Walladah bint al-Mustakfi de Córdoba (1001-1080)
Wallada:
the Arab Sappho:
Queen Wally (by Stanley Baldwin):
Walter of the Beads." . . . Consistently a devout Catholic, he was known as 'Walter of the Beads'. . . ." (Wikipedia)
the Freckled: " . . . a son of the High Steward of Scotland . . . obtained the title. The new of Earl of Menteith, surnamed Bailloch, or ‘the Freckled,’ was a famous warrior. He joined the disastrous expedition under St. Louis of France, called the Third Crusade, for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, and fought with great distinction at the battle of Largs in 1263, at which his elder brother defeated the Norwegians under King Haco. He took a prominent part in the proceedings connected with the contest for the Scottish crown after the death of the ‘Maiden of Norway,’ and was one of the commissioners nominated by Robert Bruce in his competition with John Balliol. . . ." (electricscotland.com-Menteith)
the Fat, the Corpulent: " . . . Sometime during the following year, when she was forty-two years old, Matilda wed Guelf V of Bavaria, a boy of sixteen known as the Fat. . . ." (Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa)
the Drunk, the Drunkard: "He was called this after is death for his alleged drinking bouts. He died, after falling drunk, in his bathroom."; "Unfortunately, Wenceslas IV was much more interested in drinking than in ruling. He was terribly spoiled, and even as an adult he would throw fits when people didn't do exactly as he wished them to. He is remembered by history today in two ways: sometimes as a wishy- washy, good-for-nothing drunkard, and sometimes as a benefactor of the common man. The way in which this latter reputation was earned is usually explained in this way: Wenceslas IV used to go around Prague dressed as a commoner. He would go to pubs and shops this way, and whenever he found a merchant giving the public short measures, he would punish them by having them thrown off Charles Bridge into the river to drown. If this legend is based on fact, then it is probably likely that Wenceslas IV pursued this hobby not so much to help the common man, but rather from the pleasure he derived from having people thrown into the river."
the Lazy: "He had this nickname (the Lazy) because of his inactivity which made the electors to depose him as emperor in 1400 and give the crown to Ruprecht of the Palatinate."
the Victorious:
the Canister-Shot Prince of Prussia: " . . . In 1848 they called him the 'Cartridge Prince,' alluding to the way he used canister and grapeshot against his brother's subjects in the streets. It says, 'William Canister-Shot Prince of Prussia, the now Protestant Pope and Soldier-Emperor of Germany, got convulsions in due form from excitement. . . ." (Speeches & Addresses in Parliament: 225)
the Cartridge Prince (Ger. Kartatschenprinz): " . . . Unfortunately the political turbulence of 1848 stopped construction until 1852. Prince William, who had acquired the nickname 'cartridge prince,' because of his obstinate refusal to concede anything to the dissidents, had fled to England. . . ." (The Castles of the Rhine: 157)
the Emperor of Whiteboard: " . . . Freiligrath had hurled one of the most scathing poetical anathemas, was at last fondly spoken of as "the Emperor Whiteboard" — in allusion to that Kaiser Frederick the Redbeard, who, in the later popular tale, was said to sleep entranced in the hill until the day came when he would revive the glory of the empire. . . ." (Littell & Littell: 559)
the Prince of Grapeshot:
the King of the Catti: Wilhelm I of Hesse. " . . . The Elector of Hesse Cassel, who is to be raised to the kingly dignity, under the title of King of the Catti, is to receive a large accession of territory---he is to have from Prussia the Bishopric of Paderborn---and from Hesse Darmstadt the greater part of its possessions in Westphalia, and all its territories in the county of the Wetterau. . . . " (The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Vol. 68: 300)
Kaiser Bill (in English-speaking countries): "Queen Victoria's first grandchild, later Emperor William II of Germany, was better known in Britain by the irreverent nickname of 'Kaiser Bill---a name that derided the self-importance of a man who reveled in the grandeur of his German title kaiser, during from the Latin caesar, a title formerly used by the head of the Holy Roman Empire. . . ." (Rappaport: 411)
the Sudden (Ger. der-Plotzliche): [Ref1]
the King of the Sea Beggars: "With a small loyal body of the army he had raised, William and his two brothers, Louis and Henry, proceeded to France and linked their fortunes with those of the Huguenots under Coligny. The step was attended with important consequences, because it drew this attention to the possibility of renewing the struggle at sea, and establishing a base of operations in a new quarter. Coligny himself appears to have inspired him with the idea which resulted in the founding of 'the Beggars of the Sea.' William issue letters of marque to a certain number of privateers intended to prey on Spanish commerce, and for a time these carried on their operations from English ports. The chief of the Sea Beggars was William de la Marck, Count Lumen, a descendant of the Wild Boar of the Ardennes. . . ." (Boulger: 319)
Wilhelm II of Solms-Greifenstein (1635–1676)
the Young, the Younger:
Wilhelm III of Upper Hesse 1483-1500
the Young, the Younger:
Wilhelm IV of Brunswick-Luneburg.
the Young, the Younger:
the Wise: " . . . [S]urnamed THE WISE, . . . he reigned in peace, and was distinguished as a patron of sciences, especially astronomy, which he cultivated himself with diligence. He founded an observatory at Cassel in 1561, and made observations for many years. . . ." (Thomas: 182)
Prince Vasyl
Wilhelm of Brunswick-Luneburg.
the Young, the Younger:
William of Winchester: "William . . . was born at Winchester, when his father was an exile in England . . . and his early years were spent at the court of his grandfather. . . ." (Halliday: 391)
the Longsword (Fr. Longue-Épée; It.Longa Spata): " . . . Some authors have given him the surname of the Long Sword, and in his effigy he is sculptured with this weapon in his hand. But others assert that in giving him this designation, he has been confounded with William, Earl of Salisbury, the bastard son of Henry II." (Annals of the House of Hanover, Vol 1: 392)
the Fat:
Wilhelm von der Mark, Herr von Montbazon.
the Young, the Younger:
the German Pompadour, the Pompadour of Germany
the Prussian Pompadour, the Pompadour of Prussia
the Beautiful Nusslerin (Ger. die Schöne Nüßlerin):
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