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  • Abd al-Malik
    Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar
    Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar was hajib of Cordoba from the death of his father Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir in 1002 until his own death in 1008. He was succeeded by his half-brother Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo....

     the Victorious (al-Muzaffar)
  • Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
    Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
    Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo , born and died in Córdoba, was the son of Almanzor and chief minister of Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba....

     the Loyal, the Victorious
  • Abd ar-Rahman I
    Abd ar-Rahman I
    Abd al-Rahman I, or, his full name by patronymic record, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan was the founder of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba , a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries...

     the Immigrant, the Just
  • Abd-ar-Rahman III
    Abd-ar-Rahman III
    Abd-ar-Rahman III was the Emir and Caliph of Córdoba of the Ummayad dynasty in al-Andalus. Called al-Nasir li-Din Allah , he ascended the throne in his early 20s, and reigned for half a century as the most powerful prince of Iberia...

     al-Nasir (the Defender of the Faith), the Victor for the Religion of Allah (Ar. an Nasir li-din Allah), the Victorious
  • Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan the Saint
  • Abdulhamid II, Ottoman Sultan the Bloody, the Damned
  • Abdul Hamid II
    Abdul Hamid II
    His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...

     the Red Sultan
  • Abdul Hamid II
    Abdul Hamid II
    His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...

     the Cunning
  • Abdul Hamid II
    Abdul Hamid II
    His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...

    , Ottoman Sultan Kizil
  • Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad XII, Sultan of Granada
    Emirate of Granada
    The Emirate of Granada , also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada , was an emirate established in 1238 following the defeat of Muhammad an-Nasir of the Almohad dynasty by an alliance of Christian kingdoms at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212...

     Boabdil, the Moor
  • Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada Muley Hacén
  • Adalbero of Styria
    Adalbero of Styria
    Adalbero was Margrave of Styria from 1064 until 1082. He sided with the Emperor in the investiture dispute, which led to a confrontation with his younger brother Ottokar II, who sided with the Pope and replaced him in 1082....

     the Rich
  • Adalbert I of Vermandois the Righteous"
  • Adalbert I of Tuscany
    Adalbert I of Tuscany
    Adalbert I was the margrave of Tuscany from about 847.He was the son of Margrave Boniface II, who had been despoiled of his fiefs by the Emperor Lothair I, and successor of his elder brother Aganus...

     the Great
  • Adalbert of Prague
    Adalbert of Prague
    This article is about St Adalbert of Prague. For other uses, see Adalbert .Saint Adalbert, Czech: ; , , Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. He evangelized Poles and Hungarians. St...

     the Apostle of Bohemia, the Apostle of the Prussians, the Apostle of the Slavs. the Saint
  • Adalbert II of Tuscany
    Adalbert II of Tuscany
    Adalbert II , called the Rich, son and successor of Adalbert I of Tuscany, and grandson of Boniface II, was much concerned in the troubles of Lombardy, at a time when so many princes were contending for the wrecks of the Carolingian Empire. Before his father died in 884 or 886, he is accredited the...

     the Rich
  • Adelaide of Italy
    Adelaide of Italy
    Saint Adelaide of Italy , also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor...

     the Saint
  • Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
    Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
    Adolf was the King of Germany from 1292 until 1298. Though his title in his lifetime was Rex Romanorum , he is usually known as Adolf of Nassau...

     Adolf of Nassau
  • Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
    Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
    Adolf of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1319–1327.He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau...

     the Upright
  • Adolph of the Palatinate the Simple
  • Áed of Scotland
    Áed of Scotland
    Áed mac Cináeda was a son of Cináed mac Ailpín . He became king of the Picts in 877 when he succeeded his brother Constantín mac Cináeda. He was nicknamed Áed of the White Flowers, the Wing-footed or the white-foot .The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba says of Áed: "Edus [Áed] held the same [i.e....

     Aed of the Swift Foot
  • Áed Allán
    Áed Allán
    Áed Allán was an 8th century Irish king of Ailech and High King of Ireland. Áed Allán was the son of Fergal mac Máele Dúin and a member of the Cenél nEógain, a branch of the Northern Uí Néill....

     the Handsome
  • Aed Find
    Áed Find
    Áed Find or Áed mac Echdach was king of Dál Riata . Áed was the son of Eochaid mac Echdach, a descendant of Domnall Brecc in the main line of Cenél nGabráin kings....

    , King of Scots Dal Riata, c748-778, Airechtech (of the Assemblies), the Fair (Find), the White
  • Áed Oirdnide mac Néill
    Áed Oirdnide mac Néill
    Áed mac Néill , commonly called Áed Oirdnide, was King of Ailech. A member of the Cenél nEógain dynasty of the northern Uí Néill, he was the son of Niall Frossach. Like his father, Áed was reckoned High King of Ireland...

     the Anointed, the Dignified, the Ordained
  • Áedán mac Gabráin
    Áedán mac Gabráin
    Áedán mac Gabráin was a king of Dál Riata from circa 574 until his death, perhaps on 17 April 609. The kingdom of Dál Riata was situated in modern Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and parts of County Antrim, Ireland...

     Fradawg
  • Aelfwynn
    Aelfwynn
    Ælfwynn was the daughter of Æthelred, ruler of English Mercia, and Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great and herself ruler of Mercia after her husband's death. Following the death of her mother on 12 June 918, Ælfwynn too was for a short time ruler of Mercia...

     the Lady of the Mercians
  • Aemilian the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army
  • Æthelthryth
    Æthelthryth
    Æthelthryth is the proper name for the popular Anglo-Saxon saint often known, particularly in a religious context, as Etheldreda or by the pet form of Audrey...

     the Saint
  • Athelstan of England
    Athelstan of England
    Athelstan , called the Glorious, was the King of England from 924 or 925 to 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder, grandson of Alfred the Great and nephew of Æthelflæd of Mercia...

     the Glorious
  • Æthelfrith of Northumbria
    Æthelfrith of Northumbria
    Æthelfrith was King of Bernicia from c. 593 until c. 616; he was also, beginning c. 604, the first Bernician king to also rule Deira, to the south of Bernicia. Since Deira and Bernicia were the two basic components of what would later be defined as Northumbria, Æthelfrith can be considered, in...

      Æthelfrith the Twister (Eadfered Flesaurs)
  • Agesilaus II
    Agesilaus II
    Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty, ruling from approximately 400 BC to 360 BC, during most of which time he was, in Plutarch's words, "as good as thought commander and king of all Greece," and was for the whole of it greatly identified with his...

     the Lame
  • Agnes of Bohemia
    Agnes of Bohemia
    Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

     Agnes of Praque, the Saint
  • Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray Black Agnes of Dunbar, the Savior of Dunbar Castle
  • Agnes Sorel
    Agnès Sorel
    Agnès Sorel , known by the sobriquet Dame de beauté, was a favourite mistress of King Charles VII of France, for whom she bore three daughters....

     Dame de Beauté, la Dame de Beaute
  • Afonso I of Portugal
    Afonso I of Portugal
    Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques , more commonly known as Afonso Henriques , nicknamed "the Conqueror" , "the Founder" or "the Great" by the Portuguese, and El-Bortukali and Ibn-Arrik by the Moors whom he fought, was the first King of Portugal...

     Afonso Henriques, the Conqueror, the Great, the Father of the Portuguese Nation, the Founder
  • Afonso II of Portugal
    Afonso II of Portugal
    Afonso II , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , nicknamed "the Fat" , third king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra on 23 April 1185 and died on 25 March 1223 in the same city. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Sancho I of Portugal by his wife, Dulce, Infanta of Aragon...

     the Fat, the Lawgiver-King
  • Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian , the fifth King of Portugal and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249...

     le Neveu, the Bolognian, the Usurper
  • Afonso IV of Portugal
    Afonso IV of Portugal
    Afonso IV , called the Brave , was the seventh king of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal by his wife Elizabeth of Aragon.-Biography:...

     'the Bold, the Brave
  • Afonso V of Portugal
    Afonso V of Portugal
    Afonso V KG , called the African , was the twelfth King of Portugal and the Algarves. His sobriquet refers to his conquests in Northern Africa.-Early life:...

     the African
  • Afonso VI of Portugal the Victorious
  • Afonso de Albuquerque
    Afonso de Albuquerque
    Afonso de Albuquerque[p][n] was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, an admiral whose military and administrative activities as second governor of Portuguese India conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean...

     the Great, the Portuguese Mars
  • Agilulf
    Agilulf
    Agilulf called the Thuringian, was a duke of Turin and king of the Lombards from 591 until his death.-Biography:A relative of his predecessor Authari, he was selected king on the advice of the Christian queen and widow of Authari, Theodelinda, whom he then married...

     the Thuringian
  • Ahmed I
    Ahmed I
    Ahmed I or Ahmed Bakhti was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death in 1617.-Biography:...

    , Ottoman Sultan the Lucky
  • Ahmed, son of Boabdil
    Boabdil
    Abu `Abdallah Muhammad XII , known as Boabdil , was the twenty-second and last Nasrid ruler of Granada in Iberia. He was also called el chico, the little, or el zogoybi, the unfortunate...

    , the Young Prince (Sp. el Infantico)
  • Ahmed (d.1451), son of Murad II
    Murad II
    Murad II Kodja was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 ....

    , Ottoman
    Ottoman Empire
    The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

     Sultan, the Little, the Small
  • Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
    Ainbcellach mac Ferchair
    Ainbcellach mac Ferchair was king of the Cenél Loairn of Dál Riata, and perhaps of all Dál Riata, from 697 until 698, when he was deposed and exiled to Ireland....

     the Good
  • Aimone of Savoy the Peaceful
  • Al-Hakam I
    Al-Hakam I
    Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman I was Umayyad Emir of Cordoba from 796 until 822 in the Al-Andalus .Al-Hakam was the second son of his father, his older brother having died at an early age. When he came to power, he was challenged by his uncles Sulayman and Abdallah, sons of Abd ar-Rahman I...

     el Motín del Arrabal
  • Alan I, Duke of Brittany
    Alan I, Duke of Brittany
    Alan I , called the Great, was the Count of Vannes and Duke of Brittany from 876 until his death. He was probably also the only King of Brittany to hold that title by legitimate grant of the Emperor....

     the Great
  • Alan II, Duke of Brittany
    Alan II, Duke of Brittany
    Alan II , nicknamed Wrybeard and also known as Le Renard "The Fox", was Count of Vannes, Poher, and Nantes, and Duke of Brittany from 938 to his death...

     of the Twisted Beard (Fr. Barbe-Torte)
  • Alan III, Duke of Brittany
    Alan III, Duke of Brittany
    Alan III of Rennes was duke of Brittany, from 1008 to his death. He was son of Duke Geoffrey I and Hawise of Normandy. Alan married Bertha, daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and had at least two children: Conan II, his successor, and Hawise of Brittany, who married Hoel of Cornwall.Alan III was...

     Alan of Rennes
  • Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond
    Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond
    Alan of Penthièvre of Brittany, 1st Earl of Cornwall, 1st Earl of Richmond , Breton Alan Penteur, also known as "Alan the Black", was a Breton noble who fought for Stephen of England...

     the Black '
  • Albert, Duke of Saxony
    Albert, Duke of Saxony
    Albert III was a Duke of Saxony. He was nicknamed Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous and founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin....

     the Resolute
  • Albert I of Belgium
    Albert I of Belgium
    Albert I reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934.-Early life:Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, he was the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen...

     the Chivalrous King
  • Albert I of Brandenburg
    Albert I of Brandenburg
    Albert the Bear was the first Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly Duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.-Life:...

     Albert of Ballenstadt, the Bear , the Fair
  • Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Albert the Tall , of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 to 1269 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.-Life:...

     the Great
  • Alice Perrers
    Alice Perrers
    Alice Perrers was a royal mistress whose lover and patron was King Edward III of England. She acquired significant land holdings. She served as a lady-in-waiting to Edward's consort, Philippa of Hainault.-Life and Family:...

     the Devil's Tool
  • Alonzo Telez I, Lord of Meneses (d.1230) the Old
  • Alberico da Barbiano
    Alberico da Barbiano
    Alberico da Barbiano was the first of the Italian condottieri. His master in military matters was the English mercenary John Hawkwood, known in Italy as Giovanni Acuto...

     the Great
  • Albert I, Prince of Monaco
    Albert I, Prince of Monaco
    Albert I was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 10 September 1889 until his death.-Early life:...

     the King of the Oceans, the Learned Prince, the Navigator Prince, the Wise Prince
  • Albert I, Lord of Carpi, 1450–1464 the Old
  • Albert I of Brandenburg
    Albert I of Brandenburg
    Albert the Bear was the first Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly Duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.-Life:...

     the Handsome
  • Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Albert the Tall , of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 to 1269 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.-Life:...

     the Tall
  • Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
    Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
    Duke Albert II or Albrecht was a feudal co-regent of his father Albert I, Duke of Bavaria in the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally he administrated from 1389 until his death in 1397 the Bavarian province of Straubing in the name of his father, it being...

     the Young, the Younger
  • Albert II of Austria the Lame, the Prudent, the Wise
  • Albert II of Germany
    Albert II of Germany
    Albert the Magnanimous KG was King of Hungary from 1438 until his death. He was also King of Bohemia, elected King of Germany as Albert II, duke of Luxembourg and, as Albert V, archduke of Austria from 1404.-Biography:Albert was born in Vienna as the son of Albert IV, Duke of Austria, and Johanna...

     Albert V of Austria the Generous, the Illustrious, the Liberal, the Magnanimous
  • Albert II of Mecklenburg
    Albert II of Mecklenburg
    Albrecht II Duke of Mecklenburg was a feudal lord in Northern Germany on the shores of the Baltic Sea. He reigned as the head of the House of Mecklenburg, his princely seat located in Schwerin beginning in the 1350s....

     the Fox of Mecklenburg'
  • Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
    Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
    Albert II, the Degenerate was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony...

     the Decadent, the Degenerate
  • Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg the Lion
  • Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
    Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
    Albert III the Pious of Bavaria-Munich , , since 1438 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. He was born to Ernest, Duke of Bavaria and Elisabetta Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti.-Life:Albert was born in Munich....

     the Pious
  • Albert III, Duke of Saxony the Bold, the Brave, the Saxon Roland, der Heldenmütige, the German Hector
  • Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg the Achilles of Germany
  • Albert III of Austria Albert of the Long Hair
  • Albert III, Count of Habsburg (d.1199) the Rich
  • Albert III of Hohenberg-Rottenburg (1265–1304) Rosselman
  • Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
    Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
    Albert IV was Count of Habsburg in the Aargau and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg....

     the Wise
  • Albert IV, Duke of Austria
    Albert IV, Duke of Austria
    Albert IV of Austria was a duke of Austria.He was born in Vienna, the son of Duke Albert III of Austria and Beatrix of Nuremberg...

     the Patient
  • Albert IV of Austria the Peculiar, the Wonderful
  • Albert IV of Bavaria the Wise
  • Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
    Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
    Albert V was Duke of Bavaria from 1550 until his death. He was born in Munich to William IV and Marie Jacobaea of Baden.-Early life:Albert was educated at Ingolstadt under good Catholic teachers...

     the Generous, the Liberal, the Magnanimous, the Practical
  • Albert VI of Bavaria
    Albert VI of Bavaria
    Albert VI of Bavaria, , , son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich.-Biography:Albert was 1651-1654 the regent for his young nephew Elector Ferdinand Maria....

     the Leuchtenberger
  • Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
    Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
    Albert VI , also known as the Prodigal, from the House of Habsburg was, with his elder brother Emperor Frederick III, an Archduke of Inner Austria from 1424 and of Austria from 1457 until his death...

     the Spendthrift
  • Albert VI, Duke of Austria the Prodigal
  • Albert the Fat, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Albert the Fat, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Albert , called the Fat , was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.The second son of Albert the Tall, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Albert was a boy when his father died in 1279. He was first under guardianship of his uncle, Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden, and then of his elder brother, Henry I, Duke of...

  • Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
    Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
    Archduke Albert VII of Austria was, jointly with his wife, the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621, ruling the Habsburg territories in the southern Low Countries and the north of modern France...

     the Pious
  • Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg the Handsome
  • Albert, Burgrave of Nuremberg (d.1361) the Handsome
  • Albert, Margrave of Massa and Corsica Corso
  • Albert, Margrave of Parodi (d.c1166) Zueta
  • Albert of Liège
    Albert of Liège
    Saint Albert of Louvain or Albert of Leuven was Prince-Bishop of Liège from 22 September 1191 till January 1192...

     the Saint
  • Albert of Nuremberg the Fair
  • Albert of Sweden
    Albert of Sweden
    Albert was King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389 and Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1384 to 1412.-Background:...

     the Young, the Younger
  • Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
    Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
    Albert Alcibiades was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, also known as Brandenburg-Bayreuth.Because of his bellicose nature Albert received the cognomen Alcibiades after his death; during his lifetime Albert was known as Bellator .He was a member of the Franconian branch of the House of...

     Alcibiades, the Warlike, the Young, the Younger
  • Albert Radziwill (1558-1592), Grand Marshal of Lithuania the Lithuanian Justinian
  • Alberto IV, Margrave of Massa and Corsica Rufo
  • Alessandro IV, Lord of Piombino, 1329-1337 the Weak
  • Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
    Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
    Alessandro de' Medici called "il Moro" , Duke of Penne and also Duke of Florence , ruler of Florence from 1530 until 1537...

     the Moor, Alessandro da Collavechio
  • Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) the Great Cardinal (It. il Gran Cardinale)
  • Alexander (1598–1629) le Chevalier des Halles, natural son of Henry IV of France
    Henry IV of France
    Henry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....

     and Gabrielle d'Estrées
    Gabrielle d'Estrées
    Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux was a French mistress of King Henry IV of France, born at either the Château de la Bourdaisière in Montlouis-sur-Loire, in Touraine, or at the château de Cœuvres, in Picardy....

  • Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver
    Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver
    Grand Prince Alexander or Aleksandr Mikhailovich was a Prince of Tver as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II.- Life :...

     the Saint http://www.xenophon-mil.org/rushistory/rulers/alekmik.htm<
  • Alexander I, Lord of Piombino the Conqueror
  • Alexander I, Prince of Wallachia the Great
  • Alexander I of Georgia
    Alexander I of Georgia
    Alexander I, “the Great” , of the Bagrationi house, was king of Georgia from 1412 to 1442. Despite his efforts to restore the country from the ruins left by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur Leng’s invasions, Georgia never recovered and faced the inevitable fragmentation that was followed by a long...

     the Great
  • Alexander I of Macedon
    Alexander I of Macedon
    - Biography :Alexander was the son of Amyntas I and Queen Eurydice.According to Herodotus, he was unfriendly to Persia, and had the envoys of Darius I killed when they arrived at the court of his father during the Ionian Revolt...

     the Philhellene
  • Alexander I of Russia
    Alexander I of Russia
    Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....

     the Blessed the Crafty Greek, the Talma of the North, the Sphinx of Europe, the Sphinx of the North
  • Alexander I of Scotland
    Alexander I of Scotland
    Alexander I , also called Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim and nicknamed "The Fierce", was King of the Scots from 1107 to his death.-Life:...

     the Fierce
  • Alexander I of Yugoslavia
    Alexander I of Yugoslavia
    Alexander I , also known as Alexander the Unifier was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .-Childhood:...

     the Knightly King, the Unifier
  • Alexander II, Prince of Pskov, 1327–1337 the Exile
  • Alexander II, Prince of Suzdal, 1414–1417 the Pot Belly
  • Alexander II of Russia
    Alexander II of Russia
    Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...

     the Liberator
  • Alexander II of Scotland
    Alexander II of Scotland
    Alexander II was King of Scots from1214 to his death.-Early life:...

     the Peaceful
  • Alexander III, Grand Prince of Suzdal Briukhatiy, Bryukhatiy
  • Alexander III of Russia
    Alexander III of Russia
    Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov , historically remembered as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on .-Disposition:...

     the Peacemaker, the Peasants' Friend
  • Alexander III of Scotland
    Alexander III of Scotland
    Alexander III was King of Scots from 1249 to his death.-Life:...

     the Glorious
  • Alexander IV of Pskov the Chip
  • Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
    Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
    Alexander of Zweibrücken was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken and of Veldenz in 1489–1514.He was the son of Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Johanna of Croÿ...

     the Limp
  • Alexander, Prince of Moldavia the Evil Prince
  • Alexander, Prince of Moldavia, 1785–1786 the Fugitive
  • Alexander, Prince of Wallachia, 1592–1593 the Bad
  • Alexander, Prince of Wallachia
    Alexandru Coconul
    Alexandru Coconul was Hospodar and Voivode of Wallachia from 1623 to 1627 and Hospodar of Moldavia from 1629 to 1630. He was the son of Radu Mihnea, who also was a Hospodar. He married Ruxandra Beglitzi. He was the last of Vlad III Dracula's Romanian bloodline. He died on June 26, 1632 in Istanbul...

     the Child-Prince
  • Alexander, Prince of Yaroslavl, 1434–1463 Briukhatiy, Bryukhatiy
  • Alexander of Tver the Fugitive
  • Alexander the Great the Accursed, the Cursed, the Conqueror of the World, the Philosopher-King, the Great, Macedonia's Madman, the Madman of Macedonia
  • Alexander Boyd (d.1469) the Mirror of Chivalry
  • Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
    Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
    General Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon , styled Earl of Enzie until 1684 and the Marquess of Huntly from 1684 to 1716, was a Scottish peer....

      Cockalorum
  • Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
    Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
    Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT , styled Marquess of Huntly until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, described by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known as the Cock o' the North, the traditional epithet attached to the chief of the Gordon clan.-Early life:Alexander...

     the Cock o' the North
  • Alexander Gordon of Auchintool Sandy Don
  • Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
    Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon KG PC FRS FSA was a Scottish politician and art collector....

     the Proudest Man in Britain
  • Alexander Kurakin
    Alexander Kurakin
    Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin, sometimes spelled Kourakine was a Russian statesman and diplomat, a member of the State Council , ranked Actual Privy Counsellor 1st Class ....

     the Diamond Prince
  • Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford
    Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford
    Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford acceded 1446, died September 1453.Father: David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford Mother: Marjory OgilvieMarried Margaret Dunbar and had 3 children, Elizabeth, David 5th Earl born 1440 and Alexander the 7th Earl....

     The Tiger Earl
  • Alexander MacCoinneach, 7th Lord of Kintail (1398–1488) the Upright
  • Alexander Mackenzie, Lord of Kintail the Upright
  • Alexander Mavrocordato, Prince of Moldavia the Mad Prince
  • Alexander Nevsky
    Alexander Nevsky
    Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military...

     the Saint, Alexander of the Neva
  • Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan
    Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan
    Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Alasdair Mór mac an Rígh, and called the Wolf of Badenoch , was the third surviving son of King Robert II of Scotland and youngest by his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He was the first Earl of Buchan since John Comyn, from 1382 until his death...

     the Wolf of Badenoch, Big Alexander, the Celtic Attila Wolf of Badenoch
  • Alexander Suvorov
    Alexander Suvorov
    Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov , Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince in Italy, Count of the Holy Roman Empire , was the fourth and last generalissimo of the Russian Empire.One of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle along with the likes of Alexander...

     the Russian Hannibal
  • Alexander I Musat, Prince of Moldavia
    Alexandru cel Bun
    Alexander cel Bun was a Voivode of Moldavia, reigning between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I Mușat. He succeeded Iuga to the throne, and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality....

     the Kind
  • Alexios I of Trebizond
    Alexios I of Trebizond
    Alexios I Megas Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus was Emperor of Trebizond from 1204 to 1222. He was the eldest son of Manuel Komnenos and of Rusudan, daughter of George III of Georgia. He was thus a grandson of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I. Andronikos was dethroned and killed in 1185...

     the Great
  • Alexis I of Russia
    Alexis I of Russia
    Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov was the Tsar of Russia during some of the most eventful decades of the mid-17th century...

     the Antichrist, the Quietest, the Most Quiet, the Most Peaceful, the Most Meek
  • Alexius VI, Byzantine Emperor the Bushy-Eyebrowed Murtzuphlus
  • Alfonso I of Asturias
    Alfonso I of Asturias
    Alfonso I , called the Catholic , was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757.He was son of Duke Peter of Cantabria and held many lands in that region. He may have been the hereditary chief of the Basques, but this is uncertain...

     His Catholic Majesty
  • Alfonso I of Aragon the Battler, the Warrior
  • Alfonso II of Aragon
    Alfonso II of Aragon
    Alfonso II or Alfons I ; Huesca, 1-25 March 1157 – 25 April 1196), called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1164 until his death. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon and the first King of Aragon who was...

     the Chaste, the Troubadour, the Minstrel
  • Alfonso II of Asturias
    Alfonso II of Asturias
    Alfonso II , called the Chaste, was the king of Asturias from 791 to his death, the son of Fruela I and the Basque Munia.He was born in Oviedo in 759 or 760. He was put under the guardianship of his aunt Adosinda after his father's death, but one tradition relates his being put in the monastery of...

     the Chaste
  • Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III , called the Liberal or the Free , was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1285...

     the Magnificent, the Free, the Do-Gooder, the Magnanimous
  • Alfonso III of Asturias the Great
  • Alfonso IV of Aragon
    Alfonso IV of Aragon
    Alfonso IV, called the Kind was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II and Blanche of Anjou...

     the Good, the Kind, the Benign
  • Alfonso IV of Leon
    Alfonso IV of León
    Alfonso IV , called the Monk, was King of León from 925 and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in 931....

     the Monk
  • Alfonso V, Count of Ribagorza the Young, the Younger the Young, the Younger
  • Alfonso V of Leon
    Alfonso V of León
    Alfonso V , called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. He was the son of Bermudo II by his second wife Elvira García of Castile. The Abbot Oliva called him "Emperor of Spain"....

     the Noble
  • Alfonso V of Aragon
    Alfonso V of Aragon
    Alfonso the Magnanimous KG was the King of Aragon , Valencia , Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica , and Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death...

     the Magnanimous
  • Alfonso VI of Castile
    Alfonso VI of Castile
    Alfonso VI , nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was King of León from 1065, King of Castile and de facto King of Galicia from 1072, and self-proclaimed "Emperor of all Spain". After the conquest of Toledo he was also self-proclaimed victoriosissimo rege in Toleto, et in Hispania et Gallecia...

     the Brave, the Emperor of Two Religions
  • Alfonso VII of Castile the Emperor, the Good
  • Alfonso VIII of Castile
    Alfonso VIII of Castile
    Alfonso VIII , called the Noble or el de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. He is most remembered for his part in the Reconquista and the downfall of the Almohad Caliphate...

     He of the Victory at Las Navas, the Child-King (Sp. el Rey Niño), the Noble, the Noble and Good
  • Alfonso IX of Leon
    Alfonso IX of Leon
    Alfonso IX was king of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death...

     the Slobberer
  • Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1252 until his death...

     the Astronomer, the Learned , the Wise
  • Alfonso XI of Castile
    Alfonso XI of Castile
    Alfonso XI was the king of Castile, León and Galicia.He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ensued over who would hold regency, which were resolved in 1313...

     He of Salado River, the Avenger, the Implacable, the Just :Image:Alfonsoxialgeciras.jpg
  • Alfonso XII the Pacific
  • Alfonso de la Cerda the Disinherited
  • Alfonso Fróilaz
    Alfonso Froilaz
    Alfonso Fróilaz, called the Hunchback or, in Spanish, el Jorobado, was the king of Galicia for a short time, from 925 to 926. He seems to have claimed Asturias and León as well, as the inheritor of Fruela II, but was driven from the realm by his cousins Sancho, Alfonso, and Ramiro, the sons of...

     the Hunchback
  • Alfonso of Aragon, 1st Duke of Villahermosa
    Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
    Alfonso de Aragon y de Escobar , Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes, Baron de Arenos and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses. Little is known about him. Because he wasn't in line of succession, he was often...

     (1415–1485), the Great
  • Alonso Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno
    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno
    Alonso de Guzmán , known as Guzmán el Bueno , was a Spanish nobleman, was the founder of the line which the dukes of Medina Sidonia belonged to.-Biography:...

     the Good
  • Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and reigned from 1893 to 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...

     Alfie
  • Alfred the Great
    Alfred the Great
    Alfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English monarch still to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself...

     the Father of the Navy, the Marsh King
  • 'Ali Abu-l-Hasan of Granada the Well-Known
  • Amadeus I of Savoy
    Amadeus I of Savoy
    Amadeus I , nicknamed of the Tail or la Coda , was an early count of the House of Savoy. He was probably the eldest son of Humbert I...

     Coda, the Tail ("His nickname was acquired after he refused to enter the presence of Emperor Heinrich III at Verona after his retinue ('queue') was refused entry.")
  • Amadeus III of Savoy
    Amadeus III of Savoy
    Amadeus III of Savoy was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death. He was also known as the Crusader....

     the Great
  • Amadeus IV of Savoy
    Amadeus IV of Savoy
    Amadeus IV was Count of Savoy from 1233 to 1253.The legitimate heir of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva, he had however to fight with his brothers for the inheritance of Savoy lands after their father's death...

     le Loue
  • Amadeus V of Savoy the Great Count
  • Amadeus VI of Savoy the Green Count
  • Amadeus VII of Savoy the Red Count
  • Amadeus VIII of Savoy the Gatekeeper of the Alps, the Peaceful
  • Amadeus IX of Savoy the Blessed, the Lucky, the Merry
  • Amanieu d'Albret Cardinal d'Albret
  • Amaury III, Lord of Montfort (d.1090) the Mighty
  • Amédée de Noé
    Amédée de Noé
    Charles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham was a French caricaturist and lithographer. Raised by a family who wished him to attend a polytechnic school, he instead attended painting workshops by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist, taking on the pseudonym "Cham"...

     Cham
  • Amyntas II "The Little", "Small"
  • Anastasius I (emperor)
    Anastasius I (emperor)
    Anastasius I was Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518. During his reign the Roman eastern frontier underwent extensive re-fortification, including the construction of Dara, a stronghold intended to counter the Persian fortress of Nisibis....

     Dicorus (Gr. Dikoros, one eye blue and one black), Two-Pupils, the Silent
  • André Boniface Louis de Riqueti, vicomte de Mirabeau Mirabeau Barrel
  • André Masséna
    André Masséna
    André Masséna 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d'Essling was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....

     Victory's Beloved Child, the Favored Child of Victory, the Dear Child of Victory (Fr. l'Enfant Chéri de la Victoire ), the Engraver of History, the Greatest Name of My Military Empire (by Napoleon I)
  • Andrea Doria
    Andrea Doria
    Andrea Doria was an Italian condottiere and admiral from Genoa.-Early life:Doria was born at Oneglia from the ancient Genoese family, the Doria di Oneglia branch of the old Doria, de Oria or de Auria family. His parents were related: Ceva Doria, co-lord of Oneglia, and Caracosa Doria, of the...

     the Father of the County, the Father of Peace
  • Andrei Bogolyubsky
    Andrei Bogolyubsky
    Prince Andrei I of Vladimir, commonly known as Andrey Bogolyubsky was a prince of Vladimir-Suzdal . He was the son of Yuri Dolgoruki, who proclaimed Andrei a prince in Vyshhorod . His mother was a Kipchak princess, khan Aepa's daughter.- Life :He left Vyshhorod in 1155 and moved to Vladimir...

     Bogolyubsky ("His nickname 'Bogolyubksy' came from the castle of Bogolyubovo
    Bogolyubovo
    Bogolyubovo is an urban-type settlement in Suzdalsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located some north-east of Vladimir. Population: 3,900 .Bogolyubovo was once the residence of the Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky...

     which was his favourite residence."),the God-Loving
  • Andrei, Duke of Vologda (1452-1481) the Young, the Younger
  • Andrei, Prince Gorbaty-Shuiski (d. after 1550) Suchyok
  • Andrei, Prince of Pereyaslavl, 1134–1141 the Good
  • Andrew I of Hungary the Catholic
  • Andrew II of Hungary
    Andrew II of Hungary
    Andrew II the Jerosolimitan was King of Hungary and Croatia . He was the younger son of King Béla III of Hungary, who invested him with the government of the Principality of Halych...

     the Jerusalem-Farer
  • Andrew III of Hungary the Venetian ("Born from a Venetian mother, he was brought up in the Republic.")
  • Andrew III of Pskov (1480) the Nail
  • Prince Andrew, Duke of York
    Prince Andrew, Duke of York
    Prince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

     Air Miles Andy, the Junket of York, the Duke of Yob, the Prince of Freebies
  • Andrey, Grand Prince of Suzdal, 1341–1355 the Pious
  • Andrey II, Grand Prince of Suzdal, 1263–1264 the Emperor
  • Andrey Bolshoy
    Andrey Bolshoy
    Andrey Vasilyevich Bolshoy, nicknamed Goryai , was the third son of Vasili II of Russia who transformed his capital in Uglich into a major centre of political power and ensured the town's prosperity for two centuries to come.After the death of his father in 1462, Andrey Bolshoy inherited the...

     the Big
  • Andrey, Prince of Shuisky Chastokol
  • Andrey, Prince of Vologda (1452–1481) Menshoy (the Smaller)
  • Andronicus I Comnenus the Liberator
  • Andronicus II the Old, the Father of the County
  • Andronicus III Palaeologus the Young, the Younger
  • Angilbert
    Angilbert
    Saint Angilbert was a Frank who served Charlemagne as a diplomat, abbot, poet and semi-son-in-law. He was of noble Frankish parentage, and educated at the palace school in Aquae Grani under Alcuin...

     the Saint
  • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
    Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
    Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius was a philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and important family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after...

     the Last of the Romans, the Saint
  • Anna of Russia
    Anna of Russia
    Anna of Russia or Anna Ivanovna reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.-Accession to the throne:Anna was the daughter of Ivan V of Russia, as well as the niece of Peter the Great...

     the National Matchmaker
  • Anna Comnena the First Female Historian
  • Anna Porphyrogeneta of Byzantium the Purple-Born, wife of Vladimir I of Kiev
    Vladimir I of Kiev
    Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

  • Anna Throndsen
    Anna Throndsen
    Anna Tronds , known in English as Anna Throndsen and posthumously as Anna Rustung, was a Dano-Norwegian noblewoman. In English and Scots history, Anna Throndsen is most known for her marriage with James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell , a man who later married Mary, Queen of Scots...

     the Scottish Lady (Skottefruen)
  • Anne of Cleves
    Anne of Cleves
    Anne of Cleves was a German noblewoman and the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England and as such she was Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540. The marriage was never consummated, and she was not crowned queen consort...

     the Flanders Mare Blackamoor
  • Anne, Queen of Great Britain Brandy Nan, Mrs. Bull, Mrs. Morley
  • Anne, Duchess of Maine
    Anne, Duchess of Maine
    Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon , was the daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé and Anne Henriette of Bavaria. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang. She was known as Louise-Bénédicte. She has no surviving descendants...

     the Queen of the Bees http://conde.ifrance.com/eal.htm
  • Anne, Princess Royal
    Anne, Princess Royal
    Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

     Princess Sourpuss
  • Anne de Montmorency
    Anne de Montmorency
    Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France.-Early life:...

     the French Fabius
  • Anne-Benedicte of Bourbon-Conde the Doll of the Blood, the Royal Doll, the Little Black Beetle, wife of Louis, Duke of Maine and illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France, wife of Louis, Duke of Maine and illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France
  • Anne Boleyn
    Anne Boleyn
    Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...

     Anne of the Thousand Days, the Concubine
  • Anne Colquhoun the Fair Maid of Luss
  • Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh
    Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh
    Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh.Born in 1723 to John Farquharson of Invercauld, chief of the Clan Farquharson and staunch Jacobite...

     Colonel Anne, la Belle Rebelle
  • Anne Parsons the Duke of Grafton's Mrs. Houghton, the Duke of Dorset's Mrs. Houghton, Everybody's Mrs. Houghton (Alias Mrs. Houghton)
  • Anne-Claude-Louise d'Arpajon Madame l'Etiquette
  • Annora de Braose the Anchoress, the Recluse of Iffley
  • Anselm, Count of Saint Pol Candavene
  • Anselm of Schonborn (1727–1801) the Posthumous
  • Ansfred I the Dane
  • Anthemius
    Anthemius
    Procopius Anthemius was Western Roman Emperor from 467 to 472. Perhaps the last capable Western Roman Emperor, Anthemius attempted to solve the two primary military challenges facing the remains of the Western Roman Empire: the resurgent Visigoths, under Euric, whose domain straddled the Pyrenees;...

     "The Little Greek"
  • Anthony II of Inhausen and Knyphausen the Posthumous
  • Anthony, Lord of Croy (1390–1475) the Great
  • Anthony, Prince of Wallachia, 1669–1672 Voda din Popesti
  • Anthony of Burgundy (1421-1504) the Great
  • Anthony Clement of Saxony
    Anthony Clement of Saxony
    Anthony , also known by his German name Anton , was a King of Saxony from the House of Wettin...

     the Kind
  • Antigonus I Monophthalmus
    Antigonus I Monophthalmus
    Antigonus I Monophthalmus , son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. During his early life he served under Philip II, and he was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and...

     the One-Eyed
  • Antipater II of Macedon
    Antipater II of Macedon
    Antipater II of Macedon , was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V. Eventually, he murdered his mother and ousted his brother from the throne...

     Antipater Etesias
  • Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
    Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
    Antoine , known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544.-Biography:Antoine was born at Bar-le-Duc, the son of René II, Duke of Lorraine and Philippa of Guelders...

     the Good
  • Antoine of Ligne "le Grand Diable"
  • Antoninus Pius
    Antoninus Pius
    Antoninus Pius , also known as Antoninus, was Roman Emperor from 138 to 161. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty and the Aurelii. He did not possess the sobriquet "Pius" until after his accession to the throne...

     the Adoptive Emperor
  • Antonio I of Monaco
    Antonio I of Monaco
    Antonio I was the Prince of Monaco from 1701 to 1731. He was the elder son of Louis I, Prince of Monaco and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont....

     Goliath
  • Antonio, Prior of Crato
    António, Prior of Crato
    António, Prior of Crato , was a grandson of King Manuel I of Portugal, claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis, who was King of Portugal as António I of Portugal during 33 days in the continent in 1580, and, after the crowning of Philip II of Spain as King of Portugal,...

     the Fighter, the Independentist, the Determined
  • Anund Gårdske
    Anund Gårdske
    Anund Gårdske or Anund of Gårdarike, English exonym: Anwynd, was the king of Sweden c. 1070 according to Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum. According to this source, Anund came from Kievan Rus', presumably from Aldeigjuborg. Gårdske means that he came from Gardariki which...

     Anund the Russian
  • Anund Jacob of Sweden
    Anund Jacob of Sweden
    Anund Jacob, Swedish: Anund Jakob was King of Sweden from 1022 until around 1050. He is believed to have been born on July 25, in either 1008 or 1010 as Jakob. When the Swedish Thing was to elect him the co-ruler of Sweden, the people objected to his non-Scandinavian name...

     the Coal-Burner, Kolbränna
  • Archambaud I, Sire de Bourbon the French
  • Archambaud I, 1st Viscount of Comborn, Turenne and Ventadour, 959–996 the Butcher, Jambe Pourrie
  • Archambaud II, Lord of Bourbon le Vert, the Old
  • Archambaud II of Comborn le Boucher
  • Archambaud III, Lord of Bourbon du Montet, the Young, the Younger, Archambaud of Montet
  • Archambaud IV, Lord of Bourbon (1047–1078) the Bold, the Strong
  • Archambaud V, Lord of Bourbon the Pious
  • Archambaud VI, Count of Périgord, 1395–1399, the Young, the Younger
  • Archambaud VII, Lord of Bourbon the Strong
  • Archambaud VIII, Sire de Bourbon the Great, the Young, the Younger
  • Ardolf I, Count of Guisnes (966–996) the Posthumous
  • Art mac Cuinn
    Art mac Cuinn
    Art mac Cuinn , also known as Art Óenfer , was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland....

     the Lone, the Solitary
  • Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
    Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
    Arthur I was Duke of Brittany between 1194 and 1202. He was the posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany...

     the Posthumous
  • Arthur III of Brittany the Justiciar
  • Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus , was a late medieval Scottish magnate. He became known as "Bell the Cat"...

     Bell-the-cat, The Great Earl.
  • Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas was a Scottish nobleman and General, son of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, eldest daughter of Robert III...

     Victon
  • Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
    Archibald the Grim also known as Blak Archibald , 3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell and Lord of Galloway was a late medieval Scottish magnate....

     The Grim, Black Archibald
  • Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas the Loser, Tyneman
  • Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
    Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
    Sir Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie , also known as Greysteil, was a Scottish nobleman and courtier, who served as Treasurer of Scotland, and Provost of Edinburgh.-Rise:...

     Grey Steill, Greysteel
  • Sir Archibald Douglas
    Sir Archibald Douglas
    Sir Archibald Douglas was a Scottish noble, Guardian of Scotland and military leader. He is sometimes given the epithet "Tyneman" , but this may be a reference to his great-nephew Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas.-Early life:The younger son of Sir William "le Hardi" Douglas, the Governor of...

     the Loser, Tyneman
  • Arduin of Italy
    Arduin of Italy
    Arduin of Ivrea was Margrave of Ivrea and King of Italy. He was the son of Dado, Count of Pombia. Arduin succeeded to the northern Italian Margraviate of Ivrea in 990 on dubious grounds. He was excommunicated for the murder of the Bishop of Vercelli in 997.He was made King of Italy after the death...

     Arduin of Ivrea
  • Arnaud I, Count of Angoulême (d.992), the Bastard
  • Arnold III of Guînes (c.1225–?), the Great, the Old
  • Arnold of Egmond
  • Arnulf
    Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria
    Arnulf , called the Bad or the Evil , was the duke of Bavaria from 907 until his death. He was a member of the Luitpolding dynasty....

     the Bad
  • Arnulf of Carinthia
    Arnulf of Carinthia
    Arnulf of Carinthia was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887, the disputed King of Italy from 894 and the disputed Holy Roman Emperor from February 22, 896 until his death.-Birth and Illegitimacy:...

     the Great
  • Arnulf of Metz
    Arnulf of Metz
    Saint Arnulf of Metz was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont....

     Arnulf of Herstal
  • Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
    Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
    Arnulf of Flanders , called the Great, was the third Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Holland....

     the Elder, the Great, the Lame, the Old, the Rich
  • Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
    Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
    Arnulf II of Flanders was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death. He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony-History:...

     the Young, the Younger
  • Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
    Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
    Elisabeth Maria Henriette Stephanie Gisela , was an Archduchess of Austria and the only child of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. She was known to the family as "Erzsi", a diminutive of her name in Hungarian...

     the Red Archduchess, the Red Princess
  • Aron Tiranul
    Aron Tiranul
    Aaron the Tyrant , sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron , was twice Moldavian Voivode : between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 24, 1592 to May 3, 1595. He was Alexandru Lăpuşneanu's son....

     the Tyrant
  • Arthur III, Duke of Brittany
    Arthur III, Duke of Brittany
    Arthur III , known as the Justicier and as Arthur de Richemont, was Lord of Parthenay and titular Count of Richmond in England and for eleven months at the very end of his life, Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort after inheriting those titles upon the death of his nephew.-Biography:Belonging...

     the Constable
  • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
    Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
    Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

     the Eagle, Europe's Liberator, the Iron Duke , Old, the Liberator of Europe, the Peer, the Savior of Europe, Douro, the Achilles of England, the Beau, Nosey, Old Nosey
  • Aruj
    Aruj
    Aruj or Arouj was the elder brother of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha and Ottoman Bey of Algiers and Beylerbey of the West Mediterranean...

     Barbarossa, the Redbeard
  • Ashot I Kuropalates
    Ashot I Kuropalates
    Ashot I the Great was a presiding prince of Iberia , first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the Bagratid territories and sought the Byzantine protectorate against the Arab encroachment until being murdered c. 830...

     the Great, the Saint
  • Ashot II
    Ashot II
    Ashot II the Iron was an Armenian King, the son of King Smbat I. His reign was filled with rebellions by pretenders to the throne, and foreign invasions, which Ashot fought off successfully. This is how he got the epithet the Iron. In 914, Ashot II visited Constantinople to get aid from Byzantine...

     Ashot of Iron
  • Ashot II, King of Georgia, 923–954 der Kuche
  • Ashot III of Armenia
    Ashot III of Armenia
    Ashot III Bagratuni also known as Ashot the Blind was a member of the Bagratuni family who was presiding prince of Armenia as a Prince from 726 and as an ishxan from 732 to 748...

     the Blind
  • Ashot III
    Ashot III
    Ashot III the Merciful also known as Ashot the Gracious was an Armenian king. He ruled from Armenia's capital city of Ani....

     the Charitable, the Gracious, the Merciful
  • Ashot IV (VIII), King of Armenia, 1021–1039 the Brave
  • Ashot Bagratuni (d.826) the Meat-Eater, the Man-Eater
  • Asmund (d.1065) Free-Booter, nephew of Sweyn II of Denmark
    Sweyn II of Denmark
    Sweyn II Estridsson Ulfsson was the King of Denmark from 1047 to 1074. He was the son of Ulf Jarl and Estrid Svendsdatter. He was married three times, and fathered 20 children or more, including the five future kings Harald III Hen, Canute IV the Saint, Oluf I Hunger, Eric I Evergood and Niels...

  • Atenulf III of Benevento
    Atenulf III of Benevento
    Atenulf III, called Carinola, was the co-prince of Capua and Benevento from 933, when his father, Landulf I, and uncle, Atenulf II, made him so. His younger brother Landulf the Red succeeded co-prince Atenulf in 939 or 940. When the elder Landulf died on 10 April 943, the younger Landulf removed...

     Carinola
  • Athanaric
    Athanaric
    Athanaric was king of several branches of the Thervingian Goths for at least two decades in the fourth century. His name, Athanareiks, means "Year King" or "King for the Year" comes from the Gothic word Athni meaning "year" and the Gothic Reiks meaning "king."A probable rival of Fritigern, another...

     the Judge of the Visigoths
  • Attila the Hun
    Attila the Hun
    Attila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...

     Flagellum Dei
  • Attilio IV, Prince of Elba and Piombino the Pious
  • Attila the Hun
    Attila the Hun
    Attila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...

     the Hun, the Terror of the World
  • Aud the Deep-Minded
    Aud the Deep-Minded
    Aud the Deep-Minded was an earlier settler in Iceland.-Biography:...

  • August II the Strong the Iron Hand, the Saxon Hercules, the Strong
  • Auguste Louis Philippe Emmanuel de Croÿ, 9th Duke of Croÿ the Handsome Auguste
  • Auguste Marmont
    Auguste Marmont
    Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa was a French General, nobleman and Marshal of France.-Biography:...

     Monsieur de Culfier le Roi Marmont
  • Augustus III of Poland
    Augustus III of Poland
    Augustus III, known as the Saxon ; ; also Prince-elector Friedrich August II was the Elector of Saxony in 1733-1763, as Frederick Augustus II , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1734-1763.-Biography:Augustus was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector...

     the Fat, the Saxon
  • Augustus
    Augustus
    Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

     Pater atque Princeps (Father and Prince), the Father of the County
  • Augustus, Elector of Saxony
    Augustus, Elector of Saxony
    Augustus was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586.-First years:Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He consequently belonged to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family...

     the Lucky, the Saxon Justinian, Father Augustus, the Father
  • Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg , called the Younger, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel....

     the Young, the Younger
  • August Aleksander Czartoryski
    August Aleksander Czartoryski
    Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski was a Polish-Lithuanian noble , magnate, and founder of the family fortune.August became Major-General of the Polish Army in 1729, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship in 1731, General Starost of Podolia in 1750–1758, and a Knight of Malta...

     the Prince Palatine
  • Augustus Barry (1773-1818) Newgate
  • Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
    Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
    Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...

     the Tarfu Marconi, the Royal Oak
  • Aun
    Aun
    Ane, On, One, Auchun or Aun the Old , English: Edwin, was a mythical Swedish king of the House of Yngling, the ancestors of Norway's first king, Harald Fairhair...

     the Old
  • Aurelian
    Aurelian
    Aurelian , was Roman Emperor from 270 to 275. During his reign, he defeated the Alamanni after a devastating war. He also defeated the Goths, Vandals, Juthungi, Sarmatians, and Carpi. Aurelian restored the Empire's eastern provinces after his conquest of the Palmyrene Empire in 273. The following...

     the Restorer of the East, Restitutor Orientis, the Restorer of the World (Restitutor Orbis)
  • Aurelian
    Aurelian
    Aurelian , was Roman Emperor from 270 to 275. During his reign, he defeated the Alamanni after a devastating war. He also defeated the Goths, Vandals, Juthungi, Sarmatians, and Carpi. Aurelian restored the Empire's eastern provinces after his conquest of the Palmyrene Empire in 273. The following...

     Parthicus Maximus
  • Aymar, Count of Angoulême (1160–1218), Taillefer
  • Aymon II, Sire de Bourbon Vaire-Veche
  • Azzo II, Lord of Ferrara, 1215–1264 the Young, the Younger


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  • Alain Le Roux
    Alain Le Roux
    Alan Rufus was a probable companion of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest and especially during Harrying of the North, in which he built Richmond Castle. He was the second son of Odo, Count of Penthièvre, by Agnes, daughter of Alain Cagnart, Count of Cornouaille, and a cousin of...

     the Red
  • Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł the Intimate of Three Kings
  • Alexandru cel Bun
    Alexandru cel Bun
    Alexander cel Bun was a Voivode of Moldavia, reigning between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I Mușat. He succeeded Iuga to the throne, and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality....

     the Good
  • Amauri de Montfort (d.ca. 1089), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury the Strong
  • Amadeus III of Savoy
    Amadeus III of Savoy
    Amadeus III of Savoy was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death. He was also known as the Crusader....

  • Angus MacDonald of Islay, Prince of the Isles (1270–1330) Og
  • Anna of Kiev Ianka
  • Anna Radziwiłł the Intolerable Woman
  • Ansaud I, Viscount of Auxerre the Rich
  • Aonghas Óg
    Aonghas Óg
    Aonghas Óg was a Scottish nobleman who was the last independent Lord of the Isles.-Biography:He was the bastard son of John of Islay, Earl of Ross . Aonghas became a rebel against both his father and against the Scottish crown...

     the Young, the Younger
  • Antonio Caraffa the Hyena of Eperjes
  • Archambaud III, Lord of Bourbon the White
  • Arduin III, Margrave of Turin (d.after 976) il Glabro
  • Arpad (850–907), Duke of the Magyars the Hungarian
  • Asparukh, Prince of Bulgaria, 681–702 le Mobereau

  • Adalbert of Austria the Victorious
  • Adarnase II, King of Georgia, 830–867 the Elder
  • Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg the Ulysses
  • Alexander I of Yugoslavia
    Alexander I of Yugoslavia
    Alexander I , also known as Alexander the Unifier was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .-Childhood:...

     the Unifier
  • Alexander III of Suzdal Vzmetenj
  • Afandreg Ddu of Powys the Black, wife of Cadfan ap Iago
    Cadfan ap Iago
    Cadfan ap Iago was King of Gwynedd . Little is known of the history of Gwynedd from this period, and information about Cadfan and his reign is minimal....

  • Alfonso VI the Victorious
  • Alphonso of Brienne
    Alphonso of Brienne
    Alphonso of Brienne or Alphonse I de Brienne, called Alphonse d'Acre was the son of John of Brienne and Berengaria of Leon, born in Acre. He was the Grand Butler of France in 1258....

     Alfonso of Acre
  • Alistair MacDonald of Keppoch Alexander MacDonald, Lord of Lochaber, Carrach
  • Alan III, Duke of Brittany
    Alan III, Duke of Brittany
    Alan III of Rennes was duke of Brittany, from 1008 to his death. He was son of Duke Geoffrey I and Hawise of Normandy. Alan married Bertha, daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and had at least two children: Conan II, his successor, and Hawise of Brittany, who married Hoel of Cornwall.Alan III was...

     le Rèbre, Ruibriez
  • Alexandr, Prince Shuyskiy Lugvitza
  • Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir
    Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir
    Abu Aamir Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abi Aamir, Al-Hajib Al-Mansur , better known as Almanzor, was the de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus in the late 10th to early 11th centuries. His rule marked the peak of power for Moorish Iberia.-Origins:He was born Muhammad Ibn Abi Aamir, into a noble Arab...

     the Hammer of God, Almanzor, the Noble King
  • Angus Mor, Lord of the Isles the Elder
  • Archambaud II, Sire de Bourbon the Elder
  • Archambaud V, Count of Périgord, 1369–1395, the Elder
  • Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
    Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
    Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

     the Uncrowned King of Scotland
  • Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus , was a late medieval Scottish magnate. He became known as "Bell the Cat"...

     Bell-the-Cat
  • Arduin Glaber
    Arduin Glaber
    Arduin Glaber was the Count of Auriate from c. 935 and Margrave of Turin from c. 950. He placed his family, the Arduinici, on a firm foundation and established the march of Turin through conquests and royal concessions...

     the Bald
  • Arnulf III, Count of Flanders
    Arnulf III, Count of Flanders
    Arnulf III was Count of Flanders and Count of Hainaut, as Arnulf I from 1070 to his death.He was the eldest son of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut.-History and Family:...

     the Unlucky
  • Artschil, King of Georgia, 736–786 the Martyr
  • Aruj
    Aruj
    Aruj or Arouj was the elder brother of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha and Ottoman Bey of Algiers and Beylerbey of the West Mediterranean...

     Baba Aruj, Baba Oruç (Father Aruj)
  • Astrid of Sweden
    Astrid of Sweden
    Astrid of Sweden was Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Leopold III.-Early life:Princess Astrid of Sweden was born in Stockholm on 17 November 1905...

     the Snow Princess, the Snow Queen
  • Aubri, Count of Fezensac the Burgundian
  • Aubrey de Vere III, 1st Earl of Oxford the Boar
  • Avignon Pope Clement VII the Butcher of Cesena, the Executioner of Cesena
  • Aymar VI, Count of Valentinois, 1345–1379 the Fat

Regnal Name

    • Alfonso V of Aragon
      Alfonso V of Aragon
      Alfonso the Magnanimous KG was the King of Aragon , Valencia , Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica , and Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death...

      : Alfonso I of Naples, Alfonso II of Mallorca, Alfonso II of Sardinia, Alfonso II of Corsica, Alfonso III of Valencia, Alfonso IV of Barcelona, Alfonso IV of Sicily
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