Gerald de Barri
Gerrallt Gymro
Giraldus Cambrensis
Gerald the Archdeacon
Gerald Bishop-elect of St. David's
Gerald the Marcher
Gerald the Welshman
Master Gerald de Barry
Prebend of Hereford and Mathry
Sylvester the Wildman
the Archdeacon of Brecon and St. David's
[Bio1]
Giraldus Cambrensis
Gerald the Archdeacon
Gerald Bishop-elect of St. David's
Gerald the Marcher
Gerald the Welshman
Master Gerald de Barry
Prebend of Hereford and Mathry
Sylvester the Wildman
the Archdeacon of Brecon and St. David's
[Bio1]
Garrett MacAlison; Geroit Oge, Gearóid Óg. " . . He is said to have been one of the handsomest men of his time. The Irish annalists call him 'Geroit Oge,' or 'Garrett MacAlison,' after his mother. . . ." (Webb)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
the New Michelangelo:
the New Michelangelo:
Red Gilbert de Clare: " . . . Red Gilbert, who built Caerphilly Castle, was married to the exquisitely lovely Princess Alice of Angouleme. Despite his wife's warmth and beauty, Gilbert neglected her because he was frequently away fighting. In Gilbert's absence, Alice fell in love with a handsome and romantic Welsh prince, Gruffudd the Fair, from Brithdir. Troubled by his conscience, Gruffudd made the fatal mistake of confiding in a monk who he thought was a worthy confessor. He wasn't. He betrayed Gruffudd to the highly dangerous Red Gilbert, who immediately sent Alice back to Angouleme in disgrace. Gruffudd found the treacherous monk and hanged him in a place known as Ystrad Mynach, meaning Monk's Vale. Unfortunately, Gilbert's men found Gruffudd and hanged him too. When the news of her lover's death reached Alice, she died of a broken heart, and her ghost sped to Caerphilly, where she and Gruffudd had once known such great happiness. Her verdant appearance as the Green Lady, flitting from tower to tower and battlement to battlement, is said to be caused by the bitter, green jealousy of her vengeful husband. She is said to stand looking northwards from Caerphilly towards Brithdir, waiting for her lover. Reports of her appearances are too numerous to be ignored and have attracted the attention of several organizations with serious investigative interests in the paranormal." (The World's Most Mysterious Castles: 120)
the Red Earl.
the Man of Gentlest Blood and Most Powerful Amongst the English: "Earl Gilbert de Clare died on December 7, 1295. He was commemorated by the 'Chronicles of the Princes' as 'the man of gentlest blood and most powerful amongst the English.'" (Caerphilly)
the Hero of the Two Worlds:
Jeanne d'Anjou:
An Ornament to the World
the Mary Queen of Scots of the 14th Century: "His excellent friend, King Robert, had, meanwhile, died in Naples, and his sceptre had fallen into the tender and inexperienced hands of that more wretched than guilty, 'more sinned against than sinning,' Joan of Naples, the Mary Stuart of Italy. . . ." (Gallenga, Vol. 1: 162)
Queen Giovanella. " . . . In Neapolitan histories the two Joannas are distinguished as 'Queen Giovanna,' and 'Queen Giovanella,' and they are so different in conduct and character, that in justice to Joanna the First, she should never be confounded with Joanna the Second.
Giovanna Baccelli.
la Baccelli
la Buranella:
Giovanni I of Camerino.
Spaccaferro:
Giovanni I of Montferrat, 1292–1305.
der Gegürtete:
the Child of Rome (Lat. Infans Romanus): "Giovanni Borgia, known as the 'infans Romanus', illegitimate son of Alexander VI and a Roman woman and therefore Lucrezia's half-brother. Often reputed to be the product of an incestuous relationship between Lucrezia and her father, a rumour which was almost certainly unfounded." (Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy)
Fulmine di Guerra (the War Bolt; War Lightning):
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Giovanni de' Medici (1498-1526)
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (Giovanni of the Black Bands, With the Black Bands)
"He was given his nickname when he changed the stripes on his condottiere's emblem from white to black as a sign of mourning for the death of the Medici pope Leo X. . . ." (Giovanni dalle Bande Nere: Military leader, Forlì 1498 - Mantua 1526)
" . . . From the black armour which they wore they were called the 'Bande Nere' (or Black Bands) which gave Giovanni the name by which he is known in history. . . ." (Young. The Medici: Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes: 537)
Giovannino: "Cosimo, Duke of Florence, was the son of Giovanni de’ Medici—called 'delle Bande Nere' and Maria de’ Salviati. Born in 1498, at Forli, Giovanni—also known as 'Giovannino' to distinguish him from his father Giovanni, 'Il Popolano'—was destined from his cradle to a military career. With such a mother as Caterina, the natural daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, he was bound to acquire with her milk the instincts of a pushful personality." (Staley. The Tragedies of the Medici)
the Invincible:
"As a consequence he became, we are told, 'the first commander under whom the infantry began to acquire fame since the time of the Roman legions.' The result of these two courses of action was that his infantry became such no infantry had been for many centuries, and won for him the name of 'The Invincible' at only twenty-two, while by the time he was twenty-eight he had become the greatest commander in Italy." (Young. The Medici: Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes: 537)
" . . . And so invariable was his success in command of this force that he had already gained the title of 'The Invincible,' and was one of the most noted leaders of Italy." (Young. The Medici: Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes: 537)
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Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360-1429)
the Father of the Poor: ". . . Giovanni became gonfalonier of justice in 1421, and by his liberality won the surname of the father of the poor. . . ." (Peake. History of the German Emperors and Their Contemporaries: 230)
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Giovanni de' Popolani: " . . . On 14 November, both brothers succeeded in returning to Florence. In December, they renounced their family name and became known as Lorenzo and Giovanni de' Popolani."
il Popolano (the Commoner, the Plebeian): for his and brother Lorenzo's support for Girolamo Savonarola
Giovanni Lambert, Prince of Salerno (950–999)
le Toscan:
Gianciotto:
Girolamo Riario, Signore di Forli.
the Captain of the Vatican Ship of State (by Pope Sixtus IV.): (Rough Diplomacy)
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