Beau Soleil, Handsome Sun (by Marguerite de Valois)
"Jacques de Harlay, marquis of Chanvallon, grand ecuyer du duc d'Anjou, mort en 1630. The marquis was one of the handsomest men of the court. . . ." (Walker. Henry III: 336)
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the Flower of Chivalry
"The defendant, Jacques de Nemours, was Margaret's cousin, being the nephew of her grandmother, Louise de Savoie. He was also the cousin of Margaret's future husband, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. The most dashing of all the gay gallants at the court of King Henry II, Nemours was as graceful a courtier and as accomplished a gentleman as 'le beau Brissace' had been at the court of King Francis. Not in France only but throughout Europe was Jacques de Nemours known as the flower of chivalry, 'a verray parfit, gentil knyght.'. . . ." (Whale. Margaret of France, duchess of Savoy, 1523-74: 92)
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Jacqueline of Holland
the Conqueror:
the Playboy King: "James I of Aragon (1208-76) . . . the playboy king married three times and fathered 13 illegitimate children and three out of wedlock with three different lovers. . . ." (Languedoc-Roussillon: 29)
the Brave:
James VI of Scotland:
A Second Solomon (by Henri IV of France)
the English Solomon
the Heliogabalus of Scotland
the Second Solomon
the Solomon of England
the Solomon of Scotland
the Two Kings of Brentford (with James II of England):
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James II of England & Ireland
James VII of Scotland
Dismal Jimmy:
the Rake: "But James had many mistresses, in fact he was as big of a rake as his brother Charles II. He was taller, handsomer, if somewhat dimmer than his brother. While Charles was swarthy, favoring his Bourbon ancestors, James was fair. . . . " (Scandalous Woman)
the Two Kings of Brentford (with James I of England):
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the Iron Belt: " . . . James IV's mother, Margaret of Denmark, was apparently more popular than his father, and though somewhat estranged from her husband she was given responsibility for raising their sons at Stirling Castle, but she died in 1486. Two years later, a second rebellion broke out, where the rebels set up the 15-year-old Prince James as their nominal leader. They fought James III at the Battle of Sauchieburn on 11 June 1488, where the king was killed, though several later sources claimed that Prince James had forbidden any man to harm his father.[4] The younger James took the throne and was crowned at Scone on 24 June. However he continued to bear intense guilt for the indirect role which he had played in the death of his father. He decided to do penance for his sin. Each Lent, for the rest of his life, he wore a heavy iron chain cilice around his waist, next to the skin. He added extra ounces every year." (Wikipedia)
the Last Monarch from the Island of Great Britain to be Killed in Battle.
the Most Successful of the Stewart Monarchs of Scotland.
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| James V of Scotland the King of the Commons @Wikipedia |
the Goodman of Ballengeigh (the Gudeman of Ballengeich): " [That is, tenant of Ballengeigh, which is a steep pass leading down behind the castle of Stirling.] A nom de guerre employed by the Scottish king, James V, who was accustomed to make disguised expeditions through the midnight streets of Edinburgh, as Haroun Al-Raschid did through those of Bagdad." (Wheeler. A Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction: 152)
"Another adventure, which had nearly cost James his life, is said to have taken place at the village of Cramond, near Edinburgh, where he had rendered his addresses acceptable to a pretty girl of the lower rank. Four or five persons, whether relations or lovers of his mistress is uncertain, beset the disguised monarch, as he returned from his rendezvous. Naturally gallant, and an admirable master of his weapon, the king took post on the high and narrow bridge over the Almond river, and defended himself bravely with his sword. A peasant who was threshing in a neighbouring barn came out upon the noise, and, whether moved by compassion or by natural gallantry, took the weaker side, and laid about with his flail so effectually, as to disperse the assailants, well threshed, even according to the letter. He then conducted the king into his barn, where his guest requested a bason and towel, to remove the stains of the broil. This being procured with difficulty, James employed himself in learning what was the summit of his deliverer's earthly wishes, and found that they were bounded by the desire of possessing, in property, the farm of Braehead, upon which he laboured as a bondsman. The lands chanced belong to the crown; and James directed him to come to the palace of Holyrood, and enquire for the Guid-man (i.e. farmer) of Ballangiech, a name by which he was known in his excursions, and which answered to Il Bondocani of Haroun Alraschid. He presented himself accordingly, and found, with due to astonishment, that he had saved his monarch's life, and that he was to be gratified with a crown-charter of the lands of Braehead, under the service of presenting an ewer, bason, and towel, for the king to wash his hands, when he shall happen to pass the Bridge of Cramond. This person was ancestor of the Howisons of Braehead, in Mid Lothian, a respectable family, who continue to hold the lands (now passed into the female line) under the same tenure." (Scott. The Lady of the Lake: A Poem)
the King of the Commons
"According to legend James was nicknamed "King of the Commons" as he would sometimes travel around Scotland disguised as a common man, describing himself as the "Gudeman of Ballengeich" ('Gudeman' means 'landlord' or 'farmer', and 'Ballengeich' was the nickname of a road next to Stirling Castle – meaning 'windy pass' in Gaelic. . . ." (Wikipedia)
" . . . James was nicknamed 'King of the Commons' and was fond of wandering the back roads of Scotland disguised as a jocular commoner, the 'Gudeman of Ballangeich' (husband or master of Ballengeich, which is still a road the foot of Stirling Castle rock, seat of the royal Stewart court). In disguise among the peasantry, he chatted by their hearths, studied their ways, and passed himself off as a 'gaberlunzie man,' or wandering minstrel. . . ." (Ritchie & Orr. Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia: 22)
" . . . James V, of whom we are treating here, was a monarch whose good and benevolent intention often rendered his romantic freaks venial, if not respectable, since, from his anxious attention to the interests of the lower and most oppressed class of his subjects, he was, as we have seen, popularly termed the King of the Commons. For the purpose of seeing that justice was regularly administered, and frequently from the less justifiable motive of gallantry, he used to traverse the vicinage of his several palaces in various palaces in various disguises. The two excellent comic sons entitled 'The Gaberlunzie man,' and 'We'll gae nae mair a roving,' are said to have been founded upon the success of his amorous adventures when travelling in the disguise of a beggar. The latter is perhaps the best comic balland in any language." (Scott. The Lady of the Lake: A Poem)
the Knight of Snowdoun, the White Knight of Snowdoun.
" . . . His son---'The Knight of Snowdoun, James FitzJames'---James V, maintained, on the whole, happy relations with the Highlanders, made a number of progresses in the North and West Highlands, and wore the Highland dress. . . ." (Adam. The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands: 51)
" . . . The Knight of Snowdoun is drawn with equal vigor and skill, and, indeed, is the real hero of the poem. He is James V, King of Scotland, who died in 1542. He was son of James IV, who was slain at the battle of Flodden in 1513, and figures in 'Marmion,' nephew of Henry VIII of Scotland, cousin of Queen Elizabeth, and father of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was popularly called the King of the Commons, was gallant in war and love, and the hero of several adventures such as the poet has imagined. . . ." (Mackenzie. Sir Walter Scott: the Story of His Life: 169)
the Poor Man's King
" . . . In the folk tradition he was known as the 'Poor Man's King' or 'Gaberlunzie Man' because he wandered among his people in beggar's disguise. . . ." (Royle. The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature)
Thumbs: "The Laird of Allardice who was defeated by Sir D. Ogilvy died about 1738. He got the nickname of Thumbs from having very large thumbs. . . ." (The Barons of Allardice)
the First White Rajah of Sarawak:
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (by Alexander Pope)
James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde.
the White Earl:
James Bird:
the Flower of Chivalry (Fr. la Fleur des Chevaliers):
the Union Duke: " . . . [H]e became known as the 'Union Duke' because he laid much of the ground-work for the Act of Union (1707). . . ." (Gazetteer for Scotland)
the Cannibalistic Idiot: "It is reported that when the Act of Union was signed in 1707, the disruption from either the festivities or the riots resulted in his escape. Drumlanrig, then around ten years old, slaughtered a young scullion in the house's kitchen, roasting him alive on a spit, and began to eat him before he was discovered and apprehended. He was afterwards known as 'The Cannibalistic Idiot'. The oven that he used can be seen in a room in the basement of Queensberry House, which housed the Parliament's Allowances Office until 2012, when it became a private bar for MSPs and their guests."
the Loser, Lose-man (Tyneman, Tineman): The great Earl of Douglas, who was slain at Verneuil, was distinguished from the rest of his family by the name of Tyne-man, that is Lose-man, as he was defeated ion the great battles of Homildon, Shrewsbury, and finally in that of Verneuil, where he lost his life. . . ." (The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott, Vol 6: 47)
Tyneman, Tineman:
the Black:
--"[I]t was his mastery of fear as a tool of war, his personal ferocity in battle, and his brutally effective raiding style that caused people in the north of England, often subject to said raids, to bestow on him his most enduring moniker – ‘the Black’ Douglas. . . ." (Castle Hunter)
--" . . . James of Douglas was the friend and ablest lieutenant of Robert the Bruce. Known as the Black Douglas to the English and as the Good James (Sir) to the Scots, Douglas was a brilliant fighter and master of guerrilla warfare. . . ." (Douglas Archives)
--" . . . He made many successful raids on tile English border, which won for him the dreaded name of the 'Black Douglas' in English households." (Douglas Archives-Sir James Douglas)
Jock o' the Slates: " . . . His captors, who called themselves rather grandiloquently 'the Lords Enterprisers', included a childhood friend, John Erskine of Mar, who had shared his schooling in Stirling Castle and earned the nickname of 'Jock o' the Slates' for his assiduity at arithmetic. . . ." (Magnusson. Scotland: The Story of a Nation: 386)
the Tower Earl of Desmond:
James FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond.
the Usurper:
the Bald (Gae. Maol): "At this time he was in his seventy-sixth year, and had acquired the sobriquet of Maol, or 'The Bald.'. . . ." (Blackburne. Illustrious Irishwomen: 74)
the Victorious:
James FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Desmond (de jure).
the Court Page: " . . . Alfred Webb tells us of this earl that he was "called the 'Court Page,' having been hostage for his grandfather at the court of Windsor. . . ." (Wikipedia)
James Fitzjohn Fitzgerald:
the Traitor Earl:
"James Fitzjohn Fitzgerald, fourteenth Earl of Desmond, second son of Sir John James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, de facto thirteenth Earl of Desmond by his wife Mór O'Brien. Immediately on the death of his grandfather in Jun 1536 assumed the position and title of Earl of Desmond, and in order to support it united himself with the head of the discontented party in Ireland, O'Brien of Thomond. He is called by English writers the 'Traitor Earl'." (Tudor Place)
Desmond, Sir James, 14th Earl, son of Sir John, de facto 13th Earl, succeeded on his cousin's murder in 1540. He is called by English writers the 'Traitor Earl.' . . . ." (Library Ireland)
James FitzMaurice.
the Arch Traitor: "FitzMaurice, James, cousin of the 15th Earl of Desmond, born early in the 16th century, was styled by English writers, 'James Geraldine,' or 'the Arch Traitor.'. . . ." (Library Ireland)
the Earl of Straw: "Nephew of Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond. In 1598, exasperated at seeing his ancestral territories in the hands of English settlers, and at the efforts made to extirpate Catholicism, he joined Hugh O'Neill in his war, and by him was created an Earl. Hence 'Sugan Earl' -an 'Earl of straw'- not appointed by regular authority. He soon became a distinguished commander in Munster against the Queen. The plot for his capture, formed by Sir George Carew, fully detailed in Pacata Hibernia may be here summarized." (Tudor Place)
the Sham Earl:
the Sugan Earl:
le Chevalier de St. George
Blackbird, Black-Bird:
Old Mr. Misfortune
the Baby in the Warming Pan
the Old Pretender
Lord Marshal Keith: "Keith (James Francis Edward), eminent military commander, b. Inverugie, Scotland, 11 June, 1696. Joined the army of the Pretender and was wounded at Sheriffmuir, 1715. He afterwards served with distinction in Spain and in Russia, where he rose to high favor under the Empress Elizabeth. In 1647 he took service with Frederick the Great as field-marshal, and became Governor of Berlin. Carlyle calls him " a very clear-eyed, sound observer of men and things.Frederick, the more he knows him, likes him the better." From their correspondence it is evident Keith shared the sceptical opinions of Frederick. After brilliant exploits in the seven years' war at Prague, Rossbach, and Olmutz, Marshal Keith fell in the battle -of Hochkirch, 14 Oct. 1758." (A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations: 190)
the King's Friend: " . . . He remained to the last devotedly attached to Frederick, and was generally known simply by the appellation of 'the King's Friend.' He died during the Bavarian war, in his eighty-eighth year." (The Pictorial History of Germany: 584)
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| James Graham 1st Marquess of Montrose the Great Marquess @Wikipedia |
the Great Marquess:
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| James Hamilton 1st Duke of Hamilton Captain Luckless @Wikipedia |
Captain Luckless:
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| James Lowther 1st Earl of Lonsdale Wicked Jimmy @Wikipedia |
Jimmy Grasp-all:
Wicked Jimmy:
--" . . . Known variously as 'Wicked Jimmy' and Jemmy Grasp-all, Earl of Toadstool,' he aspired to the full political control of the north-west of England, and has been described as 'tyrannical, ruthless, without tact.'. . . ." (Forging Romantic China: 208)
--"James Lowther, who became known as 'Wicked Jimmy.' He was described by Alexander Carlisle as a 'madman too influential to lock up'. . . ." (Ghost Trails of the Lake District and Cumbria)
--" . . . James, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was by inheritance one of the richest men in England in the 18th century and used his wealth to buy land and political influence – for which he became known as ‘Wicked Jimmy’. . ." (Lowther.com)
the Bad Earl: "He was variously known as "Wicked Jimmy", the "Bad Earl", the "Gloomy Earl" and "Jimmy Grasp-all" and he had a string of mistresses. He fell in love with the daughter of one of his tenants and made her his mistress keeping her in luxury. When she died he could not endure to have her buried and the body remained lying in bed until the increasing putrefaction became unbearable. He then had her body placed in a glass topped coffin that was placed in a cupboard. Eventually her body was buried in Paddington cemetery."
the Earl of Toadstool:
the Gloomy Earl:
the Gentleman Highwayman: "But in the last resort the highwayman was a criminal, and one who could usually be callous, brutal and violent if circumstances dictated. The veneer of gentility, gallantry and politeness, if it eisted at all, was a thin one. To illustrate the point, let us return to a very famous highwayman, the 'gentleman highwayman', James MacLaine. . . ." (Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman)
the Ladies' Hero: " . . . Through his clothing and demeanour, many printed representations affirmed MacLaine's genteel status, and promoted him as a 'ladies' hero', drawing tears of compassion from his tender-hearted female admirers, deserving none of the detestation poured upon 'lower' footpads. . . ." (Prunt Culture, Crime and Justice in18th-Century London: 95)
"About the same time she met the notorious James Maclean, known as 'the gentleman highwayman,' who is said to have led her out to dance at an assembly in York. deceived like many others by his flashy gentility, she listened to his polite speeches,and it was arranged that he should wait upon her when she returned to town. However, the appointment was never kept, for in the meantime Maclean had been arrested on a charge of highway robbery, and sentenced to death. History does not relate whether Fanny, like Lady Caroline Petersham and Miss Ashe, went to console the fallen hero as he lay in Newgate." (Ladies Fair & Frail: 21)
Black James:
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James Scott 1st Duke of Monmouth |
born James Croft
James Fitzroy
Jemmy (by his mother)
Jemmy (by his mother)
Monmouth
King Monmouth (by the commoners): " . . . When James II ascended the throne, the English people saw they had a king who remained a Catholic, in the midst of a nation almost entirely Protestant, and there was a party formed, with Monmouth at its head, to overthrow the king and place 'King Monmouth,' as they called him, on the throne. This party was defeated. . . ." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 216)
King Monmouth (by the commoners): " . . . When James II ascended the throne, the English people saw they had a king who remained a Catholic, in the midst of a nation almost entirely Protestant, and there was a party formed, with Monmouth at its head, to overthrow the king and place 'King Monmouth,' as they called him, on the throne. This party was defeated. . . ." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 216)
Mr. Crofts the King's Bastard: " . . . Here I also saw Madam Castlemaine, and, which pleased me most, Mr. crofts, the King's bastard, a most pretty spart of about 15 years old, who, I perceive, do hang much upon my Lady Castlemaine, and is always with her; and, I hear, the Queens both of them are mighty kind to him." (Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S.: 1662: 117)
Monmouth
Lord Crofts
Young Crofts: "'Young Crofts' was James, son of Charles II by Lucy Walter, daughter of William Walter, of Booth Castle, co. Pembroke. He was born in April 1649, and was brought to England after the Restoration by the Queen-Mother, at which time he bore the surname of Crofts (afterwards Lord Crofts), which was that of his Governor. The young man made such violent love to the royal mistress, that Charles hurried on his son's marriage to the Countess of Buccleugh, which happy event took place in April 1663. Some weeks before, 'Mr. Crofts' had been raised to the peerage as Duke of Monmouth, with precedence over all Dukes not of the royal blood.: (Melville. The Windsor Beauties: Ladies of the Court of Charles II: 55)
Lord Crofts
Young Crofts: "'Young Crofts' was James, son of Charles II by Lucy Walter, daughter of William Walter, of Booth Castle, co. Pembroke. He was born in April 1649, and was brought to England after the Restoration by the Queen-Mother, at which time he bore the surname of Crofts (afterwards Lord Crofts), which was that of his Governor. The young man made such violent love to the royal mistress, that Charles hurried on his son's marriage to the Countess of Buccleugh, which happy event took place in April 1663. Some weeks before, 'Mr. Crofts' had been raised to the peerage as Duke of Monmouth, with precedence over all Dukes not of the royal blood.: (Melville. The Windsor Beauties: Ladies of the Court of Charles II: 55)
Great Britain's Joy and Hope: "There are two ballads on Charles the Second's natural son, the Duke of Monmouth, that were sung to this tune, and both printed during his father's reign, when the Duke was out of favour at court. Of the first ballad there are two copies; on in the King's Library, Brit. Mus., entitle 'Young Jemmy: An excellent new Ballad: To an excellent new tune,' dated 1681; and the second in the Roxburghe Collection, ii, 140, called 'England's Darling; or Great Britain's Joy and Hope in that noble Prince, James Duke of Monmouth." (Chappell. Popular Music of the Olden Time, Vol 2: 523)
the Darling of the English People: " . . . Such was the end of James, duke of Monmouth, the darling of the English people. He was brave, sincere, and good natured; open to flattery, and by that seduced into an enterprise which exceeded his capacity." (Parodi. Choice Lessons of English History and Literature Compiled for the Use of Schools: 215)
The King's Greatest Delight: "His face and the exterior graces of his person were such that nature has perhaps never formed any thing more accomplished. His countenance was altogether charming: it was a manly countenance without any thing insipid or effeminate; notwithstanding, each feature had its beauty and peculiar delicacy. A wonderful disposition for all sorts of exercise, an attractive address, an air of greatness, in fine all the personal advantages spoke in his favour; but his mind said not one word for him. He had no sentiments but those which were given him by others; and those who from the first insinuated themselves into his familiar acquaintance, took care to inspire him only with pernicious ones. This dazzling exterior was that which struct at first. All the good looks of those at court were extinguished by his, and all the great matches at his service. He was the King's greatest delight; but he was the universal terror of husbands and lovers. That, however, did not last: nature had not given him all that is required to captivate hearts; and the fair sex perceived it." (The Life, Progresses, and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth: Vol 1: 17)
the Last Royal Rebelthe Protestant Duke.
Hearty James.
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray.
the Bonnie Earl.
the Black Knight of Lorn:
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