Rollo of Normandy (c872-c932)
Duke of Normandy, 911-927
Robert I of Normandy
Wend-a-Foot
the Rich [31]
the Ganger
the Viking
the Walker
"...Rollo (Hrolf) is said to have been such a large man that no horse could carry him, hence his nickname." (Houghton Miflin Co., p. 1310).
"...He had gotten his nickname because he was so tall that he had trouble riding a horse, and he rather go on foot...." (the Vikings' Legacy)
"The last and the greatest of the sea-kings, or pirate heroes of the north, was Rollo, surnamed Ferus Fortis, the Lusty Boar or Hardy Beast, from whom William the Conqueror comes in lineal, though not legitimate, descent...." (Cairns Collection, p. 362)
"...His nickname (the ganger) was said to come from being too big to ride so that he always had to walk...." (Bradbury, p. 89) "...He go his name Gangu-Hrolfr, 'Hrolf the Walker," oweng to the size of his body. He was so large that no horse could carry him. He had to go on foot...."
"...His nickname (the ganger) was said to come from being too big to ride so that he always had to walk...." (Bradbury, p. 89) "...He go his name Gangu-Hrolfr, 'Hrolf the Walker," oweng to the size of his body. He was so large that no horse could carry him. He had to go on foot...."
1258–1270
the Saint
the Autocrat of All the Russias
the Great [32]
Argyropoulos, Argyrus
Diogenes
Augustulus [33]
the Tiny Augustus.
the Duchess of Jermyn Street: " . . .Known as the 'Queen of Cooks', her culinary skills were highly prized by Edward VII, with whom she was rumoured to have had an affair in the 1890s. She was also called 'The Duchess of Jermyn Street.'" (Wikipedia)
the Queen of Cooks.
la Bela Rosin
Bella Rosina
la Reine de la Galantrie
the First Officially Recorded Dumb Blonde
Rosamund Clifford (1150-1176)
the Fair Rosamund
the Flower of Clifford
the Rose of Peace
the Rose of Unchastity
the Rose of the World.
Very beautiful she was described as 'A sweeter creature in this world/ Could prince never embrace'."
"He (Henry II) who had long been a secret adulterer, now flaunted his paramour for all to see, not that Rose of the World (Rosa-mundi).....but that Rose of Unchastity (Rosa-immundi)." --Giraldus Cambrensis
"Clifford (Rosamond), usually called "The Fair Rosamond," the favorite mistress of Henry II.; daughter of Walter Lord Clifford. She is introduced by Tennyson in his tragedy Becket. Miss Terry acted the part. Dryden says: Jane Clifford was her name, as books aver, "Fair Rosamond" was but her nom de guerre. Epilogue to Henry II_." (Brewer)
" . . . A rift between the couple began when Eleanor came to realize that Henry no longer loved her. Becket's intrusion into their married life had bothered Eleanor, but it was nothing compared to the intrusion of a young, flaxen-haired beauty named Rosamond Clifford, known to the world as Fair Rosamond." (Brooks, p. 97)
"Over the life of William Longuepee's mother,---of her who is so well-known to history as 'Fair Rosamond,'---there hangs a deep veil of history, which many an historian has striven to lift, but, hitherto, in vain. She was the elder daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret de Toney. The exact date of (her birth) is unknown, though it was probably not later than 1134. Her real name is said to have been Joan, from which it would seem that her Saxon epithet, 'The Rose of Peace,' was given her only as a sobriquet...." (Holt, pp. 7-8)
"It was, probably, soon after the birth of her younger son, that the desolate and broken-hearted Flower of Clifford withdrew herself from the world by which her name had been so thoroughly calumniated, that for six hundred and fifty years its tradition concerning her reputation passed unquestioned. She retired to the convent of Godstowe, where she took the veil, and there she expired in 1177, afed about forty-three years." (Holt, p. 10)
Rose Farquhar.
Prince William's First Official Girlfriend:
Beaufort Belle:
the English Rose:
the Great
the Child
the Cheerful One
the Joyous One
the Laughing One
"...Roxelana joined the lower ranks of the harem, but she quickly elevated her status. She gained the nickname, Khourrem, meaning "Laughing One," for her high spirits and storytelling abilities. She soon became one of Suleyman's favourites, and accompanied him on several public occasions...."Rognvald, King of Hadaland
Rollo of Normandy (c872-c932)
Duke of Normandy, 911-927
Robert I of Normandy
Wend-a-Foot
the Rich [31]
the Ganger
the Viking
the Walker
"...Rollo (Hrolf) is said to have been such a large man that no horse could carry him, hence his nickname." (Houghton Miflin Co., p. 1310).
"...He had gotten his nickname because he was so tall that he had trouble riding a horse, and he rather go on foot...." (the Vikings' Legacy)
"The last and the greatest of the sea-kings, or pirate heroes of the north, was Rollo, surnamed Ferus Fortis, the Lusty Boar or Hardy Beast, from whom William the Conqueror comes in lineal, though not legitimate, descent...." (Cairns Collection, p. 362)
"...His nickname (the ganger) was said to come from being too big to ride so that he always had to walk...." (Bradbury, p. 89) "...He go his name Gangu-Hrolfr, 'Hrolf the Walker," oweng to the size of his body. He was so large that no horse could carry him. He had to go on foot...."
"...His nickname (the ganger) was said to come from being too big to ride so that he always had to walk...." (Bradbury, p. 89) "...He go his name Gangu-Hrolfr, 'Hrolf the Walker," oweng to the size of his body. He was so large that no horse could carry him. He had to go on foot...."
1258–1270
the Saint
the Autocrat of All the Russias
the Great [32]
Argyropoulos, Argyrus
Diogenes
Augustulus [33]
the Tiny Augustus.
the Duchess of Jermyn Street
the Queen of Cooks.
la Bela Rosin
the Fair Rosamund
the Flower of Clifford
the Rose of Peace
the Rose of Unchastity
the Rose of the World.
Very beautiful she was described as 'A sweeter creature in this world/ Could prince never embrace'."
"He (Henry II) who had long been a secret adulterer, now flaunted his paramour for all to see, not that Rose of the World (Rosa-mundi).....but that Rose of Unchastity (Rosa-immundi)." --Giraldus Cambrensis
"Clifford (Rosamond), usually called "The Fair Rosamond," the favorite mistress of Henry II.; daughter of Walter Lord Clifford. She is introduced by Tennyson in his tragedy Becket. Miss Terry acted the part. Dryden says: Jane Clifford was her name, as books aver, "Fair Rosamond" was but her nom de guerre. Epilogue to Henry II_." (Brewer)
" . . . A rift between the couple began when Eleanor came to realize that Henry no longer loved her. Becket's intrusion into their married life had bothered Eleanor, but it was nothing compared to the intrusion of a young, flaxen-haired beauty named Rosamond Clifford, known to the world as Fair Rosamond." (Brooks, p. 97)
"Over the life of William Longuepee's mother,---of her who is so well-known to history as 'Fair Rosamond,'---there hangs a deep veil of history, which many an historian has striven to lift, but, hitherto, in vain. She was the elder daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret de Toney. The exact date of (her birth) is unknown, though it was probably not later than 1134. Her real name is said to have been Joan, from which it would seem that her Saxon epithet, 'The Rose of Peace,' was given her only as a sobriquet...." (Holt, pp. 7-8)
"It was, probably, soon after the birth of her younger son, that the desolate and broken-hearted Flower of Clifford withdrew herself from the world by which her name had been so thoroughly calumniated, that for six hundred and fifty years its tradition concerning her reputation passed unquestioned. She retired to the convent of Godstowe, where she took the veil, and there she expired in 1177, afed about forty-three years." (Holt, p. 10)
the Great
the Child
the Cheerful One
the Joyous One
the Laughing One
"...Roxelana joined the lower ranks of the harem, but she quickly elevated her status. She gained the nickname, Khourrem, meaning "Laughing One," for her high spirits and storytelling abilities. She soon became one of Suleyman's favourites, and accompanied him on several public occasions...."
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