the Friendly:
Duke of Styria, (1299–1327)
le Paisable:
1279–1286
the Singular:
Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Stargard, 1417–1466
der Hagere:
Heinrich of Northeim (d.1101).
the Fatthe Cruel
Heinrich of Reuss (1450–1479).
the Young, the Younger
the Young, the Younger
Heinrich of Reuss-Plauen (1271–1303).
the Oberhofrichter
Heinrich of Reuss-Plauen (1243–1254).
Henry of God's Grace
Heinrich of Reuss-Weida (1282–1306).
the Church's-Friend
Heinrich of Reuss-Weida (1306–1348).
the Layman
Heinrich of Reuss-Weida (1348–1360).
the Upholder
Heinrich of Saxony and Bavaria (1129-1195).
the Lion [53]
Heinrich Wenzel of Silesia-Podiebrad (1592–1639)
the Younger
the Defender of His Country:
the Founder of Chivalry in Germany:
the Fowler.
"After Henry's death, stories and legends grew up about him. One of the most famous told how Henry was trapping birds when he received the offer of the crown. According to this version, that is why he became known to history as Henry 'the Fowler' (der Vogler). A second legend about his nickname emphasizes Henry's humility during his royal election. In that story, Henry was supposedly out setting bird nets during the vote, than than guilefully politicking with his noble peers. The sport of catching birds in traps was regarded as a pursuit of the common man, not of noblemen, so the picture of Henry as 'a fowler' shows him as rustic, vital man, a future king of the common people. In any case, the nickname seems to have been given long after his death. It became especially popular in the 19th century." (Pavlac & Lott. The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia: 230)
the Iron Duke:
Heinrich I of Guelders (1117–1182)
the Young, the Younger:
the Child:
the Jerusalem-Farer:
the Pilgrim:
Heinrich of Eilenburg:
1302–1347
the Smart.
the Fast Rider
the Land-Righter
Heinrich I of Reuss (d.1240)
the Marian
Heinrich I of Reuss (1250–1295)
the Orphan
the Pilgrim
Heinrich I of Reuss (1316–1373)
the Tall
Heinrich I of Reuss (1475–1502)
the Well-Appointed
Heinrich I of Reuss-Lobenstein (d.1488)
the City's Friend
Heinrich I of Reuss-Lobenstein (1500–1538)
the Empowerer
Heinrich I of Schwerin-Boizenburg (fl.1228).
the Black:
Heinrich I of Stade.
the Bald:
the Bold:
Heinrich I of Weida and Gera (1122–1193)
Probus
the Honorable
the Righteous
the Far, the Corpulent: " . . . Henry, duke of Anhalt, who died in the year 1267, and was surnamed the fat, from his corpulency; but displays in his verses an active and alert gallantry." (Taylor: 135)
Heinrich II of Austria, Duke of Modling.
the Bad:
957–976, 985–995
the Young, the Younger.
Heinrich II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.
the Greek:
the Younger (Ger. Heinrich der Jungere):
the Iron:
Iron Henry:
the Iron:
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the Hip-shot.
"King Henry II was not even in body the man a German king should be. He was nick-named the 'hip-shot.' His manner of becoming king was no recommendation. Hitherto the kings had been elected by a general election; but King Henry II had swung around the circle to obtain the votes of each separate country. Only by this means did he obtain a general acknowledgment." (Zimmermann. A Popular History of Germany, Vol 2: 831)
Pobozny:
the Bohemian:
Heinrich II of Reuss (1449–1461)
the Acquirer:
Heinrich II of Reuss (1303–1349)
the Short:
the Pious [5]
Heinrich II of Reuss-Lobenstein (1482–1500)
the Red
1113–1122
l'Aine
983–985
the Younger
the Debonair
the Serene:
the Unnamed:
the Unlucky:
the Spittler:
the Oat-Taker:
Heinrich III (XVI) of Reuss.
the Young, the Younger:
the Lame:
Heinrich III of Saxony.
the Lion:
the Bad.
Perdicause (Lost Causes): " . . . His ultimate weakness was exposed by his inability to raise additional troops or negotiate passage a passage across the Alps. Donizone mocked Henry, writing that after 1092 the king acquired the nickname Perdicause, or Lost Causes." (Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa)
Heinrich IV of Brunswick-Luneburg.
the Bad:
the Pious
the Upright
the Wise
Count of Wildeshausen, 1233–1271
der Bogener:
(1625–1629)
the Intermediate
the Pious
Jack Sausage (Ger. Hans Wurst): "About the time he was writing this, Luther was publishing one of his fiercest books: Against Jack sausage (Hans Wurst). The person to whom this sobriquet was applied was Duke Henry II of Brunswick. Succeeding to the government in 1514, he at once put his brother William in prison and kept him there for ten years. A little later, with the connivance of the Emperor, he seized Hildesheim. With his neighbors he lived in constant strife. When the League of Schmalkalden held its congress at Brunswick in 1538, he refused passage through his territory to the Elector John Frederic and Philip of Hesse, and when the latter passed through notwithstanding, he shot at him with cannon. He was accused of hiring agents to set fire to building in Saxony and Hesse, by which three hundred men lost their lives. His private life was also scandalous. Outwardly professing the Catholic religion, he ventured to mock one of its most sacred rites by pretending to have his mistress, Evan von Trott, buried, though for years afterwards he kept her privately in one of his castles." (Smith: 393) [Ref1]
the Young, the Younger:
Henry V of England.
le Fade:
the Iron:
1369–1395
the Fat.
the Cruel.
" . . . We find amongst the kings of Castile a Pedro the Cruel who died in 1369. The Emperor Henry VI had received the same epithet in the end of the twelfth century." (Chambers and Chambers, Vol. 50: 536)
"Henry VI's cruel punishments were not a personal quirk, but a consequence of this longer-term trend that inhibited the earlier acts of clemency. Faced with widespread opposition soon after his arrival in Sicily in 1194. Henry had his opponents tortured and executed, or deported to Germany. His rival, William III, was blinded and castrated, ritually rendering him unfit to be king. After a rebellion the Norman mainland in 1197, Henry had prisoners sawn in half or drowned at sea. . . ." (Wilson. The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History)
the Great:
1311–1335
Wrobel
the Intermediate
Henry of Luxemburg
Heinrich VIII of Silesia (d.1423).
the Sparrow:
the Gashed:
the Scarred (Fr. le Balafre):
With the Scar:
the Black:
the Young, the Younger:
Udaloy
the Daring.
the Lion: " . . . As he grew up, he displayed so much courage and fortitude in all his undertakings, that his playfellows gave him the surname of the Lion, which he ever afterwards continued to retain. . . ." (Annals of the House of Hanover, Vol 1:192)
Heinrich XIII of Plauen
le Silencieux
Heinrich XIV of Weida (d.1389).
the Redthe Intermediate.
Heinrich XVIII of Reuss-Greiz (1607–1616).
Helias of Maine
Helias of Le Mans
the White Bachelor-Knight (Lat. Candidus Bacularis): "...Helias was asked to put on the white tunic, which had earned him the nickname of 'candidus bacularis' (or 'the white bachelor-knight'), and received the surrender of the citade. . . ." (Aird: 203)
Hendrik of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
Prince Henry of the Netherlands
the Navigator.
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