A swung dash, or
tilde (~), is used to indicate where the personal name occurs in the nickname; thus "~ the Accursed", followed by entries about Sviatopolk, Alexander and Tekle Haymanot, means "Sviatopolk the Accursed", "Alexander the Accursed" and "Tekle Haymanot the Accursed".
A • "~ the Abandoned":
John I of Aragon (; also known as John the Hunter or John the Lover of Elegance) • "~ the Absolutist/the Absolute-King:
Miguel I of Portugal () • "~ the Accursed": •
Sviatopolk I of Kiev () •
Iskander the Accursed (
Middle Persian:
Gizistag Aleksandar; more commonly known as Alexander the Great) •
Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (
irgum tekle hāymānōt) • "~ the Adopted":
Childebert of Austrasia () • "~ (the)
Ætheling":
Edgar Ætheling of England () • "~ the Affable":
Charles VIII of France () • "~ the African": •
Scipio the African (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus). •
Afonso V of Portugal () •
Alfonso XIII of Spain () • "~ the Aggressor":
Indulf of Alba () • "~ the Alchemist":
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach () • "~ Albanian-slayer":
Thomas of Epirus (, ) • "~ All-fair":
Eadwig of England • "~ the Apostate":
Julian, Roman Emperor () • "~ the Arab":
Philip I, Roman Emperor () • "~ the Artist-King":
Ferdinand II of Portugal () • "~ the Asleep":
Sebastian of Portugal () • "~ the Astrologer":
Alfonso X of Castile (; more commonly known as Alfonso the Wise) • "~ the Avenger":
Alfonso XI of Castile (; also known as Alfonso the Just)
B • "~ the Bad": •
Alexander III of Wallachia (
Romanian:
Alexandru cel Rău) •
Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria () •
Charles II of Navarre () •
Emund of Sweden (; more commonly known as Emund the Old) •
Mihnea of Wallachia (
Romanian:
Mihnea cel Rău) •
Ordoño IV of León () •
Sigurd Magnusson, pretender of Norway ( or ) •
William I of Sicily () • "~ the Bald": •
Charles II of France () •
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders (; ) •
Idwal ab Anarawd of Gwynedd () •
Radu II of Wallachia (
Church Slavonic:
Radu Praznaglava) •
Constantine III of Scotland (
Middle Irish:
Causantín in Maol) • "~
Barbarossa":
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor () • "~ Barefoot" or "~ Bareleg":
Magnus III of Norway () • "~ Barn-Lock":
Magnus III of Sweden () • "~ the Bastard": •
Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine (, ) •
Henry II of Castile (; more commonly known as Henry of Trastámara) •
John I of Portugal (; more commonly known John of Avis, John the Great, or John of Fond Memory) •
William I of England (; or ; more commonly known as William the Conqueror) • "~ the Battler":
Alfonso I of Aragon (; also known as Alfonso the Warrior) • "~ the Bavarian":
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor () • "~ the Bear":
Albert the Bear () • "~ the Bearded": •
Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders () •
Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia () •
Constans II, Byzantine Emperor () •
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg () •
Egino IV, Count of Urach () •
Geoffrey III of Anjou () •
Henry I, Duke of Silesia () • "~ Beauclerk" or "~
Beauclerc" (
French, "Good Clerk"):
Henry I of England () • "~ the Beer Jug":
John George I, Elector of Saxony () • "~ the Beloved":
Louis XV of France ()'''''' • "~ the Bewitched":
Charles II of Spain () • "~ the Bibliophile":
Manuel II of Portugal (; more commonly known as Manuel the Patriot or Manuel the Unfortunate) • "~ the Big Nest":
Vsevolod III Yuriyevich of Vladimir (, ) • "~ the Black Prince":
Edward the Black Prince () • "~ the Black": •
Leszek II the Black () •
Fulk III of Anjou () •
Halfdan III of Vestfold () •
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (; also called the pious) •
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria () •
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders () • "~ the Blessed":
Alexander I of Russia () • "~ the Blind": •
Boleslaus III of Bohemia (; also known as Boleslaus the Red) •
Béla II of Hungary () •
Magnus IV of Norway () •
Stefan Branković () •
Vasily II Vasiliyevich () •
Bogdan III of Moldavia () •
John of Bohemia (; ; ) • "~ the Blind Earl":
Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon • "~ the Blond":
Selim II of the Ottoman Empire () • "~ Bloodaxe":
Eric I of Norway () • "~ the Bloodthirsty":
Ismail of Morocco () • "Bloody ~":
Mary I of England • "~ the Bloody":
Nicholas II of Russia () • "~ Bluetooth":
Harold I of Denmark () • "~ the Bold": •
Boleslaw II of Poland () •
Charles of Burgundy () •
Philip II of France () •
Philip III of France () • "~ the Boneless":
Ivar Ragnarsson () • "~ the Bookish" or "~ the Book-Lover":
Coloman of Hungary (; more commonly known as Coloman the Learned) • "~ the Boulonnais":
Afonso III of Portugal () • "~ the Brash":
Olof of Denmark • "~ the Brave": •
Afonso IV of Portugal () •
Boleslaw I of Poland (; also known as Boleslaw the Great) •
Dan II of Wallachia () •
John III of Moldavia (
Romanian:
Ioan Vodă cel Viteaz; more commonly known as John the Terrible) •
Michael of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia () • "~ the Brilliant":
George V of Georgia () • "~ the Broad-shouldered":
Haakon II of Norway () • "~ Broom-plant":
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (; also known as Geoffrey the Fair) • "~ the Brown":
Donnchadh mac Flainn, High King of Ireland () • "~ the Bruce":
Robert I of Scotland (
Medieval Gaelic: ) • "~ Builder": •
David IV of Georgia () •
Peter III of Portugal () • "~ the Builder King":
Leopold II of Belgium (, ) • "~ Bulgar-Slayer":
Basil II, Byzantine Emperor (, )
C • "~ Capet":
Hugh Capet () • "~ the Cabbage":
Ivaylo of Bulgaria (, ) • "~ the
Capacidónio":
Peter III of Portugal (; also known as Peter the Builder) • "~ the Cardinal-King":
Henry, King of Portugal () • "~ the Capuched":
Sancho II of Portugal (; also known as Sancho the Hooded or Sancho the Pious) • "~ the Catholic": •
Alfonso I of Asturias () •
Andrew I of Hungary (; more commonly known as Andrew the White) •
Ferdinand II of Aragon (, ) •
Isabella I of Castile () •
Peter II of Aragon (, ) •
Frederick I, Duke of Austria () • "~ the Caulker":
Michael V, Byzantine Emperor (, Michaíl Kalaphátis) • "~ the Ceremonious":
Peter IV of Aragon (, ) • "~ the Chaste": •
Alfonso II of Aragon (; ; ; also known as Alfonso the Troubador) •
Alfonso II of Asturias () •
Bolesław V the Chaste () •
Henry, King of Portugal () • "~ the Chief":
Kenneth III of Scotland () • "~ the Child" •
Charles, King of Aquitaine () •
Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal () •
Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse () •
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg () •
Louis III of East Francia () •
Louis of Sicily () •
Nicholas I, Lord of Rostock () • "~ the Clement":
John VI of Portugal () • "~ the Clubfoot":
Sverker I of Sweden () • "~ Coal-Burner":
Anund Jacob of Sweden () • "~ the Confessor":
Edward the Confessor (of
England), also known as
Saint Edward • "~ the Colonizer":
John III of Portugal () • "~ the Conqueror": •
Afonso I of Portugal () •
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (; ) •
James I of Aragon () •
John V, Duke of Brittany () •
Mehmed II of The Ottoman Empire (
Ottoman Turkish: ) •
Nicholas I of Russia •
William I of England (; ) •
Valdemar II of Denmark () • "~ the Constable Prince":
John, Constable of Portugal () • "~ the Constant":
John, Elector of Saxony () • "~ Corvinus" (from
Latin "like a raven"):
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (; ) • "~ the Courteous":
William, Duke of Austria () • "~ the Crosseyed":
Vasili Kosoi, Muscovian usurper (, ) • "~ Crouchback": •
Inge I of Norway () •
Richard III of England (also known as
Crookback) • "~ the Cruel": •
Boleslaus I of Bohemia () •
Boleslaus II of Poland () •
Louis XI of France •
Peter I of Portugal () •
Peter of Castile () • "~ the Crusader": •
Sigurd I of Norway (; ) •
Robert II, Count of Flanders () •
Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn () •
Simon V, Lord of Montfort () • "~ the Curly"
Bolesław IV the Curly () • "~ Curthose" (
Middle English, "short stockings"):
Robert II, Duke of Normandy () • "~ Curtmantle" (
Middle English, "short cloak"):
Henry II of England D • "~ the Damned" or "~ the Accursed":
Sviatopolk I of Kiev (, ; , ) • "~ the Deacon":
Bermudo I of Asturias (; ) • "~ the Debonaire":
Louis I of France () • "~ the Deed-Doer":
Edmund I of England • "~ the Desired": •
Ferdinand VII of Spain •
Louis XVIII of France •
Sebastian of Portugal () • "~ the Determined":
Anthony I of Portugal () • "~ the Devil": •
Robert I, Duke of Normandy () •
Vlad II of Wallachia () •
Hugh VI, Lord of Lusignan () •
Robert II, Lord of Bellême () • "~ the Diplomat":
Charles I of Portugal () • "~ Do-Nothing", "~ the Indolent" or "~ the Sluggard":
Louis V of France () • "~
Dracul" (
Romanian, "The Devil" or "The Dragon"):
Vlad II of Wallachia () • "~
Dracula" (
Romanian, "Son of the Devil" or "Son of the Dragon"):
Vlad III of Wallachia • "~ the Drunkard": •
Michael III, Byzantine Emperor (, ) •
Selim II, Ottoman Emperor () •
Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (; ) • "~ the Dung-Named":
Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (, Konstantínos E' Koprónymos)
E • "Earth-Shaker ~":
Inca Yupanqui (
Quechua:
Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki) • "~ the Ecclesiastic" or "~ the Priest":
Martin I of Aragon (;
Spanish: "Martín
el Eclesiástico" o "
el Cura") • "~ the Edifier":
Peter III of Portugal () • "~ the Educator":
Maria II of Portugal () • "~ the Elbow-High" or "The Ell-High":
Władysław I of Poland () • "~ the Elder": •
Eadweard I of England (?) •
Martin I of Aragon •
Tarquin I (
Latin: Tarquinius
Senior) •
Mircea I of Wallachia () •
Boso III of Turin • "~ the Eloquent":
Edward of Portugal () • "~ the Emperor-King":
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor • "~ the Emperor-Sacristan":
Joseph II of Austria • "~ the Enabler":
Peter III of Portugal • "~ the Enemy-Son":
Peter I of Portugal () • "~ the Enlightened":
Charles III of Spain () • "~ Epiphanes" (
Greek "the manifest"): several Hellenistic kings, including •
Ptolemy V Epiphanes • "~ Euergetes" (
Greek "the benefactor"): several Hellenistic kings, including •
Ptolemy III Euergetes •
Ptolemy VIII Physcon • "~ Eupator" (
Greek "of noble father"): •
Antiochus V () •
Mithridates VI of Pontus () •
Ptolemy Eupator • "~ the Executioner":
Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire () • "~ the Exile": •
Władysław II the Exile (') •
Edward the Exile F • "~ the Fair": •
Charles IV of France () •
Donald III of Scotland () •
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou () •
Ivan II of Moscow () •
Leopold II, Margrave of Austria () •
Louis I of France () •
Philip IV of France () •
Philip I of Castile (Philip the Fair, , ) • "~ Fairhair":
Harald I of Norway () • "~ the Fair Sun":
Vladimir I of Kiev () • "Farmer ~":
George III Great Britain • "~ the Farmer":
Denis of Portugal () • "~ The Swift(?):
Eystein Halfdansson of Romerike and Vestfold () • "~ the Fat": •
Afonso II of Portugal () •
Charles III, Holy Roman Emperor () •
Conan III, Duke of Brittany () •
Henry I of Cyprus () •
Henry I of Navarre (; ) •
Louis VI of France () •
Ptolemy VIII of Ptolemaic Egypt •
Sancho I of León • "~ the Fearless":
John the Fearless () • "~ the Frank":
Alfonso III of Aragon (; ; also known as Alfonso the Liberal or Alfonso the Free) • "~ the Fighter":
Anthony I of Portugal () • "~ First-Crowned":
Stefan of Raška () • "~ Fitzempress":
Henry II of England • "~ Flatnose":
Ketil of Man () • "~ Forkbeard":
Sweyn I of Denmark ( or ; ) • "~ the Fortunate": •
Manuel I of Portugal () •
Dietrich of Oldenburg () •
Philip VI of France () • "~ the Founder":
Afonso I of Portugal () • "~ the Fowler":
Henry I of Germany ( or ) • "~ the Fratricide": •
Berengar Raymond II, Count of Barcelona () •
Francis I of Brittany •
Henry II of Castile () • "~ From Overseas":
Louis IV of France ()
G • "~ the Generous" or "~ the Liberal": •
Alfonso III of Aragon (; ) •
Boleslaus II of Poland () •
Leopold, Duke of Bavaria () • "~ the Gentle": •
Rupert of Germany •
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony () •
Harald III of Denmark (); see also '
"~ Hen
"' below • "~ the German":
Louis I of the East Franks () • "~ the Glorious": •
Athelstan of England (
Old English: Æþelstan,
ætniman) •
Elizabeth I of England (
Gloriana) •
Leopold VI, Duke of Austria () • ""~the God-Given":
Louis XIV () • "~ the God-Like One":
Murad I, Ottoman Emperor () • "~ the God-Loving":
Andrey I Bogolubsky () • "~ the Good": •
Alfonso IV of Aragon (; ; ) •
Alexandru of Moldavia () •
Fulk II of Anjou (?) •
Hywel ap Cadell of Wales () •
Haakon I of Norway () •
John I of Portugal () •
John II of France () •
Louis I of Holland () •
Magnus I of Norway () •
Philip III of Burgundy () •
William II of Sicily () • "Good King ~": •
Edward III of England (Good King Edward) •
Henry IV of France (Bon Roi Henri) •
René of Two Sicilies (then deposed, remained duke of Anjou and count of Provence) () •
Wenceslas I of Bohemia (Good King Wenceslas) • "Good Queen ~":
Elizabeth I of England (Good Queen Bess) • "~ of Good Memory" or "~ the One with Good Memory":
John I of Portugal () • "~ the Good Mother":
Maria II of Portugal () • "~ the Gouty": •
Piero I de Medici of Florence () •
Bermudo II of León () • "~ the Great":
see List of people known as The Great • "the Great
Elector":
Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg () • "~ Greyfell" or "~ Greyhide":
Harald II of Norway () • "~ Greymantle":
Geoffrey I of Anjou () • "~ the Grim" or "~ the Brave" or "~ the Inexorable":
Selim I of the Ottoman Empire () • "~ the Grocer-King" or "~ the Spices-King":
Manuel I of Portugal (, and ), a nickname given to him by
Francis I of France with a
double entendre, as the French word
épicier refers to a grocer, and is derived from
épice, "
spice") • "~
Gylle": (
Old Norse, "Servant"):
Harald IV of Norway H • "~ the Hairy":
Wilfred I of Urgel • "~ the Hammer": •
Charles Martel of the Franks •
Geoffrey II of Anjou •
Geoffrey IV of Anjou • "~ The Hammer of the Scots":
Edward I of England (see also
Longshanks below). • "~ the Handsome": •
Ferdinand I of Portugal () •
Frederick I of Austria •
John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor () •
Philip IV of France () •
Philip I of Spain () •
Radu of Wallachia () • "~ the Hardy":
Canute III of Denmark (; ) • "~
Hardrada" (from
Old Norse "
Harðráði", "Stern Counsel"):
Harald III of Norway • "~ Harefoot":
Harold I of England • "~ the Hero of Two Worlds" ():
Peter I of Brazil & IV of Portugal • "~ the Hidden":
Sebastian of Portugal () • "~ the Holy": •
Canute IV of Denmark •
Eric IX of Sweden •
Olaf II of Norway • "~ the Holy Prince":
Ferdinand of Portugal () • "~ the Hopeful":
Peter V of Portugal () • "~ the Hunchback":
Pippin the Hunchback • "~ the Humane" or "~ the Humanist":
Martin I of Aragon • "~ Hunger":
Olaf I of Denmark • "~ the Hunter": •
Gudrød •
John I of Aragon (; ) •
Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire (
Ottoman Turkish: ) • "~ the Hunter-King": •
Charles I of Portugal ()
I • "~ the Idle":
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia () • "~ the Ill-Tempered":
Fulk IV of Anjou • "~ the Illustrious": •
Otto II, Duke of Bavaria () •
Otto I, Duke of Saxony () •
Henry III, Margrave of Meissen () •
Leopold I, Margrave of Austria () • "~ the Impaler":
Vlad III of Wallachia • "~ the Impotent"
Henry IV of Castile () • "~ the Inconstant" or "~ the Fickle":
Ferdinand I of Portugal () • "~ the Indolent":
Louis V of France • "~ the Independentist":
Anthony I of Portugal () • "~ the Invincible":
Demetrius I of Bactria • "~ the Iron": •
Ernest of Austria () •
Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia () •
Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse () •
Henry II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg () •
Henry III, Duke of Żagań (; ) •
Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg () • "~ Ironside": •
Edmund II of England •
Björn Ironside J • "~ the Just": •
Casimir II, Duke of Poland () •
Ferdinand VI of Spain () •
James II of Aragon () •
Leopold III, Duke of Austria () •
Louis XIII of France •
Matthias I of Hungary •
Peter I of Portugal () •
Bayezid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire K • "~ the Kind": •
Alexandru of Moldavia •
Alfonso IV of Aragon • "~ the Kind-Hearted":
Eric I of Denmark • "~ the Khazar" (Gr.
Chozar):
Leo IV of the Byzantine Empire L • "~ Lackland": •
John, King of England () •
John, Count of Eu () •
Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal () • "~ the Lamb":
Eric III of Denmark • "~ the Lame": •
Timur (
Persian: ) •
Sigobert King of the Ripuarian Franks • See also under "the Lisp and Lame" below • "~ the Last": •
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of Wales () •
Louis XVI of France () • "~ Law-Mender":
Magnus VI of Norway • "~ the Lawgiver": •
Eric IX of Sweden •
Henry II of England •
Magnus VI of Norway •
Süleyman I of the Ottoman Empire (, ) • "~ the Learned":
Alfonso X of Castile • "~ the Leprous":
Afonso II of Portugal () • "~ the Liberal": •
Alfonso III of Aragon •
Edward of Savoy •
Henry I of Champagne • "~ the Liberator": •
Alexander II of Russia •
Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal () • "~ the Lion": •
Albert II of Mecklenburg •
Brian Boruma of Ireland •
Heinrich II, Lord of Mecklenburg •
Henry III, Duke of Saxony •
Louis VIII of France () •
William I of Scotland (
Mediaeval Gaelic:
Uilliam mac Eanric) •
Richard I of England () • "~ the Lionheart":
Richard I of England () • "~ the Lisp and Lame"
Eric XI of Sweden () • "~ the Little Impaler":
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr of Wallachia () • "~ (the) Longhaired (king)":
Chlodio • "~ Longshanks":
Edward I of England • "~ the Lover of Elegance":
John I of Aragon (; )
M • "~ the Mad": •
Charles VI of France () •
Joanna of Castile () •
Ludwig II of Bavaria •
Maria I of Portugal () • "~ the Madman":
Donald II of Scotland () • "~ the Magnanimous": • Emperor
Pedro II of Brazil () • King
Alfonso V of Aragon () •
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony () •
Otto Henry, Elector Palatine () • King
John V of Portugal () • Landgrave
Philipp I of Hesse • King
Ladislaus of Naples •
Inca Roca (
Quechua:
Inka 'Roq'a''''') •
Charles II of Alençon () • "~ the Magnificent": •
Amenhotep III,
Pharaoh of
Egypt •
Edmund I of England () • '''
Lorenzo de' Medici''' () •
Robert I of Normandy () •
Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire •
Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley • "~ the Maiden": •
Eystein of Norway •
Malcolm IV of Scotland • "~
Martel" (
Old French, "The Hammer"): •
Charles Martel of the Franks •
Geoffrey II of Anjou •
Geoffrey IV of Anjou • "~ the Man":
John II of Portugal (, a nickname given to him by
Isabella of Castile) • "~ the Martyr": •
Edward the Martyr of England •
King Charles I of England •
Charles I of Portugal () •
Nicholas II of Russia • "~ the Master of Avis":
John I of Portugal (, a reference to his position as Master of the
Order of Avis before his election as King) • "~ the Memorable":
Eric II of Denmark • "~ the Merry":
Charles II of England • "~ the Mild":
Halfdan of Romerike and Vestfold • "~ the Middle":
Pippin of Herstal • "~ the Mighty":
Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia • "~ Minus-a-Quarter":
Michael VII Dukas, Byzantine Emperor • "~ Moneybags":
Ivan I of Russia • "~ the Monk": •
Alfonso IV of Leon •
Fortun I of Pamplona •
Ramiro II of Aragon •
Vlad IV of Wallachia • "~ Monk's-Cloak"?:
Jon Kuvlung of Norway • "~
Monomakh" (
Russian "", from
Greek "", "One who fights alone"):
Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev • "~
Monomakhos" (from
Greek "", "One who fights alone"):
Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor • "~ the Moor": •
Albert II Malaspina, Marquis of Malaspina () •
Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan () • '''
Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence''' () • "the Most Beautiful ~":
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile () • "Mother ~":
Menelik II of Ethiopia (
imiyē Minīlik • "~ the Missed-King":
Manuel II of Portugal () • "~ the Mouth":
Sigurd II of Norway () • "~ the Musician-King: •
John IV of Portugal () •
Louis I of Portugal ()
N • "~ the Navigator":
Henry of Portugal • "~ New-Day":
Valdemar IV of Denmark • "~ of the Nine Hostages" ():
Niall Noigíallach • "~ the Noble": •
Charles III of Navarre •
Magnus I of Norway • "~ No-Counsel" or "~ the Unready":
Ethelred II of England (; ) • "~ the Noisy" or "~ the Clatterer":
Eystein the Noisy (Modern Norwegian: Øystein Glumra) was reputedly a petty king on the west coast of Norway • "~ the Nun's-Lover" ():
John V of Portugal O • "The Oath-Taker":
Henry III of Reuss (1337–1378) • "The Oberhofrichter":
Henry of Reuss-Plauen (1271–1303) • "The Oceanographer": •
Albert I, Prince of Monaco •
Charles I of Portugal (
Portuguese:
Carlos o oceanógrafo) • "~ The Old" (Cat.
el Vell, Fr. ''l'Ancien
, le Vieux
, Nor. den Gamle
, Pol. Stary
, Rum. cel Batran
, Sp. el Velloso
, Swe. den Gamle
, Tgl. Matanda''): •
Ache of Luzon (c. 1480–1572) •
Albert I of Carpi •
Albert II of Wedenberg-Heiligenberg (1327–1370) •
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (also known as "the great" •
Basarab Laiota, Prince of Wallachia •
Boso I, Count of La Marche •
Coel Hen (Welsh for "Coel the Old"; king of the Brittonic "
Hen Ogledd" ("Old North"); possibly legendary) •
Konrad III of Silesia () •
Dyfnwal Hen (Welsh for "Dyfnwal the Old") of
Alt Clut •
Emund II of Sweden •
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1495–1540 •
Frederick the Great (Prussia), also named "the Old Fritz" () •
George V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, 1620–1623 •
Gorm of Denmark •
Guthrum •
Haakon IV of Norway •
Hugh VIII, Lord of Lusignan () •
Igor of Kiev •
Michael II of Beloozero (1432–1486) •
Mieszko III of Poland •
Pippin of Landen •
Raymond VI of Toulouse •
Raymond Berengar I, Count of Barcelona •
Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg (died 1232); also "the Kind" •
Sigismund I of Poland •
Theodore II of Beloozero (13??-1380) •
William, Count of Nassau, 1538–1559 • "The Old Dessauer":
Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau • "The One-Eyed" (Ger.
der Einaugige): •
John II, Count of Holstein-Kiel •
William I, Margrave of Meissen • "~ the One-Eyed": •
Fortun I of Pamplona •
Antigonus I Monophthalmus •
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia •
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse • "The Oppressed":
Dietrich, Margrave of Meissen () • "~ the Oppressor":
Philip IV of Spain (in Portugal: ) • "The Orphan":
Henry I of Reuss (1250–1295) • "~ the Outlaw":
Edgar Ætheling of England • "~ ''d'Outremer''" (
French, "from Overseas"):
Louis IV of France P • "~ the Pacific":
Peter II of Portugal () • "~ the Painter-King": •
Charles I of Portugal () •
Louis I of Portugal () • "~ the Pale":
Constantius I, Roman Emperor • "~ the Patriot":
Manuel II of Portugal () • "~ the Peaceful": •
Edgar of England •
Olaf III of Norway •
Aymon, Count of Savoy •
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy • "~ the Peacemaker": •
Alexander III of Russia •
Alfonso XII of Spain () • "~ the Perfect Prince":
John II of Portugal () • "~ the Philosopher" or "~ the Philosopher King":
Edward of Portugal ( or '''''') • "~ the Pilgrim: •
Ermengol II, Count of Urgell () () •
Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg () • "~ the Pious": •
Boleslav II of Bohemia •
Edward VI, King of England •
Henry II, Duke of Silesia () •
John III of Portugal () •
Louis I of France () •
Maria I of Portugal () •
Philip III of Spain () •
Robert II of France () •
Sancho II of Portugal () •
William V, Duke of Bavaria () •
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg () • "~ Ploughpenny":
Eric IV of Denmark • "~ the Poet" or "~ the Poet King":
Denis of Portugal ( or ) • "The Poet Prince":
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd • "~ the Poison King":
Mithridates VI of Pontus • "~ the Popular":
Louis I of Portugal () • "~ the Populator":
Sancho I of Portugal () • "~ the Posthumous": •
John I of France •
Ladislaus I of Bohemia •
Theobald IV of Champagne • "~ the Powerful":
Uroš IV of Serbia • "~ the Precious":
Stephen II of Serbia • "~ the Priest Hater":
Eric II of Norway • "~ the
Prior of Crato":
Anthony I of Portugal (, a reference to his position as Master of the Portuguese branch of the
Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Hospitaller) before his acclamation as King) • "~ the Proud": •
Simeon of Moscow •
Tarquin the Proud () • "~ the Prudent": •
Louis XI of France (
French:
Louis le Prudent) •
Philip II of Spain () • "~ the Purple-Born" (Greek
Porphyrogenetes): •
Baldwin II of Constantinople •
Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor Q • "~ the Quarreller": •
Frederick of Saxony •
Louis X of France • "~ the Queen of Sad Mischance":
Isabella II of Spain () • "~ the Quiet":
Olaf III of Norway • "~ the Quietest one":
Alexis of Russia (, )
R • "~ the Rash":
James III of Majorca • "~ the Red": •
Håkan of Sweden () •
Fulk I of Anjou •
John I, Duke of Brittany •
Odo I, Duke of Burgundy () •
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor •
William II of England (
Latin: William
Rufus) •
Rupert I, Elector Palatine () •
Ralph I, Count of Clermont () • "~ the Red King":
Macbeth of Scotland (
Medieval Gaelic: ) • "~ the Redemptress":
Isabel of Brazil () • "~ the Redless" or "~ the Redeless":
Ethelred II of England () • "~ the Reformer":
Joseph I of Portugal () • "~ the Resistant":
Anthony I of Portugal () • "~ the Restorer": •
Casimir I of Poland () •
García Ramírez of Navarre •
Mehmed I of the Ottoman Empire •
John IV of Portugal () • "~ the Righteous": •
Rupert of Germany () •
Henry IV of Silesia () () •
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine () • "~ the Rightly Guided":
Harun al-Rashid () • "~ the Romanslayer":
Kaloyan (
Bulgarian: Калоян
ромеубиеца) • "~ Roundhead":
Ragnvald of Sweden (; the exact meaning of the nickname is unclear)
S • "~ the Sacrificer":
Sweyn of Sweden (; unclear if "Sven" was his actual name or part of the nickname) • "~ the Sacristan":
Peter III of Portugal () • "~ the Sailor King":
William IV of the United Kingdom • "~ the Saint": •
Edward the Confessor, also known as
Saint Edward •
Ferdinand III of Castile () •
Lulach of Scotland •
Louis IX of France () •
William X, Duke of Aquitaine •
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria () •
Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia () •
Raymond Benergar IV, Count of Barcelona () • "~ the Sapient":
Mindaugas • "~ the Saver of Europe":
Tervel of Bulgaria • "~ the Savior": •
Ptolemy I Soter •
Ptolemy IX Soter •
Antiochus I Soter •
Demetrius I Soter •
Diodotus I Soter •
Menander I Soter • "~ the Seer":
Oleg of Novgorod • "~ of the Seven Parts (of the World)":
Peter, Duke of Coimbra () • "~ the She-Wolf of France:
Isabella of France • "~ the Be-shitten":
James II of England and Ireland, also James VII of Scotland () • "~ the Short":
Pippin III, King of the Franks • "~ of Showers":
Niall Frossach, High King of Ireland • "~ the Silent": •
Olav III of Norway •
William I of Orange • "~ the Simple": •
Charles III of France •
William, Count of Sully •
Frederick III of Sicily •
Peter II, Duke of Brittany • "~ the Singer":
David III of Ethiopia (
Dawīt āzimarī) • "~
Skötkonung" (
Old Norse "Tax-King"?):
Olof of Sweden • "~ the Sluggard":
Louis V of France • "~ the Soldier":
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy • "~ the Soldier-King": •
Frederick William I of Prussia •
Peter IV of Portugal () •
Albert I of Belgium (French:
le Roi-Soldat or
le Roi-Chevalier) • "~ the Sorcerer":
Vseslav of Polotsk • "~ the Sorrowful":
Manuel II of Portugal () • "~ the Spider":
Louis XI of France ''(l'Universelle Aragne)'' • "~ the Spirited":
Philip V of Spain () • "~ Split-Nose":
Justinian II, Byzantine Emperor • "~ the Stammerer":
Louis II of France • "~ the Stout":
Olaf II of Norway • "The Strict": •
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria () •
Boleslaus I, Duke of Jawor () •
Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia () • "~ the Strong": •
Augustus II the Strong •
Magnus Nilsson, Swedish pretender •
Sancho VII of Navarre •
Uroš IV of Serbia • "~ the Studious":
Manuel II of Portugal () • "~ the Stutterer":
Peter I of Portugal () • "~ the Sun King":
Louis XIV of France • "The Portuguese Sun King":
John V of Portugal T • "~ the Tall": •
Canute II of Sweden •
Philip V of France (Philippe le Long) •
Stephen of Serbia •
Thorkell of East Anglia •
Hasan the Tall (Uzun Hasan) • "~ the Terrible": •
Charles, Duke of Burgundy •
Ivan IV of Russia (,
Ivan Groznyy) •
Shingas •
Krum of Bulgaria • "~ the Theologian":
John I of Mecklenburg • "~ the Thunderbolt": •
Bayezid I, Ottoman Sultan •
Ptolemy, King of Macedon ( • "~ the Till-the-End-of-the-World-Passionate":
Peter I of Portugal () • "~ the Tough":
Helen of Bosnia () • "~ the Traditionalist":
Miguel I of Portugal () • "~ the Traditional Queen":
Isabella II of Spain () • "~ Transmarinus": (
Latin:
transmarinus "from Outerseas")
Louis IV of France () • "~ the Treacherous":
Leonor Telles de Meneses () • "~ the Tremulous":
García Sánchez II of Pamplona • "~ of the Tributes":
Brian Boru, High King of Ireland () • "~ the Troubadour": •
Alfonso II of Aragon •
Dinis of Portugal () •
Theobald I of Navarre (; ; also called Theobald the Posthumous) • "~ Twistedbeard":
Alan II, Duke of Brittany () () • "~ the Tyrant": •
Christian II of Denmark (in Sweden: ) •
Ezzelino III, Lord of Romano ()
U • "~ the Unfortunate": •
Manuel II of Portugal () •
Piero the Unfortunate • "~ the Unique":
Frederick II of Prussia • "~ the Unlucky": •
Arnulf III of Flanders •
Henry III of Reuss • "~ the Unready":
Ethelred II of England • "~ the Usurper": •
Mauregato of Asturias •
Miguel I of Portugal ()
V • "~ the Vain":
James I of England (VI of Scots) • "~ the Valiant": •
Halfdan Haraldsson, Legendary Prince of Scania •
John IV, Duke of Brittany (), (John V in some English sources) •
Ralph I, Count of Vermandois () •
Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine () •
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine () • "~ the Venetian":
Andrew III of Hungary (& III of Croatia) • "~ the Vengeful":
Peter I of Portugal () • "~ the Victorious": •
Afonso VI of Portugal () •
Charles VII of France •
Eric of Sweden () •
Frederick I of the Palatinate •
Valdemar II of Denmark (; also "Valdemar the Conqueror") • "~ the Virgin Queen":
Elizabeth I of England • "~the Virtuous":
Leopold V, Duke of Austria ()
W • "~ the Warlike": •
Albert, Prince of Beyreuth •
Bernard VII of Lippe •
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony •
Frederick II of Austria •
Herman of Schwarzenberg •
Michael VI, Byzantine Emperor •
Svyatoslav I of Kiev • "~ the Warrior":
Charles I of Savoy • "~ the Weak":
Uroš V of Serbia • "~ Wearing-a-Cape":
Hugh Capet of France • "~ the Well-Beloved": •
Charles VI of France •
Louis I of Spain () • "~ the Well-Served":
Charles VII of France • "~ the Wench of
Queluz":
Carlota Joaquina, Queen of Portugal () • "~ the White": •
Henry III of Silesia •
Leszek I of Poland () • "~ Whiteshirt": •
Haraldr Whiteshirt • "~ Who-Fights-Alone": •
Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor •
Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev • "~ the Wicked": •
Ordoño IV of León •
Yazdegerd I of Persia • "~ the Wise": •
Albert II of Austria •
Albert IV of Bavaria •
Alfonso X of Castile •
Charles V of France •
Coloman of Hungary •
Frederick II of the Palatinate •
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony •
Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor •
Mandukhai Khatun, empress of the Mongol Empire •
Robert of Naples •
Sancho VI of Navarre •
William IV of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) •
Yaroslav I of KievBritannica Academic • "~ the Wrymouth":
Boleslaus III of Poland ()
Y • "Yellow ~" or "~ the Blond":
Selim II of the Ottoman Empire () • "~ the Young": •
Basarab Ţepeluş of Wallachia (
Old Romanian: ) •
Fulk V of Anjou () • "~ the Young King":
Henry the Young King () • "~ the Younger": •
Conrad II of Sicily •
Martin I of Sicily •
Louis VII of France () •
Pippin III, King of the Franks (; , or ); see also "~ the Short", above ==Sobriquets==