The Wolf-Headed (Fr. Tete de Loup; Geo. Gorgasali): " . . . [He] was nicknamed Gorgasali (“wolf headed,” from the Persian Gorg-a-sar) because of the shape of the helmet he wore. . . ." (Dictionary of Georgian National Biography)
Husain-Quli-Khan; Shah Nawaz. " . . . In 1654, he traveled to the Persian court, where he converted to Islam and adopted the new name of Shah Nawaz. Four years later, Shah Abbas II confirmed him as wali (viceroy) of Kartli. V. . . ." (Dictionary of Georgian National Biography)
the Lawgiver, Law-giver, Lawmaker (Tur. Kanuni):
----The most notable Mukhranian ruler was Vakhtang VI, regent of Kartli from 1703 to 1711 and then king, with intervals, until 1723. Vakhtang was eminent as a lawgiver and introduced printing to Georgia; he had the Georgian annals edited by a commission of scholars.
----The decision to establish a permanent printing press in Tbilisi belonged to King Vakhtang VI (r. 1704-1723), whose reign proved to be a period of constructive activity in almost every sphere. With the help of the prominent Georgian cleric Anthim the Iberian, archbishop of Wallachia (present-day Romania), King Vakhtang set about installing a printing plant in Tbilisi. Archbishop Anthim was himself a master printer and engraver of the first order and pioneer in Rumanian printing, and he sent one of his ablest disciples, the master printer Mihaî Isvanovicî, known in Georgia as Mikheil Stepaneshvili, to open the first Georgian press in Tbilisi.
the Great (Dan. den Store):
the Victorious (Dan. Sejr; Sejer)
--"Valdemar II, who bears the surname of 'the Victorious' (Sejer), died in the seventy-first year of his age. 'In his death (says the Chronicle of King Erik) perished Denmark's crown of glory.'. . ." (Crichton & Wheaton: 245)
--"Early in the twelfth century the County of Holstein was granted by Duke Lothaire of Saxony, subsequently Emperor, to Adolph of Schauenburg as a dependent fief of Saxony. The presence of this new neighbour was not calculated, as events proved, to promote the security of the Danish frontier; and before the conclusion of that century, Count Adolph III. of Holstein led his forces across the Eider, as the ally of Waldemar, Bishop of Schleswig and of Bremen, who was in arms against his sovereign, Canute VI. of Denmark. On this occasion the eldest son of King Canute, in the capacity of Duke of Jutland, not merely repelled the invading force, but earned by his conquests on the southern side of the Eider, the title of Waldemar the Victorious. . . ." (Twiss: 9)
the Young, the Younger:
Atterdag (Dawn of a New Day, Another Day): "Valdemar Atterdag (''Dawn of a New Day, Another Day'') used to say "To-morrow it is again day," when a misfortune happened. . . ."
the Young, the Younger:
the Fascinatress with the Golden Hair (by poet Derzhavin)
the Wolf: " . . . But Prince Basil the Wolf (Vasile Lupu), an Albanian, who succeeded in 1634, showed great ability, and for twenty years maintained his position on the Moldavian throne. He introduced several internal reforms, codified the written and unwritten laws of the country, established a printing press, Greek monastic schools, and also a Latin school. He brought the Moldavian Church into more direct relation with the patriarch of Constantinople, but also showed considerable favour to the Latins, allowing them to erect churches at Suciava, Jassy and Galatz. . . ." (Wallace: 147)
Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov
the Handsomest Man in Russia.
Veronica the Courtesan:
la Franca:
la Franca:
the Muleteer: " . . . [H]e had made his name in the conquest of Britain and his nickname --- The Muleteer --- revealed his unglamorous dependability and the fortune ha had made by selling mules to the army." (Montefiore: 130)
Gutes Fräuchen (by husband Albert):
Gutes Weibchen (by husband Albert):
Liebes Fräuchen (by her husband Albert):
VR:
Wumman (by John Brown):
Little Queen Victory (by Carlyle):
Little Victory (by Carlyle):
the Grandmother of Europe: "In the last decades of her life and reign, Queen Victoria received the nickname, 'Grandmother of Europe.' The nickname had much literal justification, as her many children had married into many of Europe's royal families, and her numerous grandchildren, once grown, did the same. Her own children had married into the houses of Prussia, Denmark, Russia, Schleswig-Holstein, Waldeck, and Battenberg. Among her grandchildren were the future German Emperor Wilhelm II; the future Queen Sophie of Greece; Maud the future queen consort of Norway; the future czarina of Russia, Alexandra, famed for her own, her husband Czar Nicholas II's, and their five children's 1917 assassination by the Bolsheviks; Marie, the future consort of King Ferdinand I of Romania; and the future Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain." (SparkNotes LLC)
the Mother of the Empire: " . . . By 1870 her popularity was at its lowest ebb . . . but it increased steadily thereafter until her death. Her golden jubilee in 1887 was a grand national celebration, as was her diamond jubilee in 1897 (by then, employing the imperial 'we,' she had long been Kipling's '"Widow of Windsor,' mother of the Empire). She died, a venerable old lady, at Osborne on January 22, 1901, having reigned for sixty-four years." (Cody)
the Widow at Windsor; the Widow of Windsor: "The Trent affair might have led to war with Britain, but Albert, the Prince Consort, intervened to defuse the situation. It would be one of Albert's last acts, for even then he was dying from typhoid fever. After his death on December 14, 1861, Queen Victoria mourned him for the rest of her life. She wore black and retired from public view, earning her the nickname of 'Widow of Windsor.'" (Suzuki: 323)
la Desdichada (the Unfortunate):
Villars.
le roi Margot
A Female Narcissus (by Fleury):
Aspasia (by Comte de Vieil-Castel)
la Castiglione:
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