born Napoleone di Buonaparte
A French Coxcomb
Boney: A popular nickname given to Napoleon Bonaparte at the beginning of the present century." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 48)
Commander Cuckold: "...Napoleon himself was known as 'Commander Cuckold' to his troops, due to Josephine's blatant relationship with Hippolyte Charles...." (Ley, 2009, p. 132)
Corporal Violet:
A French Coxcomb
Boney: A popular nickname given to Napoleon Bonaparte at the beginning of the present century." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 48)
Commander Cuckold: "...Napoleon himself was known as 'Commander Cuckold' to his troops, due to Josephine's blatant relationship with Hippolyte Charles...." (Ley, 2009, p. 132)
Corporal Violet:
Europe's Scourge (by Maria Carolina of The Two Sicilies):
Father Violet: "Father Violet [was]a [n]icknam bestowed upon Bonaparte by his partisans, after his banishment to the island of Elba. 'The flower and the color were publicly worn by them as a party distinction." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 119)
Father Violet: "Father Violet [was]a [n]icknam bestowed upon Bonaparte by his partisans, after his banishment to the island of Elba. 'The flower and the color were publicly worn by them as a party distinction." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 119)
the French Coxcomb:
God Hanuman: "A name given to Napoleon Bonaparte, by Robert Southey, in a letter to William Taylor of Norwich, in which he says (Memoirs of William Taylor, London, 1843; ii. 427): For the last ten years the madness has been Bonaparte's, but the atrocities have been those of the French. He was the God Hanuman---the monkeys, whom he commanded, did the mischief." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 135)
Jean d'Epee: A title bestowed upon Napoleon Bonaparte by his partisans in France, who endeavored to re-establish him upon the throne after his banishment to Elba." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 168)
the Horse Thief of Berlin: "Nothing sums up Berlin's brand of ambivalence like the myth about the Quadriga -- the statue of the goddess Victory and her four-horse chariot that sits atop the Brandenburger Tor. The first Brandenburg Gate was erected in 1734; in 1791, it was rebuilt and the Quadriga was added, Victory driving back into the city after a successful campaign. Legend (supported by many guidebooks) has it that at one point the Quadriga was turned around so that Victory faced west -- either after its return from Paris in 1814 (Napoleon had carted it off to Paris, thus earning for himself the nickname 'Horse Thief of Berlin')...." (Gantz)
Jupiter Scapin: "Jupiter Scapin, a nickname given by the Abbé de Pradt to Napoleon, after a valet of the name of Scapin in a comedy of Molière's, noted for his knaveries." (Nuttall Encyclopedia). (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 172)
Kaiser Klas:
le General Entrepreneur: "Le General Entrepreneur. A nickname bestowed upon Bonaparte by the Parisians, 'on account of the immense public works which he entered upon but did not always complete'."... (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 131)
Little Boney:
Nabulio (Little Meddler) (by his family)
Napoglione Paille au Nez (Napoleon Straw-in-the-Nose)
Tiddy-Doll (by James Gillray)
That Corsican Ogre
That God of Clay (by Byron)
the Armed Soldier of Democracy
the Baldy (Fr. le Tondu)
the Barrack-room Alcibiades
the Biblical Beast: "Gustav IV Adolf saw himself as the saviour of Europe and set it as his goal to defeat the French revolution and - what he called - the Biblical beast, Napoleon. This led to Sweden being dragged into the Napoleonic wars, fighting a successful campaign against Franco-Dutch invaders in Swedish Pomerania." (Frilund)
the Colossus of the Nineteenth Century
the Corsican General
the Eagle
the Emperor of Elba
the Enlightened Despot
the French Coxcomb
the Great
the Heir of the Republic: Bonaparte was called, because by creating himself First Consul of France, he overthrew the last vestiges of democracy." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 150)
the Horse Thief of the Republic
the King of Shreds and Patches
the Little Corporal:
God Hanuman: "A name given to Napoleon Bonaparte, by Robert Southey, in a letter to William Taylor of Norwich, in which he says (Memoirs of William Taylor, London, 1843; ii. 427): For the last ten years the madness has been Bonaparte's, but the atrocities have been those of the French. He was the God Hanuman---the monkeys, whom he commanded, did the mischief." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 135)
Jean d'Epee: A title bestowed upon Napoleon Bonaparte by his partisans in France, who endeavored to re-establish him upon the throne after his banishment to Elba." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 168)
the Horse Thief of Berlin: "Nothing sums up Berlin's brand of ambivalence like the myth about the Quadriga -- the statue of the goddess Victory and her four-horse chariot that sits atop the Brandenburger Tor. The first Brandenburg Gate was erected in 1734; in 1791, it was rebuilt and the Quadriga was added, Victory driving back into the city after a successful campaign. Legend (supported by many guidebooks) has it that at one point the Quadriga was turned around so that Victory faced west -- either after its return from Paris in 1814 (Napoleon had carted it off to Paris, thus earning for himself the nickname 'Horse Thief of Berlin')...." (Gantz)
Jupiter Scapin: "Jupiter Scapin, a nickname given by the Abbé de Pradt to Napoleon, after a valet of the name of Scapin in a comedy of Molière's, noted for his knaveries." (Nuttall Encyclopedia). (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 172)
Kaiser Klas:
le General Entrepreneur: "Le General Entrepreneur. A nickname bestowed upon Bonaparte by the Parisians, 'on account of the immense public works which he entered upon but did not always complete'."... (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 131)
Little Boney:
Nabulio (Little Meddler) (by his family)
Napoglione Paille au Nez (Napoleon Straw-in-the-Nose)
Tiddy-Doll (by James Gillray)
That Corsican Ogre
That God of Clay (by Byron)
the Armed Soldier of Democracy
the Baldy (Fr. le Tondu)
the Barrack-room Alcibiades
the Biblical Beast: "Gustav IV Adolf saw himself as the saviour of Europe and set it as his goal to defeat the French revolution and - what he called - the Biblical beast, Napoleon. This led to Sweden being dragged into the Napoleonic wars, fighting a successful campaign against Franco-Dutch invaders in Swedish Pomerania." (Frilund)
the Colossus of the Nineteenth Century
the Corsican General
the Eagle
the Emperor of Elba
the Enlightened Despot
the French Coxcomb
the Great
the Heir of the Republic: Bonaparte was called, because by creating himself First Consul of France, he overthrew the last vestiges of democracy." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 150)
the Horse Thief of the Republic
the King of Shreds and Patches
the Little Corporal:
--"The Little Corporal was Napoleon's nickname among his soldiers, given him after the battle of Lodi." (Harbottle: 194).
--"...[The Little Corporal], [a] familiar appellation jocosely conferred upon General Bonaparte, immediately after the battle of Lodi (1796), by the soldiers under his command, on account of his juvenile appearance and surpassing bravery. Ever afterward, even as First Consul and as emperor, he was popularly known by this honorary and affectionate title." (Wheeler, p. 216)
--"Napoleon's nickname was Little Corporal and has nothing to do with his height. His height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet, making him an average man of the 19th century. After the battle of Lodi the French troops gave him the affectionate nickname "The Little Corporal" because he sighted a cannon, usually it was job for an corporal."
the Little Corsican: --"Napoleon's nickname was Little Corporal and has nothing to do with his height. His height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet, making him an average man of the 19th century. After the battle of Lodi the French troops gave him the affectionate nickname "The Little Corporal" because he sighted a cannon, usually it was job for an corporal."
the Little Crophead: "Napoleon actually did shave his head as a young man due to an itch, thus gaining the nickname 'the little crophead.'...." (Welch, p. 226)
the Little General
the Man of Destiny: A name bestowed on Bonaparte, 'who believed himself to be a chosen instrument of Destiny, and that his actions were governed by some occult and supernatural influence'...." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 232)
the Modern Alexander
the Modern Hannibal
the New Sesostris
the Nightmare of Europe: A title given to Napoleon Bonaparte, 'whose schemes of personal aggrandizement and whose stupendous military successes terrified and for a time stupefied the nations of Europe'." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 251)
the Ogre
the Representative (of) Men
the Straw-in-the-Nose (Fr. Paille au Nez): "Napoleon as a boy was anything but a brilliant pupil. After making allowance for the fact that the language he in which he was taught was not his mother tongue, his shortcomings were extraordinary. His French pronunciation remained that of an Italian long after his school days were over and his mischievous schoolfellows at Brienne gave him the nickname of "Straw-in-the-nose" (paille au nez) from the Italian way he pronounced his own name--_Napoglione: paille au nez_." (Harris)
the Victor of Marengo.
the Little General
the Man of Destiny: A name bestowed on Bonaparte, 'who believed himself to be a chosen instrument of Destiny, and that his actions were governed by some occult and supernatural influence'...." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 232)
the Modern Alexander
the Modern Hannibal
the New Sesostris
the Nightmare of Europe: A title given to Napoleon Bonaparte, 'whose schemes of personal aggrandizement and whose stupendous military successes terrified and for a time stupefied the nations of Europe'." (Sobriquets & Nicknames: 251)
the Ogre
the Representative (of) Men
the Straw-in-the-Nose (Fr. Paille au Nez): "Napoleon as a boy was anything but a brilliant pupil. After making allowance for the fact that the language he in which he was taught was not his mother tongue, his shortcomings were extraordinary. His French pronunciation remained that of an Italian long after his school days were over and his mischievous schoolfellows at Brienne gave him the nickname of "Straw-in-the-nose" (paille au nez) from the Italian way he pronounced his own name--_Napoglione: paille au nez_." (Harris)
the Victor of Marengo.
the Baby Eagle:
the Eaglet:
Napoleon III.
BoustrapaCarbonaro
Comte de Arenenberg
Conscience Tranquelle
Good Friend
Grosbec (Nosey)
Little Napoleon
Louis Napoleon
Nero
Ratipole, Ratipol
Soulouque
Tom Thumb
Verhuel
the Arbiter of Europe
the Arch-monarch of the World
the Best Informed Man in Europe:
the Little, the Small
the Man of December (Fr. l'Homme de Decembre)
the Man of Sedan
the Man of Silence
the Man of the Third Republic
the Nephew of the Uncle: "...At the time France was ruled by Louis Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. Louis Napoleon was elected President of France, but after the election he proclaimed himself Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (the British referred to him as 'the nephew of the uncle')." (Thompson)
the Prisoner of Ham
the Saviour of Society
the Sedantaire
the Socialist on Horseback:
the Little, the Small
the Man of December (Fr. l'Homme de Decembre)
the Man of Sedan
the Man of Silence
the Man of the Third Republic
the Nephew of the Uncle: "...At the time France was ruled by Louis Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. Louis Napoleon was elected President of France, but after the election he proclaimed himself Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (the British referred to him as 'the nephew of the uncle')." (Thompson)
the Prisoner of Ham
the Saviour of Society
the Sedantaire
the Socialist on Horseback:
Napoleon Bonaparte (Prince).
Craint Plomb (Fear-Lead): "The nickname of Prince Napoleon, son of Jerome Bonaparte. It was given him during the Crimean war, and as a euphemism for Craint-Plomb (Fear Bullet)." (Herbottle: 197)
Plon-Plon:
Plon-Plon: . " . . . There was very little to be said in favour of Napoleon Jerome. He was a man of dissolute life; he took advantage of his Imperial relationship to pose as a democrat; his personal courage had been impugned in the Crimean War (where he had gained his nickname 'Plon-plon,' from plomb, lead); he was erratic, untrustworthy, and uncontrollable. . . ." (Forester: 79)
Natalia Brasova
Natalie Hicks-Lobbecke.
the Wiltshire Adventuress.
the Protestant Whore: "The best remembered of all Charles' mistresses was perhaps Nell Gwynne, the pretty cockney actress, once an orange seller in the theatres who was born in a London alley in 1650, her mother was known to have kept a brothel at Covent Garden. A true child of the London streets, Nell's ready wit amused the king. At the height of the Exclusion Crisis, when religious feeling was at boiling point, Nell's coach was attacked by an angry mob who mistook her for one of the Catholic foreign mistresses. 'Pray good people be civil,' she cried, sticking her head out of the window, 'I am the Protestant whore!'. . . ."
the Helen of Wales: "During Christmas 1109, Nest and her husband were visited by her cousin, Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys. The story goes that Owain was so taken with Nest's beauty that he and fifteen companions attacked the castle of Cenarth Bychan (possibly Cilgerran Castle or Carew Castle, both in Pembrokeshire), seized Nest, and carried her and her children off. . . This abduction earned Nest the nickname 'Helen of Wales' because it led to civil war on a small scale. . . ." (Wikipedia-Nest verch Rhys)
the Most Beautiful Woman in England: "Princess Nesta was a very remarkable woman. It was said that she was the most beautiful woman in England. . . ." (The Garretts -- Before America)
the Most Beautiful Woman in Wales:
--"She was reputed to be the most beautiful woman in Wales, daughter of defeated Welsh Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr. At a time when men and their deeds dominated history, she stands out as one of those exceptional women whose story is the stuff of romance." (The Pembroke Story)
--"Known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers. . . ." (Tompsett)
the Cripple (It. lo Zoppo): " . . . [He was] known as the 'cripple' due to an infirmity that arose from having gout. . . ." (Il Castello di Ferrara)
the Famous Protector of Learning in Italy: Niccolo III d'Este. "Yet all this scarcely suffices to show that Niccolo was a 'famous protector of learning in Italy,' as Bertoni would have it. He remained an earthly, shrewd, and capable leader, whose spending for books simply formed part of normal competition for status with his rivals, At the same time, it enabled him to give his sons, especially Leonello, not only the training they needed to become effective rulers in a changing era, but also wider horizons. We can accept the view of Niccolo as a protector of learning only on the premise that he did not personally possess it, but we can also credit him with having laid a foundation on which his sons could build." (Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: 16)
the Father of the Fatherland: " . . . Father of numerous children, Niccolo III merited the honorific Pater Patriae in a more piquant sense than normal. . . ." (Tuohy: 4)
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