the Lame:
the Great:
--" . . . Galeazzo, his son, was less fortunate than Matteo, surnamed il Grande by the Lombards. . . ." (Symonds,: 103)
--"The cardinal Bertrand de Poiet launched his excommunication, and employed the soldiers, whom his father had raised for him in Provence, particularly against Matteo Visconti, lord of Milan, one of the most able and powerful of the Ghibeline chiefs. Visconti made himself beloved by the Milanese, whom he had always treated with consideration. Without being virtuous, he had preserved his reputation unstained by crime. His mind was enlightened. To a perfect knowledge of mankind, he added quick-sightedness, prompt decision, and a certain military glory, heightened by that of four sons, his faithful lieutenants, who were all distinguished among the brave. The Italians gave him the surname of Great, at a period when it is true, they were prodigal of that epithet. . . ." (Sismondi. A History of the Italian Republics: 118)
--" . . . Galeazzo, his son, was less fortunate than Matteo, surnamed il Grande by the Lombards. . . ." (Symonds,: 103)
--"The cardinal Bertrand de Poiet launched his excommunication, and employed the soldiers, whom his father had raised for him in Provence, particularly against Matteo Visconti, lord of Milan, one of the most able and powerful of the Ghibeline chiefs. Visconti made himself beloved by the Milanese, whom he had always treated with consideration. Without being virtuous, he had preserved his reputation unstained by crime. His mind was enlightened. To a perfect knowledge of mankind, he added quick-sightedness, prompt decision, and a certain military glory, heightened by that of four sons, his faithful lieutenants, who were all distinguished among the brave. The Italians gave him the surname of Great, at a period when it is true, they were prodigal of that epithet. . . ." (Sismondi. A History of the Italian Republics: 118)
The Master of River Váh and Tatra Mountains: "In the 13th century the power of large aristocratic families is increased. Matúš Čák was one of the most powerful magnates on the territory of Slovakia. He was the real ruler of the present territory of Slovakia and acted as an independent governor. Matúš Čák, whose seat was Trenčín Castle, was called 'The master of river Váh and Tatra Mountains'." (SlovakRepublic.org)
Matthias Corvinus; Matthias Hunyadi: " . . . Bonfini, who was the last to arrive in 1486, became the posthumous historian of the king. In his voluminous work, completed in the 1490s, he narrated not only his master's reign but also the entire history of Hungary from the beginning. . . He is the source of the king's epithet 'Corvinus,' which has become definitely attached to Matthias's name. In accordance with the traditions of his age Bonfini claimed that the Hunyadi family, whose arms depicted a raven (corvus), descended from the ancient Roman gens of the Corvini." (Engel. The Realm of St Stephen: 320)
the Conqueror
the Green King: "But the old Weisskunig, the Emperor Frederick, remarked that he had a war upon his hands against the Green King': Matthias, King of Hungary). . . ." (Maximilian the Dreamer - Holy Roman Emperor 1459-1519: 47)
the Just:
the Peasant King: "A 'Peasant King' on a Fiery Throne. One of the many stories about Matyas' deep sense of justice and his affection for the peasants shows how he taught the nobles a lesson. One hot summer day, the king set a group of his visitors - all nobles - to do some digging in the royal garden. Soon, they became exhausted and began to complain. The king pointed out that they had just experienced how arduous the work of digging was for even a short period, and that they should appreciate the labor of those who had to spend their whole lives engaged in such back-breaking work." (Sisa. A 'Peasant King' on a Fiery Throne)
the Philosopher-King:
the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King:
Mathghamhain Maonmhaighe Ó Briain, King of Thomond
Maonmhaighe: "His nickname, Maonmhaighe, derived from his foster-home." (Wikipedia)
le Grand Batard de Bourbon.
the Lady of the English: " . . . The mother of Henry II was deeply regretted in Normandy, where she was called 'the lady of the English.' She governed Normandy with discretion and moderation, applying her revenues wholly to the benefit of the common weal, and many public works. Her partiality for bridge-building is the only point of resemblance between her actions and those of her mother. While regent of Normandy, she applied her private revenues to building the magnificent stone bridge, of thirteen arches, over the Seine, called Le Grand Pont. . . The empress built and endowed three monasteries. . . . " (Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest, Vol 1: 186)
the Queen (Fr. la Reine): " . . . A coronation ceremony on a great scale was arranged, and after both William and Matilda had been crowned, they sat down to a banquet. While this was in progress, a challenger rode into the hall eager to fight in single combat anyone who dared deny that 'William and his spouse Matilda' were King and Queen of England. No one took up the glove he cas down, and Matilda was called 'La Reine' ever after. Till this period the royal consort had been known simply as 'the king's wife,' or his 'queen,' (meaning companion), a word than (sic) applied to men as well as women." (Thornton-Cook: 8)
Edith of Scotland:
Good Queen Maud
Matilda of Blessed Memory
Matilda Aetheling: "Matilda's English ancestry and English education rendered the new king's marriage with her a most popular measure with the Anglo-Saxon people, of whom the great bulk of his subjects was composed. By them the royal bride was fondly styled Matilda Atheling, and regarded as the representative of their own regretted sovereigns. . . ." (Strickland: 132)
Matilda of Blessed Memory
the Good Queen: Matilda the Good Queen: ." . . . who married Henry in 1100 . . . won such an enduring reputation for piety and benevolence that for many subsequent generations she was known by the nickname 'the good queen.' The monastic chronicler, William of Malmesbury, writing soon after Matilda's death, gave her an approving tribute. Brought up and educated among the nuns of Wilton and Romsey, he wrote, she even wore the veil for a time and was deemed by some to ne a nun; after her marriage, when she lived permanently at Westminster in royal state, she wore a hair shirt under her robes and went bare-foot to church during Lent; she washed the feet of the sick; was an enthusiastic patroness of church music and poetry' generous, to a fault, to foreigners; after seventeen and a half as queen, she was 'snatched away from the country' by death and buried at her beloved Westminster." (Bartlett: 38)
the Good Queen Maud:
Matilda of Canossa
the Catholic Knight
the Great Countess (It. la Gran Contessa)
the Faithful Handmaid of St. Peter
the Most Wise and Most Faithful Knight of St. Peter: Matilda was " . . . one of the most committed and influential supporters of radical reform, who put an army at the papacy's disposal and attracted such epithets as 'catholic knight' and 'most wise general and most faithful knight of St. Peter. . . ." (Riley-Smith. The First Crusaders, 1095-1131: 46)
Matilda of Dammartin.
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