List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: G

G

Gabhran of Dalriada the Treacherous

Gabrielle d'Estrées la Belle Gabrielle

Gaius Marius the Third Founder of Rome

Galeazzo Maria Sforza the Force of Destiny

Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere Cardinal della Rovere

Galeotto Novella Malatesta Belfiore

Gallienus the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army

Gallus the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army

Galswintha the Visigoth

García Fernández of Castile He of the White Hands

García Ramírez of Navarre the Restorer

García Sánchez of Castile the Infante

García Sánchez II of Pamplona the Trembler, the Trembling, the Tremulous

García Sánchez III of Navarre He of Najera

García Galíndez of Aragon the Bad

Garcia II Sanchez of Gascony the Bent

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours the Lightning of Italy, the Thunderbolt of Italy, the Dove

Gaston II of Foix el Paladino

Gaston III, Captal de Buch (d. 1536), the Lame

Gaston III of Foix-Béarn Gaston Phoebus, the Lion of the Pyrenees

Gaston IV of Béarn the Crusader

Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn, 1173–1215, the Young, the Younger

Gauthier, Count of Rethel, 1124–1158, le Dévot

Gauthier I, Count of Vexin and Amiens Oriflam

Gauthier I, Viscount of Tournai Pulechel

Gauthier II, Count of Valois the White

Gauthier II of Enghien (d. 1271), the Great

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Marshall Forward

Geiseric Virga Dei, the Lame, the Rod of God

Geoffrey of Lusignan, Lord of Moncontour Big-Tooth Hugh VIII of Lusignan

Geoffrey of Sable (d. 997), the Old

Geoffrey I, Count of Angoulême (d. 1048), Taillefer

Geoffrey I (d. 1080), Lord of Joinville, the Old

Geoffrey I, Lord of Preuilly (d. 1067), the Hammer

Geoffrey I of Anjou the Graycloak, Greymantle, Greyhide

Geoffrey I of Penthièvre Boterel

Geoffrey II (c1095-1142), Duke of Lower Lorraine, Godfrey of Brabant, the Younger

Geoffrey II of Anjou the Hammer

Geoffrey III of Anjou the Bearded

Geoffrey III of Penthièvre Boterel

Geoffrey III, Count of Vendôme, 1102–1137, the Graycloak, Greymantle, Greyhide

Geoffrey III, Duke of Brabant (1140–1190), the Brave

Geoffrey III, Lord of Joinville the Fat

Geoffrey III (d. 1188), Lord of Joinville the Old

Geoffrey IV (d. 1190), Lord of Joinville the Young, the Younger

Geoffrey IV, Lord of Joinville le Valet

Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou Geoffrey Plantagenet, the Fair

Geoffrey V, Lord of Joinville le Trouillard

Geoffrey de Mandeville the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron, the Young, the Younger

Geoffroi of Montmorency (d. after 1080), the Rich

Geoffrey de Saye the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron

Geoffroy of Harcourt (d. 1356), the Lame

George I of Great Britain German George, Geordie Whelps, George the Guelph, Turnip Head, the Turnip-Hoer ,

George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1567–1596, the Pious

George II of Abkhazia the Builder of Churches

George II of Dmitrov (1462–1472) the Young, the Younger

Georg II, Duke of Silesia (1523–1586), the Pious

Georg II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, 1471–1509, the Strong

George II of Kakheti the Bad

George II, Despot of Serbia, 1485–1496, Maximus

Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen Theaterherzog, the Theater Duke,

George III of the United Kingdom Farmer George, the Farmer-King, Old Nobs

George III, Truchsess of Waldburg in Wolfegg and Zeil (1488–1531) der Bauernjörg

George IV of Georgia the Light of the World, the Resplendent

George IV of the United Kingdom Prince Florizel, Prinny, the Prince of Whales, Admiral George Carlton, the Adonis of 50, the Fat Adonis of 50, Fum the Fourth, the Fat Adonis of Forty, the First Gentleman of Europe

George V of Georgia the Magnificent, the Illustrious, the Shadow King of Tbilisi, the Brilliant

George V of the United Kingdom the Sailor-Prince

George V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, 1620–1623 the Old

George VI of Georgia the Illustrious, the Little, the Minor

George VI of the United Kingdom the Unexpected King, Prince Bertie, My Dear Bertie

George, Duke of Saxony the Bearded, George with the Beard

George of Amboise (1440-1510) the Cardinal

George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Confessor

George of Bavaria the Rich

George of Podebrady the Hussite King

George de Vernon the King of the Peak

George, Duke of Saxony, 1500-1539 the Rich

George Berkeley, 8th Lord Berkeley the Traveller

George Castriota Skanderbeg

George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare the Fairy Earl

George Frederick II of Hohenlohe the Young, the Younger

George Canning the Zany of Debate

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham Zimri

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Steenie

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey the Prince of Maccaronies

George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Pious

George of Nuremberg the Pious

George of Rostov (d. 1155) the Long-Armed

George Albert II of Erbach the Posthumous

George Frederick I of Hohenlohe the Elder

George Brankovic, Despot of Serbia, 1458–1459 the Blind

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle Black George, Honest George

George Robert FitzGerald the Fighting FitzGerald

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Trimmer

George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness Wicked Earl George

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Goliath

Gerald I of Armagnac Trancaléon

Gerald IV, Count of Armagnac, 1188–1215 Trancaléon

Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmondthe Poet

Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare the Great Earl of Kildare, Garret the Great, Gearoid Mór

Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare Garrett MacAlison, Geroit Oge, Gearóid Óg

Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare the Wizard Earl

Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond the Rebel Earl, the Sleeper, the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King, Ingens Rebellibus Exemplar

Gerard I of Gelderland Flamens, Flaminius, der Flaminius, the Red

Gerard I, Prince of Piombino the Deaf

Gerard II, Count of Holstein-Plon, 1290–1312 the Blind

Gerard II of Guelders the Red

Gerard II, Count of Wassenberg (1000-1053) Flamens, Flaminius

Gerard II of Hallermund the Young, the Younger

Gerard III, Lord of Retz le Benoist

Gerard, Duke of Lorraine the Great

Gerard, Duke of Lorraine Gerard of Alsace

Gerhard I of Hallermund the Elder

Gerhard I, Count of Wassenberg (1055/60–1137) the Tall

Gerhard II, Count of Guelders, 1118–1134 the Tall

Gerhard III Count Gert

Gerhard III of Holstein the Bald Count, the Great

Gerhard III the Fat

Gerhard VI of Oldenburg the Quarrelsome

Gerhard, Count of Oldenburg the Warlike

Ostmark, 936–965 the Great

Gertrude of Nivelles the Saint

Gilbert, Count of Brionne Crispin

Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron

Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford the Man of Gentlest Blood and Most Powerful Amongst the English, the Red, the Red Earl

Gillean of the Battle Axe

Gillebride Mac Gilledomnan Gillebride of the Cave

Gilles of Roeulx Rigaud

Gilles de Rais Giles de Laval, Gilles de Retz, Blue Beard, Barbe-Bleue, Marshal de Retz

Giorgi VI the Minor the Short, the Little, the Small

Giorgi Saakadze the Great Mouravi

Giorgio Cornaro the Father of the County

Giorgio Cornaro (1523-1543) Zorzetto, Giorgetto (Little Giorgio):

Giorgio Cornaro (1517-1554) Zorzone, Giorgione (Big Giorgio):

Giovanni Borgia the Child of Rome, Infans Romanus

Giovanni da Barbiano, Count of Cunio (d. 1399) Fulmine di Guerra

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere the Invincible

Giovanni de' Medici (1467–1498) il Popolano

Giovanni Malatesta Gianciotto, Giovanni lo Sciancato, the Lame

Giovanni Lambert, Prince of Salerno (950–999) le Toscan

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Giovanni of the Black Bands, With the Black Bands

Giovanni I, Lord of Camerino (d. 1387) Spaccaferro

Giric of Scotland Gregory the Great

Giulia Farnese the Beautiful

Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici Popolesco (Man of the People), the Man of the People

Gleb I of Kiev (1010–1015) the Saint

Gleb II of Riazan (d.aft.1237) the Damned

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Princess TNT, the Punk Princess

Guðrøðr Óláfsson the Black

Godfrey of Bouillon the Baron of the Holy Sepulchre, the Crusader King, the Protector of the Holy Sepulcher

Godfrey, Lord of Friesland (d.885) the Norman

Godfrey I, Count of Verdun the Captive, the Old the Prisoner

Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia the Bearded

Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine the Childless

Godfrey II, Count of the Gatinais Ferreol

Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine the Bearded

Godfrey III of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia the Babe

Godfrey III of Leuven the Brave

Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine the Hunchback

Godred Crovan. The name Crovan could refer to Godred's hands.

Godwin, Earl of Wessex the Kingmaker

Gonzalvo Hernandez de Cordova (1443–1515) the Great Captain

Gordian I the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army

Gordian II the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army

Gordian III the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army

Gorm of Denmark the Church's Worm, the Old (Dan. de Gamle)

Gosifrid de Bec the Marshal

Gossuin, Lord of Avesnes the Blind

Gostomysl of Novgorod (8??–859) the Reasonable

Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine the Great

Gothelo II, Duke of Lower Lorraine Ignavus (Retarded), the Sluggard

Götz von Berlichingen Gotz of the Iron Hand

Gozmar III of Ziegenhain (1168–1184) the Red

Gráinne O'Malley Bald Grace (Grainne Mhaol, Granuaile), the Dark Lady of Doona, the Irish Sea Queen, the Nurse of All Rebellions, the Pirate Queen of Connaught, the Pirate Queen of Connemara, the Queen of Clew Bay

Gradlon of Cornouaille the Great

Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos the King of the Cotswolds

Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin Cyclops

Grimoald the Elder the Elder

Gruffydd (1110–?) the Tall

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn the Head and the Shield of the Britons

Gruoch of Scotland Lady Macbeth

Guaimar IV of Salerno the Iron Hand

Guaram III, King of Georgia, 693–748 the Young, the Younger

Gudrød the Hunter the Proud

Gudrod, son of Harald I of Norway Ljome, Skiria

Gudrød the Hunter the Hunter

Guerao III, Viscount of Girona, 1145–1161 the Troubadour, the Minstrel

Guglielmo Cybo, Palatine Count of the Holy Roman Empire

Gui-Aldonce (1619–1646) le Chevalier de Chabot

Gui-August de Rohan (1683–1760) le Chevalier de Rohan

Guichard IV of Beaujeau (d. 1216), the Great

Guichard VI of Beaujeau (d. 1331), the Great

Guido da Montefeltro the Fox

Guigues I, Count of Albon (1001–1070) the Old

Guigues II, Count of Albon & Grenoble (1025–1095) the Fat

Guigues V of Albon (d. 1063) the Old

Guigues III, 1st Count of Albon (c.1050–1133) the Count

Guigues VI, Count of Albon & Grenoble the Fat

Guigues VII of Albon (1068–1125) Crassus'

Guillaume aux Blanches Mains the Whitehanded

Guillaume Marie Anne Brune the Savior of the Batavian Republic

Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie the Vauban of Modern Times

Gundovald Ballomer

Gunther IV of Barby the Fair

Günther von Schwarzburg

Gunther (d. 1284), Count of Lindow-Ruppin Gunther of Arnstein

Guntram, Count of Altenburg (d. 970) the Rich

Guntrum, Count of Alsace, mid 10th century the Red

Gurgen II, King of Georgia, 918–941 the Great

Gustav I Vasa of Sweden the Father of the County

Gustav III of Sweden the Enlightened Despot, the Theater King

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden Colonel Gustavsson

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden the Deliverer of Germany, the Father of Modern Armies, the Golden King of the North, the Great, the Lion from the North, the Protector of Protestantism, the Savior of Protestants, the Snow King ("At Vienna he was called 'The Snow King,' in derision. Like a snow-ball, he was kept together by the cold, but as he approached a warmer soil he melted away and disappeared.—Dr. Crichton: Scandinavia, ii. 61 (1838).")

Gutierre Rodriguez of Castro (d. 1194) el Escalabrado

Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick the Black Dog of Ardennes, the Black Cur of Arden

Guy Pallavicini, Lord of Bodonitsa Markezopoulos

Guy, Count of Boulogne the Whitehanded

Guy of Dampierre

Guy of Saint Pol Candavene

Guy II of Laval the Bald

Guy II of Montlhéry Trousseau, Troussel

Guy VIII, Lord of Laval and Count of Caserta (d. 1323) the Iron Cross

Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot Chevalier de Rohan

Guyonne of Laval (1524–1567), Countess of Laval & Montfort the Mad

Gwladus ferch Llywelyn the Dark, the Dark-Eyed

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd the Welsh Boudica

Gwallawc Marchawc Trin, King of Elmet the Battle Horseman

Gwrast Lledlwm, King of Rheged the Ragged (Lledlwm)

Gyda of Hordaland den Storlåtne Møya (Storlatne Moya), wife of Harald I of Norway

Gyula Andrássy the Younger the Young, the Younger

Gyula Andrássyle Beau Pendu

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia Big Bow Wow

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Shvibzik (Eng. Imp)

Regnal Names

Gaston III of Foix: Gaston X of Béarn