List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: G-I

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• "The Gallic Hercules": Henry IV of France 1
• "The Gascon" (Fr. le Gascon): Charles XIV John of Sweden
• "The Gatekeeper of the Alps": Amadeus VIII of Savoy 2
• "The Gatherer of the Russian Lands": Ivan III of Russia
• "The Gay Duchess of Gordon": Jean Maxwell, wife of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
• "The General":
  • Michael VI
  • Nicephorus I
• "The Generous", "Extravagant", "Liberal", "Magnanimous" (Cat. el Franc, Dut. de Prachtlievende, Fr. le Genereux, le Liberal, le Magnanime, Gae. Hael, Ger. der Grossmutige, der Großherzige,der Prachtige, It. il Generoso, il Liberale, Lat. Magnanimus, Pol. Hojny, Szczodry, Wielkoduszny, Por. O Magnanimo, Sp. el Liberal, el Magnanimo, Swe. den Liberale):
  • Albert II of Germany Albert V of Austria
  • Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
  • Alfonso III of Aragon
  • Alfonso V of Aragon
  • Boleslaw II the Bold
  • Bolko III, Duke of Silesia (1291–1352)
  • Charles II of Alençon
  • Denis of Portugal
  • Edward of Savoy 3
  • Henry I of Champagne
  • Henry II, Duke of Brabant
  • John V of Portugal
  • John Frederick, Elector of Saxony
  • Ladislas of Naples
  • Leopold IV of Austria (Babenberg)
  • Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1271–1326) 4 5
  • Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
  • Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
  • Pedro II of Brazil 6
  • Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
  • Riderch I of Alt Clut
  • Robert the Magnificent
  • Rudolph IV of Austria
  • Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria-Dachau, 1460–1467
  • Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
• "The Gentle Lochiel": Donald Cameron 7
• "The Gentleman": Mehmed I 8
• "The Gentleman King" (Fr. Roi Gentilhomme, It. il Re Galantuomo): Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 9
• "The German" (Dut. de Duitser, Fr. l'Allemand le Germanique, Ger. der Deutsche, It. il Germanico, Pol. Niemiecki, Por. o Germanico, Sp. el Germanico, Swe. den Tyske):
  • Louis the German
  • William II, Count of Burgundy
• "The German Hector": Albert, Duke of Saxony
• "The German Hermes Trismegistus": Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• "The Ghibelline": Thomas I of Savoy 10
• "The Gloomy Earl": James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
• "The Glorious" (Dut. de Glorierijke, Fr. le Glorieux, Digne de Gloire, Ger. der Glorreiche, der Glorwurdige, der Ruhmreiche, Por. o Glorioso):
  • Alexander III of Scotland
  • Athelstan of England
  • Engelbert II of Nassau-Breda (1451–1504)
  • Ivar of Novgorod
  • Leopold I of Austria (Habsburg)
  • Peter Urseolo of Hungary
  • Ragnvald the Mountain-high
• "The Godly" (Ger. der Frommste): Bogislaw XIII (1544–1606), Duke of Pomerania-Barth-Rugen, 1569–1606
• "The God-given" (Fr. Dieudonne, Lat. a Deo Datus):
  • John I, Duke of Lorraine
  • Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria
  • Louis XIV of France
  • Philip II of France
• "The God-Like One" (Ger. Khudavendighiar, Sp. el Divino, Tur. Hüdavendigâr): Murad I
• "The Golden King of the North": Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
• "The Golden One" (Sp. el Dorado): Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• "The Good" (Fr. le Bon, Gae. Dda, Fr. le Bienheureux, Ger. der Gute, Hun. Jó, It. il Buono, Lat. Sanctus, Nor. den Gode, Pol. Dobry, Por. o Bom, Rom. cel Bun, Rus. Dobriy, Sp. el Bueno, Swe. den Gode):
  • Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
  • Alexandru cel Bun
  • Alfonso IV of Aragon
  • Alfonso VII of Castile
  • Alonso Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno
  • Andrei, Prince of Pereyaslavl, 1134–1141
  • Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
  • Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (1325-1365)
  • Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
  • Bohemund VI of Antioch
  • Charles I, Count of Flanders
  • Charles II of Savoy 11
  • Claude of France
  • Constantine I, Grand Prince of Vladimir, 1216–1218
  • Diego Lopez de Haro, 3rd Lord of Vizcaya and Haro, 1200–1214
  • Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
  • Eric I of Denmark
  • Ferdinand I of Austria
  • Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Fulk II of Anjou
  • Gaston VI, Viscount of Bearn, 1173–1215
  • Guglielmo Cybo, Palatine Count of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Haakon I of Norway
  • Henry I, Duke of Lorraine
  • Henry II, Count of Stade, 976–1016
  • Henry VI, Duke of Silesia-Wrocław, 1311–1335
  • Henry Cardinal Beaufort
  • Hywel Dda
  • Ivan II of Russia
  • Sir James Douglas 12
  • John MacDonald, 1st Lord of the Isles (1326–1387)
  • John I of Portugal
  • John II of France
  • John II, Duke of Silesia-Opole
  • John II, Count of Soissons (d.1270)
  • John III, Duke of Brittany
  • Konstantin of Rostov
  • Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
  • Leopold III of Austria (Habsburg)
  • Luis I of Portugal
  • Louis I, Count of Montpensier
  • Louis II, Duke of Bourbon
  • Magnus I of Norway
  • Mstislav III of Kiev
  • Nuño González, Lord of Lara (d.1275)
  • Georgia, 116–132
  • Patrascu, Prince of Wallachia, 1554–1559
  • Philibert II, Duke of Savoy 13
  • Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
  • Philip III of Navarre
  • Radu cel Frumos
  • Raoul III, Count of Soissons (d.1236)
  • Rene of Naples
  • Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
  • Richard II of Normandy
  • Robert I of Artois
  • Robert I of Naples
  • Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford
  • Rudolph I of Bohemia
  • Sigeberht II of Essex
  • Suero Mendez de Maya
  • Theobald V of Blois
  • Umberto I of Italy
  • William II of Sicily
• "The Good Duchess": Elizabeth Brodie, wife of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon 14
• "The Good Duke", "Good Duke Humphrey" (Sp. el Buen Duque): Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
• "The Good Earl":
  • Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (1555–1588)15
  • Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
• "The Good Earl of Hereford": Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford 16
• "The Good Josephine" (Fr. la Bonne Josephine): Josephine de Beauharnais 17
• "The Good King" (Fr. le Bon Roi): Rene I of Naples
• "The Good King James" (Cat. el Bon Rei Jaume): James II of Majorca 18
• "The Good Knight" (Fr. le Bon Chevalier): Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
• "The Good Marquis": Odo of Apulia
• "The Good Mother" (Por. o Boa Mae): Mary II of Portugal
• "The Good Regent" (Sp. la Buena Regente):
  • James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
  • Maria Christina of Austria
• "The Good Sir James": James Douglas (the Black) (1286–1330)
• "The Good-Natured": Louis the Pious
• "The Good and Wise": John VI, Duke of Brittany 19
• "The Goodly": Ferdinand I of Austria
• "The Goth": Pelayo of Asturias
• "The Gothic Alexander": Ermanaric, King of the Ostrogoths, 350–376
• "The Gouty" (Dut. de Jichtige, Ger. der Gichtige, It. il Gottoso, Sp. el Gotoso):
  • Bermudo II of Leon
  • Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
• "The Glorious": Duncan of Scotland
• "The Governor": Stephen of Monaco, Regent of Monaco 20
• "The Gracious" (Fr. le Gracieux, Ger. der Wohlwollende, Nor. den Nådige): Duncan I of Scotland
• "The Grammarian" (Fr. le Grammairien): Philip of Alencon (d.1096)
• "The Grand Baron": Thierry III, Count of Montbeliard, 1227–1283
• "The Grand [...] of Savoy" (Fr. el Grand Bâtard de Savoie): Rene (1488–1525), Admiral of France
• "The Grand Dauphin" (Fr. le Grand Dauphin): Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711)
• "Grand Duke of Phussandbussle": Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
• "The Grand Guise" (Fr. le Grand Guise): Francis, Duke of Guise
• "The Grand Lady" (Fr. la Grande Mademoiselle): Anne, Duchess of Montpensier
• "The Grand Monarch (Fr. le Grand Monarque): Louis XIV of France
• "The Grand Prior": Henry FitzJames, 1st Duke of Albemarle 21
• "The Grand Seneschal": William Raymond II, Baron of Moncada (1090–1173)
• "The Grand Vendome (Fr. le Grand Vendome): Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme
• "The Grandmother of Europe": Victoria of the United Kingdom 22
• "The Grandson": Demetrius VI, Grand Prince of Moscow (1483-1509) 23
• "The Graycloak, Greymantle, Greyhide (Dan. Graafeld, Fr. Grisegonelle, a la Pelisse Grise, It. Pellegrigia, Nor. Grafell):
  • Geoffrey I of Anjou
  • Geoffrey III, Count of Vendome, 1102–1137
  • Harald II of Norway
• "The Great" (Riki, Arm. Redz, Cat. el Gran, Cze. Veliký, Dan. den Store, Dut. de Grote, Fr. le Grand, Gae. Mawr, Geo. Didi, Ger. der Grosse, Gr. Megas, Hun. Nagy, It. il Grande, Lat. Magnus, Nor. den Mektige, Pol. Wielki, Por. o Grande, Rum. cel Mare, Rus. Velikij, Sp. el Grande, el Magno, el Mayor, Welsh, Fawr):
  • Adalbert I of Tuscany 24
  • Aethelmaer Ciel, Thane of Sussex, 1005
  • Afonso de Albuquerque 25 26
  • Alain, 16th Lord of Albret (1471–1522)
  • Alan I, Duke of Brittany
  • Alberico da Barbiano
  • Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg
  • Alexander I of Georgia
  • Alexander the Great
  • Afonso I of Portugal
  • Alfonso of Aragon, 1st Duke of Villahermosa (1415–1485),
  • Alexander I, Prince of Wallachia, 1352–1364
  • Alexios I of Trebizond
  • Alfonso III of Asturias
  • Alfred the Great
  • Amadeus III of Savoy 27
  • Anthony, Lord of Croy (1390–1475)
  • Archambaud VIII, Sire de Bourbon
  • Arnold III of Guînes (c.1225–?)
  • Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
  • Ashot I Kuropalates
  • Bagrat V of Georgia
  • Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
  • Barnim III, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, 1334–1368
  • Basarab I of Wallachia
  • Berenguela of Castile
  • Bogislaw III, Duke of Pomerania
  • Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, 1471–1523
  • Bolko I, Duke of Silesia (1270–1301)
  • Boris of Tver (1425–1461)
  • Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne
  • Canute the Great
  • Casimir III of Poland
  • Catherine II of Russia
  • Charlemagne
  • Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
  • Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy 28
  • Clotaire II
  • Clovis I
  • Conrad I, Margrave of Meissen (1091–1157)
  • Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
  • Constantine I (emperor)
  • Cyrus I (Emperor)
  • Darius I, King of Kings (Emperor)
  • David, Viscount Roche of Fermoy
  • David II, King of Abkhazia, 990–1000
  • David VII Ulu
  • Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Luna, 3rd Duke of Infantado (1461–1531)
  • Donald O'Brien, King of Thomond (d.1194)
  • Edzard I, Count of East Frisia
  • Egbert of Wessex
  • Elizabeth I of England
  • Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy (1174–1242)
  • Ethelred Mucil, Earl of Mercia (d.912)
  • Ferdinand I of Castile
  • Frederick II of Prussia
  • Frederick II, Duke of Silesia
  • Gauthier II of Enghien (d.1271)
  • Gerard, Duke of Lorraine
  • Gerhard III, Count of Holstein
  • Gero, Margrave of Ostmark, 936–965
  • Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine
  • Gradlon of Cornouaille
  • Guichard IV of Beaujeau (d.1216)
  • Guichard VI of Beaujeau (d.1331)
  • Gurgen II, King of Georgia, 918–941
  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
  • Henry IV of France
  • Henry V, Count of Luxemburg, 1247–1281
  • Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Hermann III of Baden
  • Hugh, Earl of Mercia, son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia
  • Hugh the Great, Count of Paris
  • Hugh, Earl of Mercia
  • Hugh of Vermandois
  • Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany, 970–1001
  • Hugh III of Cyprus
  • Humphrey II, Lord of Bohun (1057–1129) 29
  • Ivan III of Russia
  • John I of Portugal
  • John II of Aragon
  • John (III) of Vergy, Lord of Fouvent 30
  • John IX of Ghistelle, Lord of Harnes, 1380–1385/86 31
  • Justin I
  • Justinian I
  • Kwirike III, King of Kakheti, 1010–1029
  • Leo I the Thracian
  • Leo II of Armenia
  • Llywelyn the Great 32
  • Louis of Hungary
  • Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
  • Louis XIV of France
  • Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill 33
  • Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid 34
  • Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon
  • Manuel I Comnenus
  • Manuel I of Portugal
  • Margaret I of Denmark
  • Martin della Torre, Lord della Torre (1110–1147)
  • Matteo I, Duke of Milan (1250–1322)
  • Matthew IV, Lord of Montmorency, 1270–1304
  • Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
  • Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
  • Milo I of Montlhéry
  • Mircea cel Bătrân of Wallachia
  • Mstislav of Kiev
  • Mzečabuk the Great, Prince of Meschia, 1502–1515
  • Napoleon I of France
  • Niall of the Nine Hostages
  • Odo of Aquitaine
  • Oleg II, Prince of Riazan, 1379–1389, Grand Prince of Riazan, 1389–1402
  • Otakar II of Bohemia
  • Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Otto I, Count of Guelders (1150–1207)
  • Otto IV of Kirchberg
  • Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy
  • Peter I of Pskov (1507–1509)
  • Peter I of Russia
  • Peter III of Aragon
  • Radu cel Mare
  • Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
  • Raoul III, Count of Vexin & Valois (d.1074)
  • Rhodri the Great
  • Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connacht (d.1243), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
  • Robert VII, Count of Auvergne (d.1325)
  • Roger II of Sicily
  • Roger-Bernard II of Foix
  • Roman the Great
  • Roupen I, Lord of Taurus, 1080–1095
  • Salomoni I, King of Abkhazia, 1752–1766, 1768–1784
  • Sancho III of Navarre
  • Sigurd, King of Trondheim and Ringerike, 900–937
  • Simeon I of Bulgaria 35
  • Stefan Dusan
  • Stephen I of Hungary
  • Stephen III of Moldavia
  • Svyatoslav IV, Prince of Smolensk, 1358–1386
  • Svatopluk I, Margrave of Moravia, 870–894
  • Świętopełk II of Pomerania
  • Theobald II of Champagne
  • Theodoric the Great
  • Theodosius I 36
  • Thierry, Bishop of Verdun, 1047–1088
  • Thorfinn
  • Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair 37
  • Valdemar I of Denmark
  • Valdemar II, Duke of Schleswig
  • Vasili, Grand Prince of Tver, 1425–1461
  • Vladimir I of Kiev
  • Vytautas the Great
  • Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
  • Walter IV of Brienne
  • William of Gellone
  • William I of Burgundy (d.1304), Count of Auxerre
  • William I, Count of Burgundy
  • William I of Craon (1318–87), Viscount of Chateaudun
  • William II, Count of Julich, 1176–1207
  • William II, Count of Weimar, 963–1003
  • William V of Aquitaine
• "The Great and Holy" (Rum. cel Mare si Sfant): Stephen III of Moldavia
• "The Greatbeard": Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
• "The Great Assassin": Abdul Hamid II 38
• "The Great Captain" (Fr. le Grand Capitaine, It. il Gran Capitano):
  • Prince Eugene of Savoy
  • Gonzalvo Hernandez de Cordova (1443–1515)
  • Manuel I of Trebizond
  • Roger of Lauria 39
• "The Great Captain of Guise" (Sp. el Gran Capitan de Guysa): Francis, Duke of Guise
• "The Great Cardinal: Pedro González de Mendoza
• "The Great Chief" (Ir. Ceann Mor): Malcolm III of Scotland
• "The Great Commoner": William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 40
• "The Great Conde" (Dut. de Grote Condé, Fr. le Grand Conde, Pol. Kondeuszem Wielkim, Swe. den Store Conde): Louis II de Bourbon, 4th Prince de Conde
• "The Great Constable" (Fr. le Grand Connetable):
  • Matthew II, Lord of Montmorency, 1189–1230
  • Nuno Álvares Pereira
• "The Great Count" (It. il Gran ContE):
  • Amadeus V of Savoy 41
  • Roger I of Sicily 42
• "The Great Countess (It. la Gran Contessa)":
  • Matilda of Tuscany
• "The Great Countess of Ormonde": Margaret FitzGerald 43, wife of Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde
• "The Great Cuckold: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
• "The Great Duke":
  • Albert I of Mecklenburg
  • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• "The Great Duke of Osuna" (Sp. el Grande Duque de Osuna): Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna
• "The Great Earl":
  • Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
  • Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond (d.1624) 44 45
  • Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone
• "The Great Earl of Kildare": **Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare 4647
• "The Great Earl FitzGerald": Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (d.1478)
• "The Great Elector" (Ger. der Grosse Kurfürst, Pol. Wielkim Elektorem, Por. o Grande Eleitor, Sp. el Gran Elector. Swe. den store kurfursten): Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
• "The Great Hound" (Lat. Malgocunus): Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon
• "The Great Landgravine" (Ger. Grosse Landgrafin): Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, Langravine of Hesse-Kassel
• "The Great Law-giver": Vladimir I of Kiev
• "The Great Logothete" (Lord High Treasurer, Por. o Grande Logoteta, Sp. el Logoteta): Nicephorus I
• "The Great Marquess":
  • James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
  • Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal
• "The Great Marshal": Philip de Keith, 2nd Earl Marshal of Scotland
• "The Great Monarch" (Fr. le Grand Monarque): Louis XIV of France
• "The Great Turk: Mehmed II 48
• "The Great Vladika": Peter II Petrovic of Montenegro
• "The Greatest [...] and the Greatest Beast in the Whole World": Frederick, Prince of Wales 49
• "The Greatest Debauchee of the Age": William III of the Netherlands
• "The Greatest Knight that Ever Lived": William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
• "The Greatest of All Hungarians": István Széchenyi 50
• "The Greatest Subject in Britain": Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
• "The Greatest Villain that Ever was Born": Frederick, Prince of Wales 51
• "The Greek (Fr. le Grec): Henry II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, 1322–1351
• "The Green" (Fr. le Vert): Archambaund II, Sire de Bourbon
• "The Green Count" (Dut. de Groene Graaf,, Fr. le Comte Vert, Ger. der Grüne Graf, It. il Conte Verde): Amadeus VI of Savoy
• "The Green Knight" (Fr. le Chevalier Vert): Louis I of Burgundy (d.1398), Count of Auxerre
• "The Green Monkey: Louis III, Prince of Condé 52
• "The Green Prince": Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• "The Greenlander" (Grenske): Haakon Sigurdsson
• "The Grey": Konrad II, Duke of Silesia-Olesnica
• "The Grim" (Ger. der Gestrenge, Hun. Vitez, Sp. el Severo, Swe. den Grymme, den Modige, Tur. Yavuz):
  • Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
  • Aubrey de Vere III, 1st Earl of Oxford (1130–1194) 53
  • Selim I 54
• "The Gross": James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas 55 56
• "The Guardian" (Tur. Veli): Bayezid II 57
• "The Guardian of Holy Mecca and Medina": Selim I 58
• "The Gypsy" (Sp. el Gitano, la Gitana):
  • Irene, wife of Petru Schiopul, Prince of Moldavia, 1582–1591
  • Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
• "Gambillard": Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine
• "Garret the Great" (Gae. Gearoid Mór): Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
• "Garrett MacAlison": Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare .
• "Garwyn" (Fr. Blanches-Jambes): Cynan Garwyn
• "Gateble", "Gasteblé": Robert III, Count of Dreux (1185–1234)
• "Geirstada-Alf", "Geirstadaalf": Olaf II, King of Vestfold and Jutland
• "General Moustache": Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine
• "Gensar": Auguste Marmont
• "Geordie Whelps", "George the Guelph": George I of Great Britain
• "German George": George I of Great Britain
• "Geroit Oge", "Gearóid Óg": Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
• "Gianciotto": Giovanni Malatesta 59
• "Gilla Dubh": Turlogh Oge, King of Thomond, 1496–1499
• "Gioan Bey": Mihail Radu, Prince of Wallachia, 1658–1659
• "Glazaty":
  • Alexander, Prince Shuiski (fl 1451) 60
  • Boris, Prince Glazaty 61
  • Dmitri, Prince Glazaty 62
• "Glipping", "Clipping", "Klipping" (The one who blinks, Fr. le Louche): Eric V of Denmark
• "Gloriana": Elizabeth I of England
• "Goël" (Lat. Goellus): William Goël of Ivry
• "Goliath":
  • Antonio I of Monaco 63 64
  • George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
• "Goldbeard": Harald, Ruler of Sogn
• "Good King Henry" (Fr. le Bon Roi Henri): Henry IV of France
• "Good King Wenceslas": Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
• "Good Old Teddy": Edward VII of the United Kingdom 65 66
• "Good Queen Bess": Elizabeth I of England
• "Good Queen Maude": Edith of Scotland
• "Goodinand the Finished" (Ger. Gutinand der Fertige): Ferdinand I of Austria
• "Goody Goderich": Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
• "Gorbaty": Ivan Shuiski (d.after 1478) 67
• "Gordon of Khartoum": Charles George Gordon
• "Gordon Pasha": Charles George Gordon
• "Gorislavich": Oleg Svyatoslavich, Prince Chernigov (d.1115) 68 6970
• "Grainne Mhaol" (Bald Grace, Cropped Hair): Grace O'Malley 71 []
• "Grathe" (Fr. Grade): Sweyn III of Denmark
• "Grebyonka": VAsili, Prince Shuiski (c1477) 72
• "Gregory the Great": Giric of Scotland
• "Grey Steill", "Greysteel": Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie (d.1535)73
• "Grippe-Lune": Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno
• "Grosbec" (Nosey): Napoleon III of France 74
• "Gubka": Ivan of Pskov (d.1546) 75
• "Guishart": David, Earl of Huntingdon (1144–1219)

H

• "The Habitué" (Tur. Demirbaş Şarl): *Charles XII of Sweden
• "The Habsburgs' Sword" (Ger. das Schwert Habsburg, Fr. l'Epee des Habsbourg): Leopold I of Austria (Habsburg)
• "The Hadrian of Piedmont" (Fr. l'Hadrien du Piemont): Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
• "The Hairy", "Long-Haired" (Catalan el Pilos, el Pelos, Sp. el Velloso):
  • Clodio
  • Wifred the Hairy
• "The Halter of Jerusalem: Charles II of Naples
• "The Hammer" (Lat. Martel, Ger.der Hammer,Martell, It.il Martello, Lat.Martellus, Pol.Młot ):
  • Charles Martel 76
  • Charles Martel of Anjou
  • Charles I of Hungary
  • Geoffrey I, Lord of Preuilly (d.1067)
  • Geoffrey II of Anjou
• "The Hammer of Christianity": Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• "The Hammer of the Scots" (Fr. le Marteau des Écossais, It. il Martello degli Scoti, Lat. Scottorum Malleus, Swe. Skottehammaren) : Edward I of England 77
• "The Hammer of the Welsh": Edward I of England
• "The Hand of Iron": Nicholas I of Russia 78 79
• "The Handsome" (Alann, Fr. le Beau, Gae. Caoch, Ger. der Schone, Hun. Szép, It. il Bello, Lat. Formosus, Pol. Piękny, Por. o Formoso, Rum. cel Frumos, Rus. Krasniy, Krasnyi, , Sp. el Bello, el Hermoso''):
  • Aedh, 30th King of Ireland, 734–743
  • Albert I of Brandenburg
  • Albert, Burgrave of Nuremberg (d.1361)
  • Albert VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow, 1503–1547
  • Bohemund VI of Antioch
  • Donal Caoch, Prince of Carberry, 1311–1320
  • Ferdinand I of Portugal
  • Frederick III, [[King of the Romans | Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg)
  • John I, Duke of Cleves, 1449–1481
  • John II of Alencon
  • Leopold II of Austria
  • Nicholas, Lord of Avesnes (1129-1171)80
  • Oleg I, Prince of Riazan, 1252–1258
  • Otto I of Bohemia (d.1091), Duke of Olmutz
  • Paolo Malatesta, Captain of the People of Florence 81
  • Phelim Caoch O'Neill
  • Philibert II, Duke of Savoy
  • Philip I of Castile
  • Radu cel Frumos
  • Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
  • Ulrich V of Montfort, Count of Montfort-Tettnang (d.1520)
  • Vasily, Prince of Ostrog (1392-1461)
  • William of Austria
  • Yaroslav, Prince of Novgorod, 1176–1177
• "The Handsome Auguste" (Fr. le Bel Auguste): Auguste Louis Philippe Emmanuel de Croÿ, 9th Duke of Croÿ
• "The Handsome Duke": Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
• "The Handsome Englishman" (Fr. le Bel Anglais): John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
• "The Handsome Prince" (Fr. le Beau Prince): Bohemund VII of Tripoli
• "The Handsome Scholar": Henry II of England
• "The Handsome Spaniard" (Sp. el Bello Español): Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, Cardinal
• "The Handsome Swordsman" (Fr. Le Beau Sabreur): Joachim Murat 82 83
• "The Handy" (Wel. Athlamhan): Aedh Athlamhan, King of Ulster, 1030-1033 84
• "The Hard": Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia
• "The Hard-Headed" (Fr. le Realiste): Dmitry of Pereslavl
• "The Hard-ruler" (It. lo Spietato, Nor. Hardrade): Harald III of Norway
• "The Hardy" (Dan. Hardeknud, It. l'Ardito, Pol. Surowy):
  • Canute III of Denmark Harthacanute
  • Kenneth I of Scotland 85
  • William Douglas (d.1302)
• "The Harefoot" (Hareford, Fr. Pied de Lievre):
  • Harold Harefoot
  • Olav IV of Norway
• "The Hare-Lipped" (Skarthi): Thorgils Skarthi
• "The Harvest Happy": Havard Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney, 976–991
• "The Hatted King" (Hun. Lapalos Kiraly): Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor 86
• "The Haughty":
  • Eric VI of Sweden
  • Sigrid the Haughty 87
• "The Head and Cynosure of All the Britons": Hywel Dda 88
• "The Head and the Shield of the Britons": Gruffydd ap Llywelyn 89
• "The Hearty": James Stewart, Earl of Buchan
• "The Hector of the Western World": Muircheartach, King of Ailech, 938-943
• "The Heir, "Inheritor" (Ger. der Erber):
  • Frederick III of Nuremberg
  • Henry II of Reuss (1425–1470, d.c.1481)
• "The Helen of the Middle Ages": Isabella of Angouleme
• "The Helen of Wales", "The Helen of Troy of Wales": Nest verch Rhys of Deheubarth
• "The Helpful" (Tur. Avni): Mehmed I 90
• "The Herdsman of Wild Beasts": William II of England 91
• "The Heremon": Eochaid I, High King of Ireland
• "The Hero of Valmy" (Fr. le Héros de Valmy): François Christophe Kellermann
• "The Hero of Waterloo": William I of the Netherlands 92 93
• "The Hero of Kolin": Ferenc Nádasdy V 94 95
• "The Hero of the Religion (Tur. Shucaeddin): Orhan I 96
• "The Heroine of Gaeta: Maria Sofia of Bavaria
• "The Heron's Neck" (Sp. Cuello de Garza): Ines de Castro
• "The High-Born Demosthenes: William The Silent 97
• "The Historian" (Ger. der Historiker):
  • Aethelwerd I, Thane of Surrey, 973
  • Hethum of Little Armenia (d.1314), Lord of Korykos
  • John I, Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrucken (1550–1604)
  • Nithard
  • Nivelon I, Count of Autun (d.768)
• "The Hoarse" (Wel. Gryg): Rhys Gryg
• "The Hog": Richard III of England
• "The Holiest Harlot": Lady Eleanor Talbot 98
• "The Holy":
  • Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney 99
  • Hermenegild
• "The Holy Duchess": Francoise d'Amboise 100
• "The Holy Duke": Francis Xavier
• "The Holy Virgin": Earcongota of Kent, daughter of Eorcenberht, King of Kent, 640–664
• "The Holy Warrior" (Tur. Gazi, Ghazi): Osman I 101
• "The Homosexual" (Sp. el Homosexual): Francis, King Consort of Spain
• "The Honest", "Upright": (Fr. l'Honnete, Ger. der Affricative, der Aufrichtige):
  • Alexander MacCoinneach, 7th Lord of Kintail (1398–1488)
  • Conrad of Rechberg and Rothenlowen
  • Ferdinand I of Aragon
  • Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
  • Henry I of Reuss-Plauen (1387–1429)
  • Henry IV, Duke of Silesia
  • Louis I of Bavaria
  • Philip, Count Palatine of the Rhine
  • Rudolph IV of Austria
• "The Hopeful" (Fr. Celui qui Donne de l'Espérance, Por. o Esperançoso, Sp. el Esperanzado):
  • Pedro V of Portugal
  • Thomas Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley (1505-1534) 102
• "The Horse Thief of Berlin": Napoleon I of France 103
• "The Horseshoe" (Rum. Potcoava): John, Prince of Moldavia
• "The Hospitable" (Irish, an-Einigh): Margaret O'Carroll 104
• "The Humane, Humanist" (Sp. el Humano):
  • Henry of Reuss (1319–1335, d.c.1339)
  • Martin I of Aragon
• "The Hun": Attila the Hun
• "The Hunchback", "Hunchbacked", "Curved, "Crooked" (Cat. el Corbat, Fr. le Bossu, le Courbe, Ger. der Bucklige, der Hockrige, Pol. Garbaty, Sp. el Corvado, el Curvo, el Jorobado):
  • Alfonso Froilaz
  • Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona 105
  • Conrad, Duke of Silesia-Sagan, 1284–1304
  • Conrad III, Duke of Silesia
  • Garcia II Sanchez, Duke of Gascony, 893–920
  • Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine
  • Jean II, Count of Armagnac, 1373–1384
  • John VI of Pskov (1502–1503)
  • Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, 1443–1445
  • Ordoño IV of Leon
  • Pippin the Hunchback
  • Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
• "The Hungarian": Arpad (850–907), Duke of the Magyars, 886–907
• "The Hungarian Lady": Clemence of Anjou 106
• "The Hunter", "Hunting King" (Jagtkonge) (Cat. el Cacador, el Descurat, Fr. le Chasseur, le Veneur, Ger. der Jager, Lat. Venator, Nor. Veidekonge, Sp. el Cazador, Tur. Avci):
  • Charles IV of Spain
  • Gudrød the Hunter
  • Hugh I of Lusignan
  • John I of Aragon
  • Mehmed IV 107 108
  • Philibert I of Savoy
• "The Hussite": Bolko V, Duke of Silesia
• "The Hussite King": George of Podebrady 109
• "The Hyena of Brescia: Julius Jacob von Haynau 110 111
• "The Hyena of Eperjes: Antonio Caraffa 112
• "Hairy Brogues": Olaf Cuaran
• "Hairyfoot" (Fr. Plantevelue, Plantipilosa, Hairy Shoot): Bernard II of Auvergne (d.886)
• "Haleg": Halfdan, King of Orkney
• "Hapkin": Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders
• "Harry Pothead": Prince Henry of Wales
• "He of Antequera" (Sp. El de Antequera): Ferdinand I of Aragon
• "He of Barbastro" (Sp. El de Barbastro): Ermengol III of Urgell 113
• "He of Brasera", "He of Branosera" (Sp. El de Brasera, ''El de Branosera):
  • Nuño Nuñez of Castile (840–869) 114
  • Munio Nuñez of Castile (d. after 860) 115
• "He of Castile" (Sp. El de Castilla): Ermengol VI of Urgell, 1102–1154 116
• "He of Castroserio" (El de Castroserio): Fernando Muñoz of Castile (d.after 870) 117
• "He of Córdoba (Sp. El de Cordoba)": Ermengol I of Urgell 118
• "He of Castrogeriz" (Sp. El de Castrogeriz): Nuño Nuñez, Count of Castile 119
• "He of Gerp" (Sp. El de Gerp): Ermengol IV of Urgell 120
• "He of the Gifts" (Sp. El de las Mercedes): Henry II of Castile
• "He of the Good Laws" (Por. o dos Bons Foros, Sp. El de los Buenos Fueros): Sancho I of Castile []
• "He of the Little Dagger" (Sp. El del Punyalet): Peter IV of Aragon
• "He of Las Navas de Tolosa" (Sp. El de las Navas de Tolosa): Alfonso VIII of Castile
• "He of Mayeruca", "He of Mollerussa" (Sp. El de Mayeruca): Ermengol V of Urgell 121
• "He of Najera" (Sp. El de Najera): Garcia V of Navarre
• "He of Peñalen" (Sp. El de Peñalen): Sancho IV of Navarre
• "He of Roa" (Sp. El de Roa): Nuño Nuñez of Castile 122
• "He of Salado River" (Por. O do Salado, Sp. El del Rio Salado): Alfonso XI of Castile
• "He of San Hilario" (Sp. El de San Hilario): Ermengol VIII of Urgell 123
• "He of Valencia" (Sp. El de Valencia): Ermengol VII of Urgell 124
• "He of the White Hands" (Por. o das Mãos Brancas, Sp. El de las Manos Blancas): Garcia I of Castile
• "Hector": Joachim II of Brandenburg 125
• "Hearty James": James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan
• "Hellgate Barrymore": Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore 126 127
• "Hen" (Hein): Harald III of Denmark
• "Heracleonas" (Fr. Heraclonas): Heraclius II
• "Heracles", "Hercules": Jerzy Radziwiłł 128
• "Herfast": Herbastus de Crepon (911–984)
• "Herr Schratt": Francis Joseph I of Austria 129
• "Hesso": Rudolph of Baden-Baden
• "Hildetand", "Hilditonn" (Shining Teeth): Harald of Denmark (647–735)
• "Honest George": George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
• "Honorary Grandfather": Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
• "Honorary Grandson": Charles, Prince of Wales
• "Hotspur": Henry Percy
• "Hrebeljanovic": Prince Lazar
• "Hubble-Bubble": Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 130
• "Hügeli": Frederick of Hohenzollern (fl.1418), a monk
• "Hungarian Janko": John Hunyadi 131
• "Hunger": Olaf I of Denmark
• "Hurepel": Philip of France (1201–1234), Count of Clermont, son of Philip II of France and Agnes of Meran
• "Hvit": Halfdan, son of Harald I of Norway
• "Hvitbeinn": Halfdan Hvitbeinn

I

• "The Idiot" (Dut. de Idioot, It. l'Idiota):
  • Childeric III
  • Selim II
• "The Ill Deacon", "Slim Deacon" (Nor.Slembi-diakn, Slembe): Sigurd Slembe
• "The Ill-Ruler", "Evil-Adviser" (Illräde, Illráda): Ingjald
• "The Illustrious" (Dut. de Verhevene, Fr. l'Illustre, le Serein, Geo. Brtskinvale, Ger. der Durchlauchtigte, der Erlauchte, Sp. el Illustre):
  • Albert II of Germany Albert V of Austria
  • Charles, Duke of Calabria (1298–1328)
  • Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, 1279–1325
  • Eberhard II, Count of Wurttemberg
  • Frederick VI of Nuremberg
  • George V of Georgia
  • George VI the Minor
  • Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
  • John V, Margrave of Brandenburg, 1308–1317
  • Leopold I of Austria (Babenberg)
  • Otto I, Duke of Saxony
  • Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
• "The Immigrant" (Por. o Emigrante): Abd ar-Rahman I 132
• "The Immortal Seven":
  • Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
  • Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
  • Henry Compton, Bishop of London
  • Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
  • Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough
  • Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
  • William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
• "The Impaler", "Impaler Prince" (Fr. l'Empaleur, Ger. der Pfähler, Rum. Tepes, Sp. el Empelador, Tur. Kaziglu Bey): Vlad III Dracula 133 134 135
• "The Imperial Egg-layer": Maria Theresa of Austria
• "The Imperial Machiavelli": Tiberius 136
• "The Imperious": Haakon, Earl of Orkney, 1105–1123
• "The Impetuous" (Fr. l'Impétueux, Ger. der Ungestüme, It. l'Impetuoso, Wel.Yrth):
  • Diarmait mac Mail na mBo 137
  • Dungal of Dalriada
  • Einion Yrth ap Cunedda
• "The Implacable": Alfonso XI of Castile
• "The Impotent" (Dut. de Machteloze, Fr. l'Impuissant, It. l'Impotente, Por. Bezsilny, Sp. el Impotente, Swe. den impotente): Henry IV of Castile
• "The Incendiary" (Irish an-tothaine): Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin 138
• "The Incomparable Josephine" (Fr. l'Incomparable Josephine): Josephine de Beauharnais
• "The Inconscient" (Por. o Inconsciente): Ferdinand I of Portugal
• "The Inconstant (Fr. l'Assure, Ger. der Höfliche, Por. o Inconstante):
  • Ferdinand I of Portugal
  • Henry II of Reuss-Unter-Greiz (1572–1583, d.1608)
• "The Independist" (Por. o Independista): Antonio, Prior of Crato
• "The Infamous" (Fr. l'Infame):
  • Elizabeth of Russia 139
  • Oleg I, Prince of Novgorod-Severskiy, 1097–1115
  • Wladyslaw, Duke of Silesia
• "The Infamous Cannibal": James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig (1697-1715)140
• "The Infirm", "Sickly" (Dut. de Lijder, Fr. le Maladif, le Dolent, l'Infirme, Pol. Chorowity, Por. l'Infermo, Sp. el Doliente): Henry III of Castile
• "The Ingenuous" (Airgthech): Fothad Airgthech
• "The Injured": Henry I of Reuss-Plauen (1338–1356)
• "The Inspired", "Inspired King" (Sp. el Animoso, el Rey Animoso, Tur. Ilhami):
  • Philip V of Spain
  • Selim III 141
• "The Intermediate", "Middle" (Fr. le Moyen, Ger. der Mittlere):
  • [[Henry IV of Reuss-Obergreiz (1625–1629)
  • Henry XV of Reuss-Greiz (1535–1564, d.1578)
  • Henry XVIII of Reuss-Greiz (1607–1616), Lord of Weida
  • Henry VII, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
  • John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1561–1623)
  • John Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, 1554–1566
  • William II, Landgrave of Hesse
  • Yuri II, Prince of Uglich, 1533–1563
• "The Intimate of Three Kings": Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł 142 143 144
• "The Intolerable Woman": Anna Radziwiłł (1476-1522) 145
• "The Intruder" (Sp. el Intruso): Diego Lopez IV de Haro, Lord of Vizcaya, 1295–1311
• "The Invader of Ireland": Maurice FitzGerald de Windsor (1100–1176)
• "The Invincible": Giovanni dalle Bande Nere 146
• "The Irish Charlemagne: Brian Boru 147
• "The Irish Sea Queen": Grace O'Malley 148
• "The Iron and Gold King": Otakar II of Bohemia
• "The Iron" (Arm. Yergat, Dut. de IJzeren, Ger. der Eiserne, Pol. Zelazny, Sp. el Ferreo, Swe. den Järnhårde):
  • Ashot II, King of Armenia, 914–929
  • Ernest of Austria (Habsburg)
  • Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg
  • Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1328–1377
  • Henry II, Count of Holstein
  • Henry III, Duke of Silesia, (1219–1369)
  • Henry V, Duke of Silesia
  • Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1140–1172
• "The Iron-Arm" (Fr. Bras de Fer, Fier-a-Bras):
  • Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
  • Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
  • William Iron-Arm 149
  • William IV of Aquitaine
• "William of Gellone
• "The Iron Chancellor" (Cze. Železný Kancléř, Dan. Jernkansleren, Dut. de IJzeren Kanselier, Fr. le Chancelier de Fer, Ger. der Eiserne Kanzler, It. il Cancelliere di Ferro, Nor. Jernkanslaren, Pol. Kanclerzem, Por. o Chanceler de Ferro, Sp. el Canciller de Hierro, Swe. Järnkanslern): Otto von Bismarck 150
• "The Iron Cross" (Dan./Nor./Swe. Jernkorset, Dut. IJzeren Kruis, Fr. la Croix de Fer, Ger. das Eiserne Kreuz, It. la Croce di Ferro, Pol. Krzyż Żelazny, Por. a Cruz de Ferro, Sp. la Cruz de Hierro): Guy VIII (d.1323), Lord of Laval and Count of Caserta
• "The Iron Czar: Nicholas I of Russia 151
• "The Iron Duke" (Dut. de IJzeren Hertog, Fr. le Duc de Fer):
  • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 152 153
  • Ernest of Austria (Habsburg)
  • Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
• "The Iron Glove" (Galitsa): Mikhail Ivanovich Bulgakov (d.1554), Russian boyar
• "The Iron Hand":
  • August II the Strong 154
  • Guaimar IV of Salerno 155
• "The Ironhead", "Iron-Headed" (Fr. Tete de Fer, Ger. Eisenkopf, It.Testa di Ferro,Capodiferro, Lat.Capiferreus''):
  • Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy 156
  • Pandulf Ironhead
• "The Iron King" (Ger. der Eiserne Koenig): Otakar II of Bohemia
• "The Iron Knee" (Iarainn): Glun, King of Dublin, 981–?
• "The Iron Man": Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
• "The Iron Margrave" (Fr. Dent de Fer): Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg
• "The Iron Marshal (Fr. le Maréchal de Fer):
  • Louis Nicolas Davout
  • Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
• "The Ironside" (Fr. Cote-de-Fer, Pol. Zelasnoboki, Sp. Brazo de Hiero, Swe. Jamsida, Jarnside):
  • Bjorn I, King of Sweden, 785–800
  • Björn Ironside Haraldsson
  • Edmund II of England
• "The Irontooth" (Ger. Eisenzahn): Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg
• "The Irresolute": Stephen of England
• "The Isaurian" (Sp. el Isaurico, el Sirio):
  • Leo III the Isaurian 157
  • Zeno (emperor)
• "The Island Dragon": Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon
• "The Italian Duchess Without a Duchy": Catherine de' Medici 158
• "Iain Glas" (Grey John)": John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland 159
• "Ignavus" ([...]): Gothelo II, Duke of Lower Lorraine
• "Ignotus": István Széchenyi 160
• "il Glabro": Arduin III, Margrave of Turin (d.after 976)
• "il Benedetto": Cadeyrn, King of Powis
• "il Duchetto": Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, 1494-1512
• "il Guercio": Enrico I del Caretto, Margrave of Savona, 1176
• "il Monarco": Ezzelino II da Romano (d.1235) 161
• "il Popolano":
  • Giovanni de' Medici (1467–1498)
  • Lorenzo de' Medici
• "il Valentino": Cesare Borgia
• "im Bart": Eberhard I, Duke of Wurttemberg, 1495–1496
• "Ikbali" (Tur.): Mustafa II 162
• "Inforzato": William V, Margrave of Montferrat
• "Ingens Rebellibus Exemplar": Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond 163
• "Ironsides": Oliver Cromwell
• "Isambard": Enguerrand I of Ponthieu 164
• "Iwrch": Idwal ap Cadwaladr, Prince of North Wales (664–712)