the Barracks Emperor
the Emperor of the Army
Sad of Granada
al-Mustain
the Emperor of the Army
Sad of Granada
al-Mustain
Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester
the Surety
the Magna Carta Baron [1]
Salomoni I f Abkhazia, 1752–1766, 1768–1784
the Great
Salomoni I f Abkhazia, 1752–1766, 1768–1784
the Great
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Samuel of Bulgaria.
the Most Tragic: "The beginning of the end came with his heavy defeat in 1014, when Basil II, named the Bulgaroctone (Killer of the Bulgarians), blinded the captured 15 thousand Bulgarian soldiers, leaving a one-eyed man in a hundred - to lead the rest. The stern warrior Samuel died of a heart attack too, when the horrible procession finally reached his residence in the town of Ohrid (today in the Republic of Macedonia)." (Wonderland Bulgaria)
Doctor Dear (Fr. Doctor Cherie):
Doctor God (Fr. Doctor Dieu):
the Love Doctor (by Lydie Aubernon):
the Siren (by other pupils):
the Fat, the Corpulent: " . . . Sancho was extremely obese, which among other things made him unpopular, and this was used by the Leonese nobles as an excuse for deposing him. His grandmother Toda, queen of Navarre, determined to restore him to power, and she was advised to seek help from the skilled physicians of Cordoba. Thus the strange spectacle of a Christian queen, who herself had personally fought in battle against the Muslims, requesting aid from her enemy (the ruler of Cordoba) on behalf of a king no less opposed to the Muslims!. . . ." (Roth: 83)
Sancho Garces I
the Restorer:
Sancho I Martinho de Portugal
the Populator (Por. o Povoador): "The first few years of Sancho's reign were peaceful. He set about strengthening the eastern frontier with Castilla, restoring Covilha and founding Guarda. He is mainly remembered as a colonizer, resettling areas that had been depopulated, constructing or improving towns, roads and castles and offering privileges to encourage people to live in the territory. . . ." (The History of Portugal: 30)
the Strong
Sancho II of Pamplona
King of Navarre, 987, King of Pamplona, 970, Count of Aragon, 970 (c935-994)
King of Navarre, 987, King of Pamplona, 970, Count of Aragon, 970 (c935-994)
Sancho Garces Abarca
the Caped, the Cowled, the Capuched (Por. o Capelo): " . . . [P]resumably Sancho's successful campaigns against the Moslems of the Algarve stood him in good grace of the Papacy. . . Gregory IX had even supported Sancho against the bishops, who were accused of exempting from military service their lay supporters and even tonsuring many for the purpose. . . [I]n 1232 the pope had even ordered that no canonical penalties should be laid on him whilst he was at war with the Saracens. Sancho in return seems to have shown his piety by adopting a Franciscan cowl---like his cousin Louis IX of France---whence his nickname of Capelo. . . ." (OSSIT: 124)
the Beloved, Much Loved (Fr. Bien Aime; Ger. der Vielgeliebte): "Sancho III of Castile is known as the Beloved, an epithet granted for a time to the wretched Louis XIII but afterwards recalled. . . ." (Chambers and Chambers, Vol. 50: 537)
the Terror: Sanche Mitarra II was, predictably, the son of Sanche Mitarra I. "Mitarra" is a Moorish word for "terror and destruction", which is how they viewed him. So did the Carolingians, as he rebelled against & successfully fought Charles the Bald... Sanche II married URRACA Galindez de Aragon, daughter of the Count of Aragon." (Delaforce & Baldry)
Sancho Garcia de Navarra
Sancho Garces III
the Great (Sp. el Mayor):
the Lord of the Basques: "Sancho III Garcés the Emperor. Near the end of the 10th century this king, called the Lord of the Basques in Muslim chronicles, reached the throne of Pamplona. Through marriage, he also inherited as well the County of Castile and exerted clear influence and even direct military protection in Vasconia (Gascony) and Leon. Governing directly or indirectly everything from Santiago to Bourdeaux, it's not any mystery why he has been called the Emperor by some, though he never used that title himself." (The Basque People of the Middle Ages @allempires.com)
Sancho IV of Navarre
el de Peñalén: (Sp. He of Peñalén)
the Noble:
the Wise: " . . . Sancho VI reigned forty-four years. By the skillful policy with which he played off his more powerful neighbours, Mussulman and Christian, against each other, and receiving all exiles, availed himself of the services of able men of either religion, he maintained his independence, somewhat enlarged his territories, and earned the surname of the Wise." (Busk: 32)
the Imprisoned, the Locked: "The disease that took the life of this monarch was varicose ulcer of the leg, according to his biographer. Because of this long and painful illness, Sancho was confined in the castle of Tudela, which is why he is nicknamed the 'Locked'." (Ciudadtudela.com)
the Retired (Sp. el Encerrado):
the Strong (Sp. el Fuerte):
Lady Patroness of Almack's
the Illuminator, Illuminator of the Serbs: " . . . Sava played a major role in translations, doing some himself and encouraging others. Sava also produced original works such as his monastic rule and his biography of Simeon (Nemanja) couched as a saint's life. For furthering education, literacy, translations, and original writing, Sava earned the popular epithet of Illuminator (enlightener) of the Serbs." (Fine: 118)
the Saint
Sechir Para
Sechir Para
the Filthy Sultana [16]
the Grim: " . . . His nickname, The Grim, was well earned--he ordered the execution of 7 Grand Viziers, in addition to numerous state officials and generals. 'Let you be one of Selim's Viziers! became the favorite curse of the day." (Habibullah - S)
the Inflexible: "Selim I has received from the Ottoman historians themselves the appellation of the Inflexible. His fame as a great conqueror is sullied by acts of the most impious cruelty. He is even said to have contemplated the murder of his son and successor Solyman, through fear of experiencing at his hands the fate which he had himself inflicted on his own father. Never was a prince more formidable to his ministers. . . In spite of these sanguinary whims and crimes, Selim is reckoned amongst the great men of the Ottoman Empire; first, on account of his conquests; next, by reason of the care he bestowed on the administration of the provinces. . . ." (Stone: 176)
the Idiot:
the Drunk, the Drunkard, the Sot (Tur. Sarhoş Selim): " . . . Addicted to sexual and alcoholic pleasures, passing most of his time in the harem, Selim, known in the history as 'Selim the Drunk', retired almost completely from the decision- making and administrative apparatus of the Ottoman state."
the Fool: " . . . Solyman the Great, was, however, succeeded on the 25th September, 1566, by the ignoble and degenerate Selim II, to whom his own national historians give the epithet of 'the fool,' and in 1570, the self-willed cupidity and violence of this prince, involved the Porte in a war with Venice for the acquisition of Cyprus, the possession of which island, Selim have coveted, whilst he was governor of Kutahia in his father's lifetime." (Savile: 20)
the Sallow (Tur. Sari Selim): "Selim II was a weak, stupid, good-natured, peaceable prince, very much given to intemperance: he left the administration entirely to the all-powerful and shamefully venal Grand Vizier Sokolli,---that shadow of Soliman II." (Blochwitz: 81)
the Yellow:
Semen of Starodub (d.1368)
Krapiva
Semyon Gavrilovich Zorich
Simon Gavrilovitj Zoritj
Simon Zorich
Adonis (by Court ladies)
Peter Pig's Mouth (Buccaporca):
Lady Worsley
the Barracks Emperor
the Emperor of the Army
the Emperor of the Army
the Unlucky, the Unfortunate (Ger. Unglucklich): Sibila and her husband had nine children, but only two survived into adulthood.
Sidney Sonnino
the Silent [29]
British admiral
the Hero of Acre: ". . . Then, in 1802, she became attracted to Sir Sidney Smith, a heroic naval adventurer in the style of the fictional Hornblower, who was entirely Caroline's taste. In 1799 he had become famous by defending Acre from Napoleon Bonaparte, thus preventing him conquering the East. . . . " (The Trial of Queen Caroline: the Scandalous Affair that Nearly Ended a Monarchy: 26)
the Hero of Acre: ". . . Then, in 1802, she became attracted to Sir Sidney Smith, a heroic naval adventurer in the style of the fictional Hornblower, who was entirely Caroline's taste. In 1799 he had become famous by defending Acre from Napoleon Bonaparte, thus preventing him conquering the East. . . . " (The Trial of Queen Caroline: the Scandalous Affair that Nearly Ended a Monarchy: 26)
Siemomysl
El que Cuida de Su Familia [30]
Siemowit
El que Cuida de Su Gente [31]
Sigeberht I of Essex
the Little, the Small
Sigebert I of Cologne
the Lame [32]
Sigebert III
the Saint
Sigfrid, 1st Count of Guisnes
the Dane [33]
El que Cuida de Su Familia [30]
Siemowit
El que Cuida de Su Gente [31]
Sigeberht I of Essex
the Little, the Small
Sigebert I of Cologne
the Lame [32]
Sigebert III
the Saint
Sigfrid, 1st Count of Guisnes
the Dane [33]
the Wolf of Rimini:
Sigismund of Luxemburg:
A Second Charlemagne: " . . . During his life, Sigismund, the last emperor of the house of Luxembourg, a man who described himself as a second Charlemagne, received the titles of holy Roman emperor, king of Hungary, king of Bohemia, king of the Germans, and king of Lombardy. . . ." (Drees: 448)
the Balaam of Modern History: The Balaam of Modern History was "[a] nickname given to Sigismund, King of Germany, who, knowing what was right, nevertheless seemed bent on doing wrong. He gave safe conduct to Huss and Jerome, then deserted them, and finally sat on his horse's saddle gazing at the burning pile of these betrayed Bohemians."
the Light of the World:
Super Grammaticam (Above grammar): "He is now (1414) holding this Council of Constance, by way of healing the Church, which is sick of three simultaneous popes and of much else. He finds the problem difficult; finds he will have to run into Spain, to persuade a refractory pope there, if eloquence can (as it cannot); all which requires money, money. At opening of the council, he "officiated as deacon"; actually did some kind of litanying "with a surplice over him," though Kaiser and King of the Romans. But this passage of his opening speech is what I recollect best of him there: "Right reverend Fathers, date operam ut illa nefanda schisma eradicetur," exclaims Sigismund, intent on having the Bohemian schism well dealt with - which he reckons to be of the feminine gender. To which a cardinal mildly remarking, "Domine, schisma est generis neutrius (schisma is neuter, your Majesty)," Sigismund loftily replies: "Ego sum Rex Romanus et super grammaticam (I am King of the Romans, and above Grammar)!" For which reason I call him in my note-books Sigismund Super Grammaticam, to distinguish him in the imbroglio of kaisers." (Carlyle)
the Elder, the Old [36]
the Jesuit King [37]
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the Simple: "A nickname given to Sigismund, the last of the Tyrol line of the House of Austria. He was capricious, fanciful, restless in his disposition, and by his extravagance dissipated the treasures amassed by his father; involved himself in unnecessary and fruitless wars; and, to supply his wants and expenses, mortgaged or alienated his inheritace." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 322)
Sigtrygg of the Silken Beard
Silkbeard, Silky Beard, Silken-Beard [41]
Sigurd, King of Trondheim and Ringerike, 900–937
the Great:
Sigurd Magnusson
the Crusader
the Jerusalem-farer:(Nor. Jorsalafare) "Sigurd, whose pilgrimage to Jerusalem had procured him the surname of Jorsalafare, died in 1130, after a reign of twenty-seven years. His romantic adventures in the East kindled the poetic inspiration of the Icelandic skalds, of whom he entertained several at his court. . . ." (Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern: 225).
Sigurd II of Norway, King of Norway, 1136-1155 (1133-1155)
Sigurd Haraldsson
Sigurd Munn
the Mouth
the Stout [43]
Digera (the Strong)
Sigurd I of Orkney
the Mighty, the Powerful [44]
Sigurd Hlodvirsson
the Fat, the Stout [45]
Sigurd Sigurdsson, Pretender King of Norway, 1163-1164
Foster-son of Markus
(Nor. Markusfostre)
the Enlightener:
--" . . . The cultural bloom, whose seeds had been thrown in the time of Boris, reached its apogee - Bulgaria under Simeon entered its Golden Age. The cataclysms brought about by the later ages account for the circumstance that the huge amount of literature, written under Simeon's patronship (sic), has survived till the present day very often only in Russian, Serbian, Roumanian, etc. copies, but this fact speaks for itself too." \(Wonderland Bulgaria)
--"An active promoter of Slavonic letters, he laid the foundation stone for Slavonic literature. During his reign, a large amount of Christian literature was translated into the Slavonic language and published to become, eventually, widely circulated among Slavonic nations, including Russia. " (The Enlightener)
the Great:
--"The assembly . . . accepted as ruler Simeon, who had come to power by a palace coup. In that he was not exceptional in the history of medieaeval Bulgaria, but he was the only monarch in those centuries to be accorded the epithet 'the Great'." (Crampton: 16)
--" . . . Under Simeon, the only Bulgarian ruler ever to be celebrated as 'the Great', the Bulgarian empire expanded to the Aegean in the south and the Adriatic in the west, taking in most of the lands today included in Montenegro."(Robert: 49)
--"Simeon the Great is famous as a brilliant military leader. His victories allowed him to make a large extension of the borders of Bulgaria and make his country much more prominent in the international policies of that time. This lead the then Pope of Rome to 'invest' Simeon with a royal title, while Nicholas the Mystic, Patriarch of Constantinople, after a next-to-complete wiping out of the Byzantine Army and the Emperor’s Personal Guards, crowned Simeon as 'Basileus of Bulgarians and Romans'. (ordosimeoni.org -- Simeon I the Great) [Ref1]
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
STANISLAW STADNICKI, Lord Starosta of Zygwulsko (1551-1610)
--"The assembly . . . accepted as ruler Simeon, who had come to power by a palace coup. In that he was not exceptional in the history of medieaeval Bulgaria, but he was the only monarch in those centuries to be accorded the epithet 'the Great'." (Crampton: 16)
--" . . . Under Simeon, the only Bulgarian ruler ever to be celebrated as 'the Great', the Bulgarian empire expanded to the Aegean in the south and the Adriatic in the west, taking in most of the lands today included in Montenegro."(Robert: 49)
--"Simeon the Great is famous as a brilliant military leader. His victories allowed him to make a large extension of the borders of Bulgaria and make his country much more prominent in the international policies of that time. This lead the then Pope of Rome to 'invest' Simeon with a royal title, while Nicholas the Mystic, Patriarch of Constantinople, after a next-to-complete wiping out of the Byzantine Army and the Emperor’s Personal Guards, crowned Simeon as 'Basileus of Bulgarians and Romans'. (ordosimeoni.org -- Simeon I the Great) [Ref1]
the Fox & the Most Devious Man in Scotland: "Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat has been described as ‘the Fox’ and ‘the most devious man in Scotland’, epithets which are probably justified, but this makes him arguably the most colourful character of the ‘45...." (Orme & George)
the Old Fox: "...So to the notorious 11th Lord, also Simon, (c.1667 - 1747). Lacking 'the kind nature that is attracted by honest labour' the 'Old Fox' first persuaded his cousin Hugh, the 9th Lord, to nominate as heir his own father, Thomas. When Hugh died in 1696 Simon promptly tried to marry his nine year old daughter, Amelia, then in 1697 abducted his widow. By force he wed then bedded her, a piper drowning her screams while a kinsman cut off her buckram stays with his dirk. Even by 1697 standards this, like the then recent Massacre of Glencoe, was too much. Outlawed, Simon fled to Eilean Aigas with his bride, unconvincingly denying charges of rape. Forced to release the lady, he fled to Skye, to become 11th Lord when his father died in 1699. Still outlawed, estates forfeit, he visited the Old Pretender in France and swore loyalty. Back in Scotland in 1703 as a Jacobite spy, he turned his coat, got involved in a plot that collapsed, and fled back to France. Jailed for almost a decade, he escaped and in 1715 led his clan against the Jacobites. Pardoned and regaining Lovat lands, he began 'brooding over how to make the Highlands a more profitable place for Simon Fraser of Lovat'. Advocating the formation of Highland Independent Companies to subdue Jacobitism, his command of one such company ended when General Wade removed him for stealing his clansmen's pay. When the '45 broke out and the Jacobites won at Prestonpans, this slippery rogue, now 78 and thrice married (his second wife had died, the third abandoned him), sent his son to fight for Prince Charlie. This was a bad move. On the run after Culloden, he was caught near Loch Morar. In London, his eloquent self defence was useless. As he was helped up to the block a woman howled: "You'll get that nasty head of yours chopped off, you ugly old English bitch". The last British aristocrat to be beheaded, he died with dignity...." (Fraser)
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
the Cromwell of the Thirteenth Century,[51]
the Father of the English Parliament
the Founding Father of the Parliament [52]
Felice Peretti di Montalto
the Great Organizer of the Papacy in Modern Times: "Sixtus V might be called the great organizer of the papacy in modern times. With lucidity and vigor he so efficiently reorganized the papal curia that essentially his system still prevails. He grouped the cardinals into fifteen congregations, each of which assisted the pope in a special phase of Church business. The number of cardinals he limited to seventy. Sixtus also restored the custom that bishops should visit Rome at regular intervals."(Brusher) [76]
[Bio1]
Siward, Earl of Northumbria, 1041 (d.1055)
Sigurd Bjornsson
Siward Digri, Digera
the Dane
the Stout (Lat. Grossus)
the Dragon of Albania
the Champion of Christ (Lat. Athleta Christi) [53]
the Champion of Christendom
the National Hero of Albania [54]
the White Devil
the White Devil of Wallachia
"...In the aforementioned church, they claim that the famed Alexander Castrioto, also called Scanderberg, lies buried. He is remembered for his many valiant deeds against the Turks, which have been committed to verse and are sung by all the Albanians in that language, even in the presence of the Turks themselves." (Elsie, p. 91)"
Smbat I (850-912)
the Martyr
"...succeeded in freeing Armenia completely from the caliphate's influence, though he was captured and murdered by the Muslim Azeris in 912...."
Smbat V of Armenia, Mazpan of Armenia, 593–601
the Victorious
Sophia of Nassau, Queen of Sweden and Norway.
the Blue Duchess: "Sophia and Oscar married on June 6, 1857, at Biebrich Palace in the Duchy of Nassau, now in Hesse, Germany, and made their entrance into Stockholm several weeks later. Sofia, who had now taken the Swedish spelling of her name, was quickly embraced by the Swedish people who nicknamed her The Blue Duchess, because of the blue dress she wore when she arrived." (Unofficial Royalty)
Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim
Princess-Abbess of Essen
Sophia I of Gandersheim
the Holy Maiden: "Even the 'holy maidens,' the abbesses of Gandersheim and Quedlinburg, had not escaped the pollution of the court of their father and brother. They were accomplices, beyond doubt, in the murder of Eckhard. . . ." (Zimmermann: 830)
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the Queen Philosopher
"She spoke French, English, and Italian fluently, knew Latin, and was an accomplished musician. But there was none of the song and sweetness of life in her soul. Her mind was masculine, and only feminine so far that it was uncreative. She well deserved the title of 'the queen philosopher' given her by the people---an honour little to the taste of her orthodox son Frederic William I, who said of her, 'My mother was a wise woman, but a bad Christian.' A woman without religion is a flower without scent, and if dipped in the paraffin of philosophy acquires pungency, but not fragrance." (Baring-Gould. Germany, Present and Past, Vol 1: 192)
the Republican Queen
"These were Sophie Charlotte's reunions; very charming in their time. At which how joyful for Irish Toland to be present, as was several times his luck. Toland, a mere broken heretic in his own country, who went thither once as Secretary to some Embassy (Embassy of Macclesfield's, 1701, announcing that the English Crown had fallen Hanover-wards), and was no doubt glad, poor headlong soul, to find himself a gentleman and Christian again, for the time being,--admires Hanover and Berlin very much; and looks upon Sophie Charlotte in particular as the pink of women. Something between an earthly Queen and a divine Egeria; "Serena" he calls her; and, in his high-flown fashion, is very laudatory. "The most beautiful Princess of her time," says he,--meaning one of the most beautiful: her features are extremely regular, and full of vivacity; copious dark hair, blue eyes, complexion excellently fair;--"not very tall, and somewhat too plump," he admits elsewhere. And then her mind,--for gifts, for graces, culture, where will you find such a mind? "Her reading is infinite, and she is conversant in all manner of subjects;" "knows the abstrusest problems of Philosophy;" says admiring Toland: much knowledge everywhere exact, and handled as by an artist and queen; for "her wit is inimitable," "her justness of thought, her delicacy of expression," her felicity of utterance and management, are great. Foreign courtiers call her 'the Republican Queen.' She detects you a sophistry at one glance; pierces down direct upon the weak point of an opinion: never in my whole life did I, Toland, come upon a swifter or sharper intellect. And then she is so good withal, so bright and cheerful; and "has the art of uniting what to the rest of the world are antagonisms, mirth and learning,"--say even, mirth and good sense. Is deep in music, too; plays daily on her harpsichord, and fantasies, and even composes, in an eminent manner. . . ." (Carlyle. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: 36)
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
the Princess of Ahlden: " . . . Sophia Dorothea continued to reside at Ahlden till the death of her father-in-law, the Duke of Hanover, which happened in 1698; and from the time of her being first removed thither to the end of her life, she was commonly known under the name of 'Princess of Ahlden.'" (Hall: 9) [Bio1] [Ref1:1]
the Crowned Virgin: "Historians and contemporaries have discussed and commented of the sexuality of Gustav III. It seems likely that the king and his wife had not yet consummated their marraige by the late 1770s. The queen was, incidentally, nicknamed the 'crowned virgin.'. . . ." (Dermineur. Gender and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Sweden : 226)
the Jewel of Regensburg [58]
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg, Queen of Prussia
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg, Queen of Prussia
the Mecklenburg Venus:
Stanislaw August Poniatowski
Stanislaw Antoni Poniatowski
Stanislaw Antoni Poniatowski
Augustus: "King Stanislas, who had adopted the epithet of Augustus (which the Germans translate with Mehrer des Reichs, augmenter of the empire) was ordered to go to Grodno, where he signed an act of abdication (25 November 1795) on the anniversary day of his coronation. . . An annual pension was granted to him and his debts were paid. On Catherine's demise (November 1796), he went to Petersburg where he ended his unhappy life (12 Fen. 1798)." (Kraitsir: 174)
Telemachus
the Young Telemachus (by himself):
Mirobulius Tassalinus
the Devil of Lancut
"Married to Anna Stadnicka, father of Zygmunt Stadnicki, Władysław Stadnicki, Stanisław Stadnicki (junior) and Felicjana Stadnicka. After his death, his family carried his tradition of trouble-making, with his wife earning the nickname of the Łańcut devil-woman and his sons, the Łancut devil-children." (Wikipedia)
"Married to Anna Stadnicka, father of Zygmunt Stadnicki, Władysław Stadnicki, Stanisław Stadnicki (junior) and Felicjana Stadnicka. After his death, his family carried his tradition of trouble-making, with his wife earning the nickname of the Łańcut devil-woman and his sons, the Łancut devil-children." (Wikipedia)
"As a young boy, Stanislaw Stadnicki was already turned against his neighbors in his home town of Dubiecko and Sanem, constantly getting into scuffles and fights. In 1577-1582 he took part in King Stephan Batory's Gdansk and Moscow campaigns. That is when he began to be called "Devil" because of the reckless courage which distinguished him from the other soldiers. Later he fought in Hungary in Emperor Rudolf II's army against the Turks, and in Archduke Maximilian Hapsburg's units at Byczyna in 1588; he also took up banditry, attacking noble manors and traders' caravans near Cracow. He settled for good in Lancut in 1592, and soon thereafter "of Lancut" was added to "Devil," for he was in constant conflict (or rather, regular warfare) with the whole region, raiding and plundering his neighbors' residences at the head of a division of mercenaries numbering 1,500-2,000. He inspired panicky fear among his subjects; he robbed the townspeople and led the town to ruin. He hid his loot in a nearby pond. It was also said that he minted false coins in the castle basements." (Polmos Lancut)
Stefan of Montenegro
1767–1773
the Little, the Small, the Short
Stephen Kotromanic
1421–1465
the Black
1115–1146
the White
the Devil's Student
"...looked to the Pope to get that elusive state sybmol - the royal crown. Following customary diplomacy and associated promises of ecclesiastic union with Rome, the coronation did finally take place in 1217, and he is thus referred to as Prvovencani (First-Crowned)."
Stefan III of Moldavia (1432-1504)
the Champion of Christendom, the Champion of Christ
the Great
(Rom. cel Mare)
the Great and Holy
Stephen Brankovic
King of Serbia, 1243–1276
the Blind
Stefan V of Moldavia (1508-1540)
Prince of Moldavia, 1538-1540
the Locust
(Rom. Lacusta)
"...[A] nephew, whose name of Stephen was fitly parodied by the nickname of 'the Locust' (Lacusta), was placed by the sultan on the vacant throne... The wretched 'Locust', so called because of a symbolic plague of insects during his brief reign, only maintained himself in Suceava by the aid of a strong bodyguard of Janissaries. But there still remained some boiars of spirit, who resenting his feeble tyranny, killed him and placed one of their own number on the throne...." (A History of the Roumanians, p. 57)
Stefan III Urosh of Serbia (c1285-1331)
King of Serbia, 1321-1331
Stefan Decanski
the Blind
Stephen Dragutin
Stefan Dušan of Serbia
the Forceful
the Great
the Victorious
Stepehn Lazarevic
le Haut
the Blind
Stefan Nemanja of Serbia (1109-1199)
Grand Zhupan of Raska, 1168-1196
Stephen Nemanya
St. Simeon the Myrrh-flowing
Elaiovrytis
He Who Flows with the Holy Oil
the Saint
Stephen Tomasevic
Stefan Urosh II Milutin of Serbia (1253-1321)
King of Serbia, 1282-1321
Stephen Milutin
Stefan Urosh III of Serbia (c1281-1331)
King of Serbia, 1321-1331
Stefan Decanski
Stephen of Decani
the Saint
"... His main endowment is the famous monastery of Visoki Decani, in western Kosovo, dedicated to Ascension of our Lord (completed later by his son Dusan), after which he has been referred to as Decanski." (Serbian Unity Congress - Stefan Uros III Decanski)
"The construction of the Church of Monastery Decani devoted to Jesus Christ the Pantocrator (the Omnipotent) bagan in 1327. The founder Stefan Uros III known as Decanski (of Decani) commissioned for this work a group of master-builders headed by master Vitus of Kotor, while the supervision was taken over by the Serb Archbishop Daniel II. And already in 1330, Stefan Decanski granted his Charter to this pious endowment of his (foundation) together with his rich donations...." (Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prixren)
Stefan Urosh IV Dusan of Serbia (c1308-1355)
King of Serbia, 1331; Tsar of the Serbs & Greeks, 1345
Stephen Dushan
the Mighty
(Serb. Silni)
the Smotherer
the Strangler
the Victorious
"...Dushan was a forceful but ruthless commander, who conquered large parts of Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia, who showed considerable political skill as a ruler and a law-giver, but was noted for ruthless action as typified by his nickname of 'Dushan' (as 'the strangler' or 'the smotherer' -- relating to the ruthless way he cleared rival members of his family out of the way by his dynastic ambition. Other authorities, however, suggest that Dushan was a kind of surname coming from the root of Dusha -- wind or spirit)...." (Dent, p. 26)
"...The nickname Dushan is variously interpreted as 'the Strangler' or 'the Victorious.' The first derivation refers to the story that he is supposed to have strangled his father." (Vazaille, p. 63)
Stefan Uros V Nejaki of Serbia (1336-1371)
King of Serbia, 1346-1371
the Frail: "...He was nicknamed 'Nejaki' ('The Frail') for his lack of ruling energy....." (Popovic)
the Weak (Serb. Nejaki): "Emperor Uros...was forced to take the Serbian throne at the age of 18, following his father's unexpected death. Known in the epic tradition as Uros "the Weak", he was not capable of keeping his father's empire intact. The powerful landlords and magnates, enjoying their growing independence, were unwilling - or unable - to find guidance and cohesion in Dusan's heir...." (Serbian Unity Congress)
Sten Sture the Elder
the Elder
the Weak (Serb. Nejaki): "Emperor Uros...was forced to take the Serbian throne at the age of 18, following his father's unexpected death. Known in the epic tradition as Uros "the Weak", he was not capable of keeping his father's empire intact. The powerful landlords and magnates, enjoying their growing independence, were unwilling - or unable - to find guidance and cohesion in Dusan's heir...." (Serbian Unity Congress)
Sten Sture the Elder
the Elder
the Younger
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