Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick.
Babbling BrookeBabbling Brooke Greville
Daisywife (by Edward VII):
Darling Daisy, Darling Daisy Wife:
the It Girl (by Elinor Glyn):
the Babbling Brook: "A less flattering label, namely that of 'Babbling Brooke', was also assigned to Daisy, the miniker stemming from the fact she was unable to keep gossip to herself. . . ." (Essex Boys)
the Beauty in Distress
the Loveliest Woman in England (by Elinor Glynn)
the Socialist Countess.
the Socialist Countess.
Also known as:
Dangerosa
la Maubergeonne:
----"William was excommunicated a second time for "abducting" the Viscountess Dangereuse (Dangerosa), the wife of his vassal Aimery I de Rochefoucauld, Viscount of Châtellerault. The lady, however, appears to have been a willing party in the matter. He installed her in the Maubergeonne tower of his castle in Poitiers (leading to her nickname (La Maubergeonne), and, as related by William of Malmesbury, even painted a picture of her on his shield."
----"She was also mistress to her granddaughters' paternal grandfather, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine.[1] As the mistress of William the Troubadour, she was known as La Maubergeonne for the tower he built for her at his castle in Poitiers. Dangereuse was a sobriquet she received for her seductiveness; her baptismal name may have been Amauberge."
Don Diego, Don Dismallo: " . . .It was commonly said that he looked rather like a Spanish grandee than like an English gentleman. The nicknames of Dismal, Don Dismallo, and Don Diego, were fastened on him by jesters, and are not yet forgotten. . . ."
the Wolsey of Scotland
(Ref:278)
the Welsh Wizard: " . . .Lloyd George had an enduring impact on Welsh national consciousness as well as British political life, in which he earned the nickname 'the Welsh wizard' in recognition of his extraordinary political skills." (Koch: 1168)
the Justinian of Scotland, the Scotch Justinian: " . . . No one can hold it doubtful the King David I was a great and benevolent prince. His title to fame is established by evidence far beyond tradition. He enriched the Church; he regulated the baronage; he called the burghs into existence. It is not too much to say that he created Southern Scotland. He was the Justinian of Scotland in a far higher sense than Edward I was the Justinian of England. . . Far beyond any in the list of Scottish kings, he possessed that surest mark of greatness---the power of leaving the impress of his character on the ages which have succeeded him. . . ." (The London Review of Politics, Vol. 6: 74)
Davina Duckworth-Chad.
the Queen of Roses:
Mater Dolorosa
England's Rose
Lady Di
the Lava of Sanctity: "Martyrs are not long in the making. The very day that Diana, Princess of Wales died, a floral tribute appeared outside Kensington Palace bearing the inscription, "Born a lady, became a princess, died a saint'. Camille Paglia called her a 'mater dolorosa', while William Rees-Mogg, writing the day after her death, referred to the 'lava of sanctity' that, if allowed to 'harden', would prevent a rational assessment of her life." (Evans: 175)
the Queen of Hearts: "In her tireless effort to increase awareness about land mines, Diana traveled to many conflict-filled areas such as Angola and the former Yugoslavia. She raised great controversy when she was photographed shaking hands with a man who was infected with AIDS, which was unheard of contact for the time. Acts of kindness like this were what endeared her to the world as the “queen of hearts” and the “people’s princess.” She did not care about her social standing as royalty. She only cared that there were people who were sick, dying, and lonely and that she could help them. For her efforts, she was awarded with various humanitarian prizes" (Rit Nosotro)
the Queen of Hearts:
the Queen of People's Hearts
the People's Princess.
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Diana Kirke, Countess of Oxford.
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Diane Corisande d'Andouins:
Diane, Madame de Gramont:
Diane de Gramont:
the Beautiful Corisande (Fr. la Belle Corisande):
the Great Corisande (by Montaigne):
la Grande Sénéchale: Diane's husband, Louis de Brézé, was Charles VII's Grand Seneschal of Normandy & Master of the Hunt.
the Beautiful Among the Beautiful (by Brantome): "The Ladies' Peace stipulated that Charles V' sister Eleanor would return his ransome sons when she came to marry Francis. Diane accompanied the young princes and the future queen back to France. In the tournament held to honor the new queen, Duane won a prize for beauty, although she shared it with Anne, the king's mistress. For this honor, Brantome dubbed Diane 'the beautiful among the beautiful,' since she won the prize for her beauty rather than by any need to curry favor with the king. The young princes were dressed and armed as chevaliers, and each carried a standard; the dauphin Francis selected the new queen to champion, and Henry wore Diane's colors, probably in gratitude for escorting him on his return from Spain. When it was his turn, Henry knelt before Diane, indicating to all that he considered her his lady. Henry was smitten at a young age and remained so." (Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France)
the Titular Genius of the Royal Nursery (by Henri II of France): " . . . Diane continued to be in charge of the royal children's lives and upbringing, and Henri dubbed her the 'Titular Genius of the Royal Nursery.' It was Diane, not Catherine, who advised then the royal nursery should be moved to another chateau if an epidemic was rumored to be approaching. Diane, not Catherine, chose the wet nurses and made sure they were clean and healthy, and some of them were first trained by Diane at Anet. When she heard that the baby Charles was rejecting his nurse's milk, Diane made her drink cider or beer to 'refresh' it. It was Diane who decided when to wean the babies and what to feed them. The chief physician, Jean Fernel, wrote that Diane chose the 'wise and prudent governesses; while she caused them [the children] to be instructed by good and learned preceptors, as much in virtue and wise precepts, as in love and fear of God.' Diane was sanguine about childhood illnesses and remained cool and calm when they developed coughs and colds. She preferred to trust her own judgment rather than that of the doctors---except for Jean Ferne;. The wife of the children's governor, Madame d'Humieres, had given birth to eighteen children, and Diane trusted in her experience to her make decisions." (The Serpent and the Moon: 257)
the Fortunate, the Lucky: "Dietrich of Oldenburg, Derrick or Dietrich of Oldenburg, Latin-based anglicization also Theodoric of Oldenburg . . . nicknamed Theoderic the Lucky or the Fortunate (Teudericus Fortunatus), was a feudal lord in northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Oldenburg. He was called 'Fortunatus' as he was able to secure Delmenhorst for his branch of the Oldenburgs." (Icon Group International: 416)
Diniz I de Portugal:
the Farmer (Por. o Labrador):
--"But it is as the protector of agriculture that D. Denis is especially remembered and has the epithet o Lavrador, the Farmer, linked to his name. Since the chief wealth of Portugal lay in agriculture, he sought to distract the nobility from its military pastimes and to ennoble rural occupations by declaring that no baron should lose caste by dedicating himself to the soil. In order to assist development, he arranged for the distribution of uncultivated land to smallholders who should pay a rent to the crown. Other land was distributed to settlers on condition that it was brought into production within four years. To further the policy of settlement he encouraged Brother Martinho, a monk of Alcobaça, to drain the marsh of Ulmar. For the provision of wood for ship- and house-building he had the great pine-forest of Leiria planted, which not only supplied timber but held off the tracts of coastal sand that were previously driven by the elements on to tilled fields." (A History of Portugal: 153)
--" . . . King Dinis (1279-1325) tried to break up the holdings of the nobility and the church and redistribute them among small proprietors, an effort that failed but won him the sobriquet of 'the Farmer.'. . . ." (McAlister: 23)
the Farmer King (Por. Rei Lavrador): " . . . Known as the Poet King or the Farmer King (because of his interest in agriculture, he founded a university in Lisbon in about 1290. . . ." (Porter & Prince: 16)
the Husbandman (Por. o Lovrador): Dom Dinis (1279-1325), whose progressive schemes of re-afforestation were to earn him the epithet of 'O Lavrador' (the husbandman), did not bother to reach a concordat with Rome for another decade, and then to his advantage. . . ." (Robertson: 51)
the Labourer: " . . . King Diniz or Denis, The Labourer, . . . is one of the most remarkable figures in the early history of Portugal. . . He reigned for nearly half a century, and, as his sobriquet indicates, was a man of peace. He devoted himself to improving the internal administration of the country, to bringing waste lands under cultivation and to encouraging commerce. . . ." (Albuquerque: 41)
the Poet King (Por. el Rei Poeta)
Dmitri I of Vladimir
Donskoi: "After the death of Uzbeg (1312-42), the dynasty of the Golden Horde began to decline. The first attempt to profit by this debility of the Mongols was made by Dimitry, grand-duke of Moscow, who in 1380...defeated the Khan Mamai with great slaughter. This memorable battle, known in Russian history as the battle of the 'field of snipes'...,was fought at the place where the river Nepriadva discharges to the Don. Dimitry received on this account the surname Donskoi. (Bretschneider: 78)
the Conqueror of the Don: [" . . . Demetrius Iwanovitsh, grand son of Iwan, took advantage of the turbulence which distracted the grand horde, and turned his arms against the Tartars. Assisted by several of the Russian princes his vassals, he gained a signal victory near the Don (1380) over the Khan Temnic-Mamai, the first which gained the Russians any celebrity, and which procured Demetrius the proud epithet of Donski, or conqueror of the Don. . . ." (Koch: 199)
Dmitri III of Uglich.
Donskoi:
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False Dmitri I.up
Dmitri I of Russia: "The young man who launched an invasion of Russia in 1604 claiming to be Tsarevich Dmitrii Ivanovich became the first and only tsar ever raised to the throne by means of a military campaign and popular uprisings. For that very reason Boris Godunov and other enemies vilified him as an evil impostor and as a tool of foreign powers and of Satan. Unfortunately, their propaganda campaigns against the pretender have profoundly affected reprisals of Tsar Dmitrii and his activities ever since the Time of Troubles. Even recent studies of Dmitrii are still mired in faulty views of the man and his activities." (Dunning. Russia's First Civil War: 123)
Dmitri I of Russia: "The young man who launched an invasion of Russia in 1604 claiming to be Tsarevich Dmitrii Ivanovich became the first and only tsar ever raised to the throne by means of a military campaign and popular uprisings. For that very reason Boris Godunov and other enemies vilified him as an evil impostor and as a tool of foreign powers and of Satan. Unfortunately, their propaganda campaigns against the pretender have profoundly affected reprisals of Tsar Dmitrii and his activities ever since the Time of Troubles. Even recent studies of Dmitrii are still mired in faulty views of the man and his activities." (Dunning. Russia's First Civil War: 123)
Dmitrii Ivanovich
Tsar Dmitrii:
the Thief of Tushino: "The second False Dmitrii, claiming to be the recently murdered czar although quite unlike him in appearance, emerged in 1607 and attracted significant support in southern Russia, mostly from peasants. By the spring of 1608 he had established a base, complete with court and administration, at Tushino, on the outskirts of Moscow (hence his nickname, Thief of Tushino). . . ."
the Tsar of Kaluga, the Kaluga Tsar.
" . . . His troops ravaged northern Russia, and his authority soon rivaled that of Czar Valili Shuisky, who in 1610 forced the pretender to flee to Kaluga. While there the second False Dmitrii continued to press his claims until fatally wounded in October 1610 by one of his own followers. . . ." (Borrero. Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present: 145)
the Thief of Pskov
" . . . A third and last False Dmitrii emerged in 1611 and raided the plains before retiring to Pskov (hence his nickname Thief of Pskov), where he was betrayed and executed. . . ." (Borrero. Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present: 145)
the Thief of Astrakhan.
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