Henrietta Stuart
Henrietta of England
Henrietta Anne of England
Henriette d'Orleans
Henriette-Anne, Duchesse d'Anjou
Henriette-Anne, Duchesse d'Orleans
Madame
Minette
the Bones of the Holy Innocents (by Louis XIV).
Henrietta Anne of England
Henriette d'Orleans
Henriette-Anne, Duchesse d'Anjou
Henriette-Anne, Duchesse d'Orleans
Madame
Minette
the Bones of the Holy Innocents (by Louis XIV).
la Reine Malheureuse
Queen Mary.
Fanny Lear.
the Chaste:
Henry of Evora:
Henrique of Portugal
the Father of European Exploration
the Navigator.
the Fat, the Corpulent: " . . . King Henry, who was indolent and immensely fat, seldom stirred from his kingdom of Cyprus, leaving the mainland kingdom (i.e., Jerusalem) to govern itself." X X X "In the earlier years of his reign Henry was too young to play an active role; even later on he never seems to have assumed a commanding position. . . Yet he was a singularly colorless figure. (Author) Hill, noting the Joinville does not even mention Henry, has suggested that the 'corpulence, which won for him the nickname of the Fat, may have been connected with mental lethargy."
Henry Beauclerc (Fine Scholar):
--"Henry, the youngest son of the Conqueror, was brave, active, and politic, and had received from his tutor, Lanfranc, a love of learning, which gained for him the surname of Beauclec or Fine Scholar. . . ." (Wall: 37)
--"Rarely could Henry, amidst his vicissitudes, pleasures, and cares, be seen with a book in his hand, yet his few opportunities of privacy and seclusion were always well employed in study. He is said to have written Aesopean fables in English, first translating them from Greek into Latin.
Gaffer Goodrich: Gaffer Goodrich, the nickname afterwards given to Beauclerc by the Normans, in scornful mockery, testifies Henry's decided Anglicism and thus add support to an assertion which otherwise might have appeared improbable to the critical archaeologist. But Henry Beauclerc issued writs and charters in English. . . Marie de France, a true poetess in the age of minstrel rhymers . . . received her literary impulses from Beauclerc. She acknowledges that King Henry supplied the substance of her Apologues. . . ." (Palgrave, Vol. 4: 224)
Goderic: "A nickname given by the Normans to Henry Beauclerc. They called his wife Matilda by the nickname of Godithe or Godiva, because, as Wace says, they 'tint la terre sisagement.' The sneer would be better understood by 'The goody king and queen.'" (Brewer. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles: 371)
the Lion of Justice: "The positive side of Henry's fearful severity was the reputation he acquired as a maintainer of law and order, despite the concessions he made at the beginning of his reign and the rebellions which continued until the end. He was the 'Lion of Justice', as John of Salisbury and others called him. Nevertheless even this epithet is double-edged, as it derives from the prophecies of Merlin in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Arthurian history. The characteristics of this lion, according to the prophecy, do not refer to law and order but to its shaking of the towers of Gaul and the squeezing of gold from the lily and silver from castle. In other words Henry was identified as the 'Lion of Justice' because he fought the French and extracted money from his subjects. . . ." (Clanchy: 53)
Henri d'Anjou, Duc de Normandie
Henri Courte-Manche, Henri Court-Mantel, Henry
Court-mantle, Curtmantle:
--"Henry II made his appearance, at his coronation, with short hair, mustachios, and shaven chin; he wore a doublet, and short Angevin cloak, which immediately gained for him from his subjects, Norman and English, the sobriquet of Court-mantle. . . ." (Strickland: 77)
--" . . . When the young duke of the Normans had first appeared in England, his shoulders covered with a little short cape such as was then usually worn in Anjou, the English knights, who since his grandfather's time had been accustomed to wear long cloaks hanging down to the ground, were struck by the novelty of his attire and nicknamed him 'Henry Curtmantel.' When once the Angevin fashion was transferred to the English court, however, there was nothing in Henry's dress to distinguish him from his servants, unless it were its very lack of display and elegance ; his clothing and headgear were of the plainest kind ; and how little care he took of his person was shewn by his rough coarse hands, never gloved except when he went hawking.2 In his later years he was accused of extreme parsimony ;3 even as a young man, he clearly had no pleasure in pomp or luxury of any kind. . . ." (Norgate: 409)
--"At that time, men's fashions called for long hair. However, Henry shocked many of those present with his closely cropped red hair. He had a bristling moustache and a clean-shaven chin, defying the fashion for beards. He too was finely dressed, wearing his distinctive short cloak. It's possible that it was at this time that Henry earned the nickname of 'Curtmantle' (short cloak)." (Eleanor of Aquitaine: 47)
Henry Fitz-Conqueror, Henry Fitz-Empress: " . . . The Normans called him Fitz-Empress, but king Henry proudly styled the boy Fitz-Conqueror, in token of his illustrious descent from the mightiest monarch of the line of Rollo. . . ." (Strickland. Lives of the Queens of England, Vol 1: 13)
Henry Plantagenet:
the Handsome Scholard:
the King of the North Wind: "When Henry II imprisoned Eleanor for her role in the Great Rebellion of 1173, many of her fellow Aquitainians were deeply disturbed. Richard le Poitevin, a troubadour from Poitou who had probably known the queen since her youth, expresses his outrage below. Notice that he refers to Eleanor as the 'Eagle with two heads' because she ruled over England, as well as he domain in France. The royal sons are the 'eaglets,' and he calls Henry the 'king of the North Wind.'" (Eleanor of Aquitaine and the High Middle Ages: 71)
the Handsome Scholar:
the Lion of Justice:
the Peacemaker: "Then, with the royal entourage increasingly augmented by English lords and prelates, it wa on to London, where the people received their new sovereign 'with transports of joy', acclaiming him as 'Henry the Peacemaker'. It was probably at this time that the English bestowed on him the nickname Curtmantle, on account of the short French cloak he wore." (Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of Endland: 107)
Bollingbroke: " . . . A quarrel between Lancaster's eldest son, the Earl of Hereford, called Bolingbroke from the village where he was born, and the Duke of Norfolk was settled by the exile of both. . . ." (Wall: 72)
the Alexander of England, the English Alexander:
the Scourge of God: " . . .Henry and his armies massacred people in Wales, Scotland and, especially, France; survivors were left to starve; the conqueror brought French plunder home for sale. Proclaiming himself the "scourge of God," the devout Christian king tortured and murdered the Lollard Protestants at home. . . ." (Amazon)
the Warrior of God: " . . . [W]hen we describe Henry V as a 'warrior of God' we mean to say that he believed God had made him a warrior, and in fighting he was doing God's work." (Mortimer: 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory: 534)
the Mad: "The fact that Henry VI of England was grandson of Charles VI of France might have contributed to his mental instability. He inherited the English throne in 1422 but assumed power only in 1437 when declared of age. Troubles began almost immediately after he took power in his hands as he was unable to check the factional struggles. At the same time, the English possessions in France were slowly but steadily falling into the French hands. In 1453, he had some sort of a mental breakdown and fell into a near vegetative state for over a year, not responding to anything or anyone around him. The King’s condition was taken advantage by the Duke of York who in the meanwhile increased his power. When Henry recovered, a war broke out between the houses of Lancaster and York, commonly known as the War of the Roses. In 1461, Henry lost the throne but was reinstated in 1470. After less than half of a year, he was overthrown and died shortly thereafter in the Tower of London." (History Lists)
Henry VII of England.
the Defender of the Faith:
Blue-beard
Bluff Hal
Bo-ho
Burly King Harry
Coppernosed Harry
Corannus/CoranusOld Coppernose
Stout HarryWalter
the Defender of the Faith
the Father of English Liberties:the Saviour of Christendom:
the Solomon of England; the English Solomon:
Henry of Grosmont: "Called Henry of Grosmont to distinguish him from his father, Henry, earl of Lancaster, Grosmont was knighted in 1330 when he was called to Parliament in place o fhis blind father. . . ." (Wagner. Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War: 153)
Henry Tort-Col, Henry Wryneck: " . . . On this Henry's death in 1345 he was succeeded by a son of the same name, sometimes known as Henry Tort-Col or Wryneck, a very valiant commander in the French wars, whom the king, for his greater honour, advanced to the dignity of a duke. . . . " (Baynes. The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol 14: 255)
the Perfect Gentle Knight: "Henry of Grosmont, who could have doubled for Chaucer's 'perfect gentle knight' was the greatest nobleman in the kingdom. Not only was he Duke of Lancaster, but also Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lincoln, and Lord of Beaufort and Nogent in France. Consequently, his landed interests were vast. He was the greatest of the magnates, an experienced and masterly general, and utterly loyal to the King, who thought very highly of him and treated him as a valued friend. The Duke was a tall and imposing figure, genial and suave. He liked the fine things in life: good food and wine, luxurious and tasteful surroundings, and the robust charms of common women. Yet he was also temperate, pious and charitable, the founder of many religious houses, churches and hospitals." (Weir: 28) [Bio2:254-255]
Henry of Grosmont.
the Greatest Nobleman in the Kingdom
the Perfect, Gentle Knight (Chaucer)
the Gentle Count (by the people): ". . . He was a fine-looking man, devout and gracious, and much beloved by the people, who called him the Gentle Count. . . ." (Yonge: 480)
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Prince Harry of Wales
Budgie
Ginger
Ginger Bullet Magnet (by his Army comrades)
Ginger Tot
Harry Pothead
Harry Potty
Harry the Hoody
My Little Spencer (by his mother)
Wombat: "Princess Diana gave her son Harry the nickname 'Wombat' after a trip to Australia when the prince was just 2 years old." (Southern Living)
the Big Ginger(by Chelsea Davy)
the Happy Prince
the People's Prince
the Playboy Prince
the Rebel Prince (el Principe Rebelde)
the Spare
Your Royal Naughtiness (by his mother)
the Shepherd Lord:
"The Shepherd Lord, who is referred to by Wordsworth in his White Doe of Rylstone, was Henry, 10th Lord Clifford, who was sent by his mother to be brought up by a shepherd, in order to save him from the fury of the House of York. He remained there as a shepherd's child for thirty years, receiving no education, and was restored to all his rights upon the accession of Henry VIII." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 320)
"The life of Henry Clifford, commonly called the Shepherd Lord, is a striking illustration of the casualties which attended the long and disastrous contest between the Houses of York and Lancaster. The De Cliffords were zealous and powerful adherents of the Lancastrian interest. In this cause Henry's grandfather had fallen at the battle of St. Alban's; and his father at the battle of Towton, that bloody engagement at which nearly 40,000 Englishmen perished by the hands of their fellow-countrymen. But scarcely had the Yorkists gained this victory, which placed their leader on the throne as Edward the Fourth, than search was made for the sons of the fallen Lord Clifford. These were two boys, of whom Henry, the eldest, was only seven years old. But the vary name of Clifford was so hated and dreaded by the Yorkists, that Edward, though acknowledged king, could be satisfied with nothing less than the lives of these two boys. The young Cliffords were immediately search for, but their mother's anxiety had been too prompt even for the eagerness of revenge; they could nowhere to be found. Their mother was closely and peremptorily examined about them. She said, She had given direction to convey them beyond the sea, to be bred up there; and that being thither sent, she was ignorant whether they were living or not. This was all that could be elicited from their cautious mother. Certain it is that Richard, her younger son, was taken to the Netherlands, where he shortly afterwards died. But Henry, the elder, and heir to his father's titles and estates, was either never taken out of England; or, if he were, he speedily returned, and was placed by his mother at Lonsborow in Yorkshire, with a trustworthy shepherd, the husband of a young woman who had been under-nurse to the boy whom she was now to adopt as her foster-son.Here, in the lowly hut of this humble shepherd, was the young heir to the lordly Cliffords doomed to dwell---to be clothed, fed, and employed as the shepherd's own son. In this condition he lived month after month, and year after year, in such perfect disguise, that it was not till he had attained the fifteenth year of his age that a rumour reached the court of his being still alive and in England. Happily the Lady Clifford had a friend at court, who forewarned her that the king had received an intimation of her son's place of concealment. With the assistance of her then husband, Sir Lancelot Threlkeld, Lady Clifford instantly removed 'the honest shepherd with his wife and family into Cumberland,' where he took a farm near the Scottish Borders. Here, thought, his mother occasionally held private communications with him, the young Lord Clifford passed fifteen years more, disguised and occupied as a common shepherd; and had the mortification of seeing his Castle and Barony of Skipton in the hands of his adversary, Sir William Stanley; and his Barony of Westmoreland possessed by the Duke of Gloucester, the king's brother.
"On the restoration of the Lancastrian line by the accession of Henry the Seventh, Henry Clifford, now thirty-one years old, was summoned to the House of Lords, and restored to his father's titles and estates. But such had been his humble training, that he could neither write nor read. The only book open to him during his shepherd's life was the book of nature; and this, either by his foster-father's instruction, or by his own innate intelligence, he had studied with diligence and effect. He had gained a practical knowledge of the heavenly bodies, and a deep-rooted love of Nature's grand and beautiful scenery.
"Having regained his property and position, he immediately began to repair his castles and improve his education. He quickly learnt to write his own name' and, to facilitate his studies, built Barded Tower, near Bolton Priory, that he might place himself under the tuition of some learned monks ther, and apply himself to astronomy, and other favourite sciences of the period.
"This this strong-minded man, who, up to the age of thirty, had received no education, became by his own determination far more learned than noblemen of his day usually were, and appears to have left behind him scientific works of his own composition.
"His training as a warrior had been equally defective. Instead of being practised from boyhood to the use of arms and the feats of chivalry, as was common with the youth of his own station, he had been trained to handle the shepherd's crook, and then, and fold, and shear his sheep. Yet scarcely had he emerged from his obscurity and quiet pastoral life, when we find him become a brave and skilful soldier,---an able and victorious commander. At the battle of Flodden he was one of the principal leaders, and brought to the field a numerous retinue. He died the 23rd of April 1523, being then about seventy years old." (Chambers. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities, Vol 1: 545)
Henry Cardinal Beaufort:
the Cardinal-Duke of York:
the Good:
the Cardinal-Duke of York:
the Good:
Henry Cromwell (Sir).
the Golden Knight:
the Grand Manager of Scotland: "For three decades Dundas was the Grand Manager of Scotland, or Great Tyrant to his enemies, and the trusted lieutenant of British prime minister William Pitt."(Henry Dundas' private papers bought for Scots archive @BBC News)
the Uncrowned King of Scotland: "Effigies of Dundas, known as "the uncrowned king of Scotland", were burned rather than those of the King during the political and social unrest that accompanied the outbreak of revolution in France." (Henry Dundas' private papers bought for Scots archive @BBC News)
the Great Prior:
the Prince.
the Granville of A Former Age (by Pope):
the Earl of Dover:
the Invincible:
the Invincible Jermyn: " . . . [W]ere we to follow implicitly the satirical portrait of Count Hamilton, the 'invincible Jermyn; possessed so few qualifications as a lover, that his success must have been almost miraculous. . . ." (Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts, Vol 2: 138)
the Little Jermyn (Fr. le Petit Jermyn): " . . . Though eminently handsome; though possessed of a considerable but ill-acquired fortune, and of an ancient family, he had already been rejected by 'la belle Hamilton, and was destined to encounter the same rebuff from Miss Jennings. His rival was Henry Jermyn --- 'le petit Jermyn' --- the most formidable lover and the most insufferable puppy of he Court. . . .' (Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts, Vol 3: 237)
Horny Henry:
the Unthrifty:
the Wizard:
the Wizard Earl: "Henry Percy (9th Earl) was a learned man and a patron of learning and the arts, and he amassed a fine library of books and collection of works of art, many of which can still be seen at Petworth today. He . . . was known as ‘The Wizard Earl’ due to his interest in alchemy and the sciences. . . . " (Percy Family History)
Henry of St. Clair, Baron of Roslin
the Counsellor:
the Crusader:
the Alcibiades of English History: "Bolingbroke has been well called the Alcibiades of English history. His personal character presents few agreeable traits. He was ambitious, unscrupulous, faithless, devoid of any kind of morality or any trace of religion. . . ." (Atkinson. A Theory of Civilisation)
the Petronius of His Age:
Henry I Sinclair
Lord Cupid: "Some people called Palmerston a womaniser; The Times named him Lord Cupid (on account of his youthful looks). . . ." (Wikipedia)
Lord Pumice Stone: " . . . His abrasive style would earn him the nickname 'Lord Pumice Stone'. . . ." (Wikipedia)
Heinrich I of Brabant:
the Courageous:
the Bearded:
the Pious:
the Most Beautiful Boy in the World.
the Fat:
the Good:
the Faithful, the Loyal (Pol. Wierny):
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