translation, due to his method of military leadership. He chose, like his father had, to lead by fighting beside and among his men in nearly every military engagement he was involved in -- and there were many -- during his relatively short reign of less than ten years, plus the two years of warfare which he participated in prior to Philip's death. However, unlike his father, this method of military leadership, after many close calls, would eventually cost Charles his life at the battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477." (Smith & DeVries: 137)
--"Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy (r. 1467-1477) was a prince of whom Brandt wholeheartedly approved. He deserved his nickname 'the Bold' not just for his bravery in war, but perhaps even more because he was the first prince in the Netherlands who not only put an end to the accumulation of possessions by the clergy, but who also had the courage to demand that even the property of the clerics had to be taxed. This cause much outcry and confusion in the land and lawsuits were filed in all courts up to the Supreme Court in Malines. But the duke was determined to go ahead with his plans, and he would certainly have succeeded had he not died so young." (Vanderjagt: 367)
the King of the Flaming Iron: " . . . We have a very full account of that 'mighty warrior,' Charles of Burgundy, the 'King of the Flaming Iron,' so called from the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, instituted by the father of Charles the Bold. . . ." (Hare: 42)
the Occidental Turk: "Charles the Rash (1433-1404) was the greediest of all the Dukes of Burgundy. People called him the Occidental Turk, for his hunger for land was comparable with that of the Turks in the Orient i.e. on the Balkan. . . ."
Charles of Dunfermline:
Baby Charles: " . . . So James I called his son Charles, who was afterwards King Charles I. . . ." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 24)
the Black Boy:
"Charles' appearance was anything but English, with his sensuous curling mouth, dark complexion, black hair and dark brown eyes, he much resembled his Italian maternal grandmother, Marie de Medici's side of the family. During his escape after the Battle of Worcester, he was referred to as 'a tall, black man' in parliamentary wanted posters. One of the nick-names he acquired was the black boy. His height, at six feet two inches, probably inherited from his Danish paternal grandmother, Anne of Denmark, also set him apart from his contemporaries in a time when the average Englishman was far smaller than today." (English Monarchs)
"There was once a Stuart line of Kings in England. The name of the founding ancestor was Stuart - which means "black man". The word Stuart comes from the old Nordic root "Svart" (meaning black). One of the Stuart Kings of England and Scotland, King Charles II (also lovingly known as the “black boy” of England), was born in 1630. His mother, Queen Henrietta Maria, nicknamed her son "Black Boy" because of his dark and swarthy appearance - Stuart is the same word as Swarthy, which means black in old English." (The Other Side of Black History)
Britain's Josiah
" . . . So King Charles I is named in a royalist pamphlet of 1649. The full title is: --- The Subjects Sorrow: or Lamentation upon the death of Britain's Josiah, King Charles, in a Sermon on Lam. iv. 20, by Dr. Juxon, Bishop of London."(Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 52)
Camillus
David
Fabius
My Charles II (by Nell Gwynn): "In January 1668, Pepys was told that 'the king did send several times for Nelly, and she was with him' but her unique attraction was her sharp mind and wit that set her apart from all others. An example of this wit was the name Nelly gave her King. Because her two previous lovers had been called Charles (i.e. Hart & Buckhurst) she called her king 'my Charles III'. Even the French ambassadors enjoyed the sparkle of Nelly's 'buffooneries' that he wrote to Louis XIV, saying how the king's spirits would rise when he was with Nelly." (Royal Bastards)
Old Rowley: " . . . He had been given the nickname of Old Rowley, after a famous stallion renowned for having sired an impressive progeny. . . ."
Our Setting Sun (by the poet Dryden)
Rowley: "The popular name for him was 'Rowley,' or 'Old Rowley'–a nickname of mysterious origin, though it is said to have been given him from a fancied resemblance to a famous hunter in his stables. Perhaps it is the very final test of popularity that a ruler should have a nickname known to every one." (Orr)
the Father of His People (by Duke of Buckingham): "The Duke of Buckingham once referred to Charles II 'as the father of his people', adding, 'of a good many of them'."
the Last Man (by Parliamentarians)
" . . . So the Parliamentarians called King Charles I, thereby implying that he would be the last man to sit on the throne of Great Britain as king. . . ."
" . . . Charles I was so called by the Puritans, because he made war against his Parliament."
the Martyr:
"The Martyr King is Charles I of England, who was beheaded Jan. 30, 1649, and buried at Windsor. . . ." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 183)
the Royal Martyr (by Macaulay):
the Saint:
the White King: " . . . [A] name of Charles I, because of the colour of his royal robes. . . ." (Hogg & Marryat: 182)
the Dane :
the Good.
the Unfortunate Prince: "He was, in short, an epicurean, this prince whom Jeanne saw as a lover of God, and whom she was charged to go to England and set free. But she always saw in him, as did all the good folk of France, the Unfortunate Prince, the head of the most active party up to 1414, the prisoner despoiled of his estates and who could not defend them." (jeannedarc.info)
the Unlucky:
Marechal de Brissac:
Charles II of Albret (1407-1471)
" . . . alias Labret or Lebret, Count of Dreux, Viscount of Tartas, Lord of Orval, Montrond, Bois-Belle, La Chapelle d'Angillon. Son of Charles Ier d'Albret, Constable of France killed in the battle of Agincourt (1415) and Marie de Sully. Married Anne d'Armagnac, daughter of Bernard VII count of Armagnac, Constable of France. Present in Orléans, Jargeau, Meung, Beaugency, Patay and Reims. Member of the King's council (1425 ), Lieutenant General of the King in Berry (1430)." (Colrat)
Charles II of Alencon.
the Magnanimous:
Charles II of Bourbon.
le Connetable de Bourbon:
Charles of St. James's:
Rowley:
--" . . . When his son Charles II got the throne back again, he called his father an old fool for troubling himself so seriously about government affairs as to take off people's heads for opposing him; but the son troubled himself so little about anything except what served his pleasure that he well deserved the title 'The Merry Monarch.'"
--"Charles was greeted with great enthusiasm on his return to England in May 1660. . . They wanted to see a king who was fun and who had the dignity and bearing expected of a monarch. Charles fitted this description perfectly. He loved the ceremony and pomp of monarchy and enjoyed dancing, drinking wine and visits to Newmarket to watch the horse racing. All this earned him the nickname 'The Merry Monarch'. . . ." (Kelly: 68)
--"The Merry Monarch as he was later to become known, is famous for his many mistresses. While in exile, Lucy Walters had borne him a son, James, who was to become Charles' favourite son and whom he later created Duke of Monmouth. At the time of the Restoration, his reigning mistress was the temperamental Barbara Palmer, daughter of Viscount Grandison, cousin of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and wife of the long suffering Roger Palmer, she was a woman of voracious sexual appetites, who also bore him a number of children. She possessed a foul temper and used her considerable influence with the King to meddle in state affairs. Charles eventually tired of Barbara."
the Mutton Eating Monarch:
--"Charles II was known as the Mutton Eating Monarch in the days when mutton meant a prostitute. . . ." (Lifting the lid on royal nicknames)
--"Charles II was known as the Mutton Eating Monarch in the days when mutton meant a prostitute." (The Argus)
the Pseudo Plutarch: " . . . Under this name Milton, in his Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio (cap. 1v.), addresses King Charles."(Frey: 292)
the Royal Wanderer (by Dryden & Tate)
the Young Tarquin (by Marchamont Needham):
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| Charles II of France the Bald @Wikipedia |
Charles II of France (823-877)
the Bald (Fr. le Chauve):
the Most Christian King:
Marechal de Luxembourg:
le Connétable de Bourbon:
the Constable:
Charles III of France (839-888).
the Fat:
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| Charles III of France the Simple @Wikipedia |
Charles III of France (879-929)
Carolus Stultus:
the Drunk, Drunkard:
the Simple, the Straightforward (Lat. Carolus Simplex):
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| Charles III of Lorraine the Great @Wikipedia |
Charles III of Lorraine (1534-1608).
the Great: . " . . . Charles of Lorraine was the most accomplished prince of his day. He had proved himself a brave and skillful warrior in his campaigns in Germany and Hungary. He had commanded the forces of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia, and had been the mainstay of the Hungarian monarch in his war with the Turks. The Duke of Lorraine was no less skilled in the arts of peace. A poet of no mean excellence, his refined and liberal mind, his elegant tastes, and his graceful and winning manners, are praised by the historiographers of his own time who ever found a welcome at his hospitable court." (Eclectic Magazine: 552)
Charles III of Savoy.
the Good:
the Fair (Fr. le Bel):
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| Charles V of France the Solomon of France @Wikipedia |
the Wise (Fr. le Sage):
--" . . . Between Philip IV and Louis XI, he was France's ablest ruler, and his outstanding intelligence earned him the sobriquet 'the Wise'. ". . . ." (Monarchs)
--"Charles V, surnamed the Wise, controlled his armies without leading them in person. Edward III of England used to say of him, that among all with whom he ever contended, Charles was the one who gave him the most trouble, though he never appeared against him. But Charles knew how to select good generals. Du Guesclin was his commander-in-chief. . . ." (History of the German Emperors and Their Contemporaries: 165)
the Courteous: "Charles VIII, surnamed the Courteous, acquired Bretagne by marriage, and made many conquests in Italy. which he speedily lost. He was generous, gentle, and forgiving, but so deficient in judgment that he was continually guilty of unjustifiable actions. . . ." (History of the German Emperors and Their Contemporaries: 214)
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| Charles VI of France the Well-Beloved @Wikipedia |
the Beloved, the Well-Beloved (Fr. le Bien-aimé):
the Mad, the Mad Prince (Fr. le Fou):
the Dauphin:
the King of Bourges: "A nickname given to Charles VII in his youth. Upon the death of his father, he assumed the title of King of France, but was not recognized by the nation, except in the towns of Orleans and Bourges. In the cathedral of the latter city he was crowned; hence the name of The King of Bourges." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 175)
the King of Kings: "An epithet which was conferred on Charles VII of France, by Francis Foscari, the Doge of Venice. In fact, from being King of Bourges, he became the most powerful monarch of Europe." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 176)
the Mark Tapley of Kings: "So the Rev. John White calls Charles VII of France, because he retained his usual jollity under the most afflicting circumstances." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 233)
the Victorious: "A sobriquet conferred on Charles VII of France, after he had driven the English out of his kingdom." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 353)
the Well-served (Charles le Vien Servi):
--". . . Olivier de la Marche claimed that she also 'did . . . much good to the kingdom of France, because she introduced to the king young men-at-arms and noble companions by whom he was subsequently well served. . . ." (Charles the Seventh: 93)
--"Throughout his life, Charles VII understood how to be well served, and even his enemies knew how to appreciate his qualities. The earl of Suffolk said, 'I have seen so much great honor and good in the king of France that I wish everyone to know that I would serve him against all, saving the person of my master.' This sentence, uttered in 1445, when efforts were under way to achieve reconciliation both in France and in England, is flattering but demonstrates the positive opinion his contemporaries, adversaries or not, had of 'Charles the Well-Served.'" (Joan of Arc; Her Story: 168)
--"A witty and astute woman, as well as a beautiful one, she was a good judge of character and helped to surround him with solid advisers, so much so, that he went down in history under the title "Charles the Well-Served"." (Scotsman)
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| Charles VIII of France the King of the Beggars @Wikipedia |
the Affable:
the Courteous:
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| Charles IX of France @Wikipedia |
Pollente:
the First Gentleman in Europe, First Gentleman of Europe:
the Well-Beloved:
the Poet:
the Young, the Younger:
born Charles William de la Poer Beresford
Lord Charles Beresford
Charlie B
Charlie B
le Bel d'Entraguet
Entreguet
Entreguet
Charles de Montmorency-Luxembourg, 7th Duc de Piney
Marechal de Luxembourg:
Charles de Sainte-Aulaye:
Comte de Chabot:
Charles III of England
Earl of Albany
Bonnie Prince Charlie
the Young Cavalier, the Young Chevalier:
the Young Pretender.
Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth.
Don Carlo.
Chinese Gordon:
George Pasha:
Gordon of Khartoum:
Gordon Pasha:
the Uncrowned King:
No-Flint Grey: " . . . He earned the nickname "No-flint Grey" after the Battle of Paoli in the same campaign when, to ensure surprise in the night attack on an American encampment, it was said he ordered the infantry of his command to remove the flints from their muskets and use only their bayonets. In fact, he only directed that muskets should be unloaded. . . ." (Wikipedia)
Saint Flirt: "A devoted parent of several sons and daughters, 'Saint Flirt' had, before his marriage, fathered a daughter with the famous Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, and he had several extra-marital relations. Sitting up in bed each morning the Whig earl would write to 'my dearest Princess,' then carefully perfume his letter with musk, Each afternoon he visited," (Dorothea Lieven: A Russian Princess in London and Paris, 1785-1857: 114)
the Eyebrow (by the Whigs):
the Man of the People (by wit George Selwyn)
Mignon:
Prince Charming (by Henri Troyat): "For many people watchers, the highlight was seeing Prince de Ligne, a delightful seventy-nine-year-old former field marshal from Flanders who, in his long career, had served Frederick the Great, Joseph II and Catherine the Great. His nickname in Paris salons has been 'Prince Charming.' With a million stories, and aore to R 'delicately malicious wit,' he was the Oscar Wilde of his day, having known everybody from Voltaire to Rousseau to Casanova. He was one of the first, for instance, eto read Casanova's scandalous memoirs literally as they were written, and one of the last to see the adventurer before his death in 1798." (Vienna, 1814: 73)
the Charmer of Europe:
the Coxcomb, Cute:
the Most Cheerful Man in Europe (by Goethe)
the Pink Prince (Ger. der Prinz Rosarote)
the Prince of Coxcombs:
the Radical Duke:
Charles-Lucien Bonaparte.
the Father of American Descriptive Ornithology:
Charles-Louis d'Orleans-Longueville (1670-1688)
the Hammer: "Charles Martel, from the point of view of the history of Gaul, is the most important of the early Carolingians, laying, on initially shaky foundations, the basis for future Carolingian power. . . In the earliest sources he appears as a great conqueror, whose incessant campaigns are described in words borrowed from descriptions of great Israelite generals; the derivation of his name Martel or 'hammer' from Maccabaeus would be appropriate, even if its is not at all certain that the coiners of the nickname knew that Maccabaeus meant hammer! . . . ." (The Origins of France: 152)
the Father of the Constitutional Church:
My Charles I (by Nell Gwyn):
the Proud Duke:
Fighting Charley: "A plaque on its base tells the curious that the statue represents Charles William Vane Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Commander of Hussars and Adjutant-General to the Duke of Wellington, 'Fighting Charley' to his family. Unveiled on 2 December 1861 in the presence of his widow, Frances Anne, and family friend, Benjamin Disraeli, the statue marks the achievements of a remarkable man who had been by turns soldier, diplomat and entrepreneur in the early Durham coalfields, a man who was later described by Disraeli as combining: the greatest character with a singular softness of heart. . . . He was a man of very enlightened mind, a man who thoroughly understood the characteristics and necessities and wants of his age, and a man who truly understood that in a commercial country like England the aristocracy of the country should place themselves at the head of that great commercial interest.'" (Durham: Over 1,000 Years of History and Legend)
Lord Pumpernickel: " . . . His bright yellow boots and extravagant mannerisms would earn him a new nickname, Lord Pumpernickel. . . ." (Vienna 1814: 37)
Lord Stewart
the Bold Sabreur: " . . . As a Major-General and Adjutant-General to the 'Iron Duke', he was a recklessly brave fighter. 'The Bold Sabreur' as he became known to his military kin. He had taken part in 25 battles between 1796 and 1814, and after the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo he would, in June 1815, be with his hald-brother, Castlereagh, at the peace conference in his official role as Ambassador in Vienna." (Durham: Over 1,000 Years of History and Legend)
the Golden Peacock
"The famous and battle-scarred Charles Vane, third Marquess of Londonderry was a guest. A friend of Caroline's brother-in-law Captain Price Blackwood, he had been present at the marriage of Blackwood to her sister Helen. Not many men survived a bullet in the cheek, but this happened to Londonderry in 1796, when he was eighteen and a young captain. He was fighting with the Austrian army against the French when he was wounded at Donauworth in Bavaria. The bullet entered the right side of his face and passed under his nose, coming to rest under his left eye, where it remained. His sight and hearing were affected for the rest of his life but he still sought out danger, pursuing a thrilling and lengthy military career. From 1801 to 1814 he was a Member of Parliament for Londonderry, where his family had great estates. His bravery was matched only by his vanity, which earned him the nickname of the 'golden peacock'. This old soldier was the greatest guest of the ceremony, a grizzled old warhorse who had packed more into his life than anyone else present." (Atkinson. The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton: 50)
the Man on the Horse in Durham: "The statue of 'The Man on the Horse in Durham' has been a centrepiece of the old Market Place for many years. Tourists and visitors to the city wander idly by and gaze up in curiosity at the dashing military figure on his fine horse. Local people rushing through the Market Place in the course of their daily business, or scurrying by during a snatched lunch hour, hardly notice the statue is there at all, so familiar it has become. Of all those who pas by, few know anything about the man whose effigy bestrides the great horse, and even fewer know of the curious history of the statue itself and of the abiding legend which surrounds it." (Durham: Over 1,000 Years of History and Legend)
the Proud Duke:
Little Sid
the King of Hearts (Fr. le Roi de Coeur):
the Londonderry Herr:
Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau.
la Belle Brabant:
Charlotte de Baume.
la Belle Madame de Sauve:
la Belle Lolo:
Madame de Gondran:
la Desmares:
Lolotte:
Her Father's Guardian Angel: "Her friends called her 'the angel of peace' and 'her father's guardian angel'. As the author of Charles' happy twilight after her own long years of denial, Charlotte deserved much when her father finally died in 1788. . . ." (Beauclerk-Dewar & Powell)
the Angel of Peace:
Charlotte de Baume.
la Belle Madame de Sauve: " . . . After the decease of M. de Sauve, in 1579, his widow married Francois de la Tremoille, marquis de Noirmoutier. During the life of her first husband, Charlotte was distinguished at court by the appellation of 'la belle madame de Sauve.'. . . ."(Henry III: 107)
La belle madame de Sauve.
Mademoiselle de La Haye:
born Charlotte-Eleonore-Madeleine de La Mothe Houdancourt
Mademoiselle de la Mothe-Houdancourt
Madame de Ventadour.
Mademoiselle de la Mothe-Houdancourt
Madame de Ventadour.
Madame de Montesson:
Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency, Princesse de Conde.
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