The kings of almost all European monarchies had nicknames: England, Scotland, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, etc.
French kings often received nicknames that characterized their reign or personality. For example: Louis the Pious, Charles II the Bald, Robert II the Pious, Louis VI the Fat, Louis VII the Young, Louis IX the Saint, Philip III the Brave, Philip IV the Handsome, Jean II the Good
The most famous king in history was perhaps Louis XIV, whom court flatterers called the "Sun King". We read from the ballet historian F. Bossan: “It was on the Great Carousel of 1662 that the Sun King was born in some way. It was not politics or the victories of its armies that gave it its name, but the equestrian ballet.” On the Carousel of 1662, Louis XIV appeared before the people in the role of the Roman Emperor with a huge shield in the shape of the Sun. Like, the Sun itself protects the king and with him the whole of France.
Sometimes kings lost their nicknames, but more often, because of their habits or behavior, on the contrary, they acquired them. For example, Louis the Fat or Charles the Bald. In this ten are the nicknames of the kings.
10th place: Lazy kings - this, it turns out, is not a literary fiction. This was the name of the whole Merovingian royal dynasty, which ruled in the 600s. The kings of this dynasty never cut their hair, and therefore they were also called "Ler ua shevelu", that is, "hairy kings". 
9th place: Philip the Silent, or Owl is another nickname for King Philip the Handsome of France. Presumably, he was poisoned by emissaries of the Knights Templar. In addition to these two nicknames, he also had a third - the Counterfeiter King. Due to ever-increasing taxes and inflation, he began to reduce the content of silver in them when minting coins. 
8th place: In the 18th century, Siam was ruled by Ayutthaya, the Tiger King. He patronized Thai boxing and personally organized competitions. If a fighter showed some special tricks that the king liked, he received a reward from the hands of the king. Later, these techniques were called "Technique of the King-Tiger". 
7th place: Louis Philippe d'Orleans, The Pear King. This nickname was invented by artists: the flabby physiognomy of Louis-Philippe with a cook on his head really had a pear-shaped shape, and the point of the metaphor was that the French word la poire has two meanings - "pear" and "fool".
6th place: Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, who was called Ferdinand Bomba. He received this nickname from liberals. During Crimean War he was one of the few European rulers who openly expressed sympathy for Russia.
5th place: King Eric IV of Denmark was nicknamed the Plow Gross for imposing a tax on the plow.
4th place: Viking King Harald II - Harald Blue Tooth. There are two versions of the origin of this nickname. According to the first, he really had teeth of a pathological color, but the second is more plausible: BlueTooth (Blue Tooth) is a distorted Scandinavian Bletand, that is, "dark". Harald had an atypical appearance for Norwegians - he had black hair and brown eyes.
3rd place: Humpty Dumpty is a completely real nickname, and the story is also reliable. The English king Richard III, who was not loved for his cruelty and outward ugliness, died in battle, fighting for the throne. In the thick of the battle, his legs were cut off, and none of his troops was able to come to his aid. 
2nd place: The Romanian King Carol II was known as the Playboy King. He was married three times, and the number of his mistresses was legendary. In 1925, he even abdicated the throne, abandoned his official wife, the Greek princess Elena, and fled the country with a girl of dubious reputation.
1 place: For the manner of behavior with subjects and members of foreign delegations, the famous King Henry of Navarre, the future King of France Henry IV, received the nickname Gallant Vigor
And a few more nicknames of the rulers
German king Heinrich I Fowler. The nickname "Birdcatcher" is based on the legendary story that the news of his election as king caught Henry I catching birds.
Otto III had the nickname "Wonder of the World", dreamed of a worldwide Christian empire, so that the entire Christian world would be united under the rule of the Roman emperor.
The Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator did not sail anywhere as a captain and generally did not get out of Portugal anywhere, and received the nickname because he was the organizer of many Portuguese expeditions that led to the discovery of new lands.
The English king Henry VIII instead of making silver shillings began to mint them from copper, then covering them with silver. The silver quickly wore off, especially on the most protruding parts, which included the king's nose. Because of this, the king received the nickname "old copper nose".
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Agrippa of Nettesheim received the nickname "king of sorcerers" from his contemporaries. Theologian and lawyer, doctor and philosopher, mystic and scientist, he can rightfully be considered the founder of European occult philosophy. Cornelius Agrippa wanted to combine the scientific knowledge of his time with the Christian faith. In addition, he is one of the prototypes of Goethe's Faust.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim (Heinrich or Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim) was born on September 14, 1486 in the town of Nettesheim near Cologne. He came from a local old, once rich, but impoverished noble family. Nothing is known about his childhood and early youth. There is evidence that he had a sister.
In one of the matricules (a list of persons enrolled in higher educational institution) University of Cologne opposite the date July 22, 1499 is written about enrollment Henricus de Nettesheim, son of the father of the same name, to the Faculty of Arts. There is a record that on March 14, 1502, Agrippa was admitted to the exams for the title of licentiate.
Agrippa was a real polyglot. In one of his letters, he admitted that he speaks eight languages, six of which he knows so well that he can speak, write and read them perfectly. Agrippa read all the fundamental books on magic and in practice was engaged in the manufacture of gold. Some of the sovereign princes allegedly resorted to his services as an alchemist, but, given the constant poverty of Agrippa himself, he could hardly help them financially.
When he was about 20 years old, he went to Paris to found a society there for the study of the secret sciences. Then he lectures while traveling around Europe. In 1510, Agrippa ended up in Würzburg, when the famous Johann Trithemius was the abbot there. During the discussions that took place between the mystics, Agrippa came up with the idea to write an essay on magic. This work in three volumes, written in 1510, but published only in 1533, made a great impression.
However, the outstanding English researcher of Renaissance culture, Francis Amelia Yeats, believed that "Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim is by no means the most significant of the Renaissance magicians, and his treatise On Secret Philosophy" (De occulta philosophia) is not at all a textbook of magic, as it is sometimes called. The treatise does not detailed description technical procedures and is not, contrary to its name, a solid philosophical work.
Cardano - a really serious magician - treated him with contempt, as if he were a banal work. Nevertheless, "On the Secret Philosophy" is the first usable and, as far as the esoteric nature of the subject itself allows, a clear universal code of Renaissance magic.
In this treatise, Agrippa argues that the universe consists of three worlds: the world of elements (physics), the heavenly world (mathematics) and the intelligible world (theology). Each of these worlds receives currents from the world above it. Magic alone absorbs all three directions.
In the middle of 1512, the master of arts Agrippa Cornelius von Nettesheim unexpectedly enters the imperial military service an officer in the army of Emperor Maximilian I, takes part in the war with the Venetians, and for his bravery on the battlefield he is knighted - equals auratus.
The following year, as a theologian, he takes part in the diplomatic mission of Cardinal Santa Croce, which is sent to the cathedral in Pisa, where Giovanni Medici will become Pope Leo X. After his election, Pope Leo X will remove the excommunication from Agrippa and return him to the bosom of the church.
In 1515, Agrippa was married in Pavia, but the name and origin of his wife remained unknown. In Metz, his student may well have been Johann Weyer, later a famous physician who did much to shake faith in the possibilities of witchcraft.
In 1521 Agrippa went on a journey to visit his old friends. During his absence, his wife died suddenly. Agrippa went to Geneva with his four-year-old son and worked there as a doctor. At the end of 1521, Agrippa married 18-year-old Jana Luisa Tissie from a noble family of Genevan aristocrats, who bore Agrippa six more children.
In 1524, he served in Lyon as a life physician to Louise of Savoy (Louise de Savoie), mother of King Francis I. Constantly in need of money, Agrippa unsuccessfully tried to get a position as a life physician under Margaret of Austria (Margarete von Österreich). At the beginning of 1529, Agrippa became a father for the seventh time. That year the plague was raging in Antwerp, and on August 17 his wife died. Agrippa remained in the city to treat the sick.
At the end of the year, he received an invitation from the English monarch Henry VIII to take up a position as a lawyer at his court. However, Agrippa preferred to remain on the continent and for some time got a job as a historiographer under Margaret of Austria, the governor of the Netherlands. Agrippa marries for the third time, and again the name and origin of his wife remain unknown.
48-year-old Agrippa of Nettesheim died on February 18, 1535 in Grenoble. Buried in a Dominican church. After his death, many legends remained.
A lot of all sorts of fables were told about the sorcerer Agrippa. In Louvain, a student initiated by Cornelius into magicians, in his absence, incorrectly began to summon the devil, for which the unclean one took his life. When Agrippa returned home, he saw demons dancing on the roof. Then he ordered one of them to enter the lifeless body of a student and go to the market. Here he released the spirit into the wild, and the lifeless student fell, as if struck by lightning.
Another case is known from an episode from the tragedy "Faust" by Goethe, where Mephistopheles is represented in the guise of a black dog. The fact is that the people considered the black dog, who accompanied his master the warlock Agrippa everywhere, to be the devil himself.
Before his death, Agrippa removed the collar with a magical inscription from the dog and ordered: "Go away, damned creature, you are to blame for all my misfortunes!" The dog jumped into the river and disappeared. This episode will be included in Valery Bryusov's novel "The Fiery Angel".
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Each ruler of the Russian state, from the times of Kievan and Specific Rus to the collapse of the Great Empire, left his mark on history. Some rulers deserved good fame and honor, others - love and trust, others - hatred, fourth - deep contempt of their people. In accordance with the character, activities or specific deeds of the monarchs, their historical nicknames were formed. Some additional names of Russian princes went into oblivion along with their bearers, while others were fixed for centuries.
Nicknames of ancient Russian rulers
The first in the ancient Russian chronicle "The Tale of Bygone Years" is the ancestor of the princely dynasty, the Novgorod prince from the Varangians, Rurik (862-879). There is an assumption that it was not his own name, but the generic nickname of the dynasty of the rulers of the Slavic Obodrite tribe, Rerek.
The next significant figure, who ruled from 879 to 884, was Prince Oleg, who received the nickname Prophetic (“knowing the future”). It stuck to him after the campaign against Constantinople, when the ruler forbade the hungry combatants to touch food and wine, being reasonably sure that they were poisoned.
Igor Rurikovich (912-945) received the nickname Old (Ancient). There are 2 versions of its occurrence: the reign of the prince fell on a fairly mature age (about 60 years old) or he was killed by the wild people of the Drevlyans, whose name is consonant with the name of the Ancient. Igor's wife, Olga, was called the Saint because she became the first ancient Russian ruler who adopted the Christian faith. The nickname of Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich is Bars. He was given it by Pecheneg enemies for his intelligence, courage, decisive character and hot temper. His own people called him Glorious.
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The sixth son of Monomakh, Yuri Vladimirovich, traditionally considered the founder of Moscow, was nicknamed Dolgoruky for his constant encroachment on foreign lands. Andrei Yurievich, Grand Duke of Vladimir, was called Bogolyubsky. According to some sources, this nickname in history is due to the ancient Russian tradition of calling the rulers God-loving, and in accordance with others, it is associated with the name of the main residence located in the city of Bogolyubovo. Andrei's younger brother, Vsevolod, was given the nickname Prince Gnezdo ("Big Nest") for his numerous offspring. He had 12 children - 8 sons and 4 daughters.
The grandson of Yaroslav the Wise, the founder of the Olgovich family, Oleg Svyatoslavovich, received the nickname Goreslavich for inciting civil strife and his miserable fate, by whose will he turned into an outcast. Great commander, Prince of Kiev, Vladimir and Novgorod, Alexander Yaroslavovich, grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest, began to bear the nickname Nevsky after the victory on the banks of the Neva. There, according to legend, with his own spear, “put a seal” on the face of the future ruler of Sweden.
It is characteristic that the nicknames of the Grand Dukes Old Russian state, which at first did not apply to children, eventually began to form the basis of surnames and be passed down from generation to generation. For example, the nickname of Prince Alexander Nevsky, who later won the Battle of the Ice on Lake Peipus, was also carried by his descendants.
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Russian tsars
The nickname of Ivan IV, who has become one of the most cruel and iconic figures, is the Terrible. He was the first to replace the usual grand-ducal title with a royal title, he was married to the state throne, and went down in Russian history as a bloody tyrant.
In the period from 1598 to 1613, called the Time of Troubles, Tsarevich Dmitry came to power, posing as the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, who had previously died under hitherto unknown circumstances. He was the first of 4 pretenders to the throne. The nicknames of the Russian rulers who put forward the version of miraculous salvation and subsequently usurped power are False Dmitry I, II, III and IV.
The second monarch from the Romanov dynasty, Alexei Mikhailovich, received the nickname of the quietest tsar not for his shortness of character, but for the fact that he was able to "comfort" Russia, torn apart by rebels and impostors, who were then called "libertines of silence." The nickname of Tsar Alexei passed to his sons, Fedor, Ivan and Peter, who were successors to the throne.
The youngest son of the Quietest, Pyotr Alekseevich, who ruled from 1689 to 1725, could by no means be called quiet. Peter I, who became one of the most prominent statesmen, rightfully bore the nickname the Great.
Ivan VI, who formally ruled for exactly one year, being in infancy, was called the Infant Emperor. The nickname of Catherine II, the autocrats of the All-Russian - Great. This title passed to her from Peter I, who was the idol of the Empress. She continued the work of the "chicks of Petrov's nest", having built more than 140 cities.
Alexander II, who abolished serfdom in Russia, was nicknamed the Liberator. Alexander III, under which the state lived without wars - Peaceful.
"Bloody" - the nickname of the emperor, Nicholas II, who became the last autocrat of All Russia. He received it after the events of 1896 on Khodynka and Bloody Sunday 1905.
The nicknames of rulers, dignified, euphonious or insulting, fixed for centuries and surviving to this day, arose overnight, or were chosen from many. So it was, is and will be, and the nicknames in Russia that have been awarded or will be awarded to the current holders of power will also go down in history.
">At all times, good people gave rulers
nickname. Not always harmonious or beautiful, but it is precisely under this
the nickname of the rulers and went down in history. Almost all nicknames are
a brief description of the activity, appearance or historical
events. Most likely, there was not a single ruler without a nickname, just
not all of them have come down to us, although it is likely that they could be bright and
original. Nicknames were born in palace corridors and on city streets.
streets, among soldiers and in the offices of nobles. It could have arisen in
overnight, but could be chosen from a dozen others.
The easiest way to earn nicknames from the people is to have a special appearance.
Louis VI the Fat - it is clear why, Frederick I Barbarossa - for
chic red beard, Louis-Philippe d'Orleans, Pear King, Philip IV
Handsome - apparently, for beauty by those standards, And there were also Harold I
Hare's Paw, Sven I Forkbeard, Richard III the Hunchback, William II Rufus
(Red), Edward I Longshanks (Long-legged) and ... Viking King Harald II
Blue Tooth. Maybe he really did have blue teeth, but rather
In general, BlueTooth is a distorted Scandinavian Bletand (black-haired).
Often the reason for assigning a nickname was what the monarch did
most of all and his personal predilections. William the Conqueror - fought,
Enrique the Navigator - walked the seas, Henry I the Fowler - caught birds,
when he received the news that he had become king.
Nicknames received, thanks to personal qualities, have been preserved for us
the true face of their carriers. Brave warriors like Karl the Bold
of Burgundy, Philip the Brave of Burgundy and Richard the Lionheart
English or those who failed during their reign as
English king John the Landless, who lost almost everything in wars
French Plantagenet territories.
Character traits could also become the nickname of the king - bad or
good: Pedro the Cruel of Portugal or Alfonso the Meek of Aragon,
Pedro the Ceremonial Aragonese or Charles the Mad French. piety in
the behavior of the monarch was especially noted: Louis the Pious of France,
Stephen Saint of Hungary, Saint Louis of France. far-sighted
the rulers were called the Wise: Sancho the Wise of Navarre, Charles the Wise
French, Alfonso the Wise of Castile.
Humpty Dumpty is actually the real nickname of the King of England
Richard III, and not just a character in a famous poem. History too
reliable. He was not loved for his ugliness, but the nickname was born after
battle, in which his legs were cut off and none of the troops was able to come
to help him.
Were
common nicknames - a whole series of Great, Just, Evil and Good
kings: Charlemagne, Knut the Great, John the Good of France, Philip
Good Burgundian, Karl Evil Navarre and others. Nicknames awarded
even a whole royal dynasty - Lazy Kings (Merovingians), for the fact that
never cut their hair.
But the first place in the originality of the nickname is shared by the king of France
Henry IV and Romanian King Carol II. For his demeanor Heinrich
Navarre was nicknamed Gallant Vigor. Carol II was
known as the Playboy King for his romantic adventures.
He was married three times, the number of his girlfriends is legendary. In the end
the Romanian king completely abdicated and fled the country with
an ordinary girl, leaving a Greek princess for her.
Our rulers have not done without nicknames.
In my amateurish opinion, there is not much originality in them. although of course they do.
Oleg the Prophetic - it seems that he received this nickname for an extraordinary
military luck, intelligence and insight. The legend says that due to
knowledge of his death from his own horse.
Vladimir Svyatoslavovich - Saint, Baptist of Rus', and in folk songs
Red Sun. It is unlikely that people would call with such nicknames the one who
fire and sword. Svyatopolk Vladimirovich, nicknamed
Cursed. For the murder of his named brothers Boris and Gleb. Vladimir
also killed his brother, but became the Red Sun. What kind of death is this?
the prince prepared for his brothers to become Cursed?
Roslav the Wise - the eldest son of Vladimir. While Svyatoslav captured
power in Kyiv, Yaroslav moved with a squad to fight with his father. A
here is the schedule. Beat the Wise Accursed. But only became wise
after 35 years of rule in stability and prosperity.
Vladimir Monomakh - everyone remembered the hat named after him. But
He got his nickname from his last name. Vladimir Monomakh was the grandson
Yaroslav the Wise and the Byzantine Emperor Constantine Monomakh. There are also
another explanation for the name of Vladimir Monomakh: as if he went to
prince of the Genoese, for which he was nicknamed Monomakh, i.e. wrestler.
Yuri
Vladimirovich Dolgoruky - you might think that the prince's hands were not
proportionately long, that's how he got the nickname. In those who have not come down to us
days chronicles there was a verbal portrait of Yuri Dolgoruky, about him we
we can judge from the words of the historian V.N. Tatishchev: “This Grand Duke was
considerable growth, fat; little brother…”. Hands are not mentioned. But
it is known for certain that he got his nickname due to the fact that
conquered lands far from its edge, and stretched out his hands to the very
Kyiv. The people of Kiev did not like him, and therefore they poisoned him when Dolgoruky became
great prince.
Andrei BOGOLYUBSKY - his nickname, according to one version, the prince received
named after the village of Bogolyubovo. The history of this village is unusual.
Andrey brought from Vyshgorod to the Suzdal land a relic known
later as an icon of Our Lady of Vladimir. According to legend, the horses that carried
cart with the icon, suddenly stopped near the city of Vladimir.
I had to spend the night in an open field. In a dream she appeared to Prince Andrei herself
Mother of God and said she wants to stay here. Andrew built on site
his forced overnight stay in the town (village) of Bogolyubovo. Byzantine icon
installed in Vladimir in built on the orders of Andrei Uspensky
cathedral. He himself settled nearby in the village of Bogolyubovo.
Vsevolod BOLSHOE NEST - one of the heroes of "The Tale of Igor's Campaign", in
which proclaimed the idea of universal unity of the Russian principalities. But
he got his nickname thanks to a large family (he has
had 8 sons and 4 daughters).
Alexander NEVSKY and Dmitry Donskoy got their nicknames for glorious victories at the battlefield.
Ivan KALITA - He was known as "a smart man, but insidious, nicknamed
money bag - Kalita. The nickname "Kalita" also means "purse".
The prince was generous to the poor ("give the beggars a chipping"), that is, he gave
beggars without looking how much they pull out of the wallet.
Vasily the Dark - was blinded, which is why he received the nickname "Dark".
There were also Grand Duke John II Ioannovich, nicknamed the Red
namesake of Philip IV the Handsome and Grand Duke Simeon (Semyon) Ioannovich
The proud one is called for the fact that he ruled with a firm hand and was the first to call himself
Grand Duke of All Rus'.
Ivan III Vasilyevich the Terrible.
From time immemorial, all the princes in Rus' were called "terrible." This
was an epithet, not a nickname. It goes back to the common Slavic
noun thunderstorm "fear, horror" and has many synonyms with
"angry-evil" meaning. (See: Abramov N. Dictionary of Russian synonyms and
expressions that are similar in meaning. - M., 2002).
Ivan III, according to N.M. Karamzin, although he had in his temper
"natural cruelty", but pacified it "by the power of the mind." "Ivan III the first
gave the name Terrible in Russia, but in a commendable sense: formidable for enemies
and obstinate disobedient."
Ivan IV Vasilyevich the Terrible (Tormentor) - it was the people who called the Torturer
Ivan Vasilyevich, the first Russian Tsar. "After the death of the tyrant, the people
“rejected or forgot the name of the Tormentor given to him by his contemporaries, and
until now calls him only Terrible, although initially this nickname was
given by the people to his grandfather Ivan III more in praise than in reproach "
(Karamzin) Fyodor Ivanovich Blessed - often went and went to different
monastery, inviting the Greek high clergy to Moscow, many
prayed. The chroniclers wrote that Fedor was "quiet and gentle", many
pardoned, richly “endowed” cities, monasteries, villages.
Another pious and lover of church services is Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Quiet.
Peter I the Great is the only one awarded such an epithet.
Nicholas I Palkin - in contrast to the nicknames of his relatives, invented in the offices, he received the nickname from the people.
Revolutionaries
went the other way, as usual. Don't rely on the people
make up your own nicknames. Can anyone imagine the leaders
revolution of Leib Davidovich Bronstein, Yeshua-Solomon Movshevich and
tradesman Ulyanov? And so Trotsky, Sverdlov and Lenin against the background of Nicholas
Bloody quite euphonious nicknames.
And Stalin? Nickname match the times. They say that the convicts called
Stalin Khabibulin, knowing full well that he was not a Tatar. Or maybe
Do you mean Igo?
That was "Corn", "Brownosets", "Jeweler", "Labeled". What
nicknames will be awarded to the current rulers, we will find out soon. And be
I'm sure they will also go down in history.
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