List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: C

C

Cadafael Cadomedd ap Cynfeddw the Battle Shirker

Cadell Ddyrnllwg, King of Powys Ddyrnllwg (Fr. au Pommeau Rutilant, It. Impugnatura Scintillante)

Cadeyrn, King of Powys il Benedetto

Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion Long Hand, the Long-Handed

Cairbre Lifechair the Lover of the Liffey

Caesar, duc de Choiseul Marshal du Plessis-Praslin

Caligula the Little Boot

Cangrande I della Scala Cangrande (Big or Great Dog):

Canute the Great the Dane, the Great, the Rich

Canute II of Sweden the Tall

Canute III of Denmark Harthacanute, the Hardy

Canute IV of Denmark the Holy, the Pious, the Saint

Canute Lavard the Lord, the Protector, the Saint

Caracalla Caracul of Fingal, Oedipus, the Son of the King of the World

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, known in his youth as Tjabo

Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, the Blue Prince

Carloman of France the Blind

Carlos I of Portugal the Diplomat, the Oceanographer, the Martyr

Carol II of Romania the Playboy King

Carolina, Baroness Nairne BB, Mrs. Bogan of Bogan, the Flower of Strathearn

Caroline of Brunswick, (estranged wife/consort of King George IV of England), the Injured Queen of England

Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt the Great Landgravine

Caroline, Princess of Hanover la Bouche d'Or

Lady Caroline Blackwood Caroline Blackwood

Caroline Barry, Lady Melfort Billingsgate

Carlota of Spain a Megera de Queluz (the Vixen of Queluz)

Casimir I of Poland the Peacemaker, the Reformer, the Restorer

Casimir II of Poland the Just

Casimir III of Poland the Great, the Polish Justinian , the King of Kraków the King of the Peasants, the Peasants' King

Saint Casimir the Peacemaker, the Saint

Cathal Cú-cen-máthair the Motherless Hound

Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair the Red Hand

Catherine II of Russia Feke, Figchen, Madame Snake, the Enlightened Despot, the Great, the Modern Messalina, the Northern Semiramis, the Philosopher-King, the Semiramis of the North, the Star of the North

Catherine de' Medici Jezebel, the Barren Wife, the Black Queen, the Eclipsed Consort, the Italian Duchess Without a Duchy, the Maggot from Italy's Tomb, the Merchant's Daughter, the Monstrous Regiment of Women, the Mother of the Modern High-Heeled Shoe

Catherine Dolgorukov la Grande Mademoiselle

Catherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond the Old Countess

Catherine Gordon the White Rose of Scotland

Catherine Howard the Rose Without a Thorn

Cecilia of Baux Passerose

Cecily Neville Mother Extraordinaire, Proud Cis, the Roman Matriarch, the Rose of Raby, Survivalist Cicely

Centule III, Viscount of Béarn, 984–1004 the Old, the Pious

Centule IV, Viscount of Béarn, 1012–1058 the Old

Centule V, Viscount of Béarn, 1058–1090 the Young, the Younger

Cesare Borgia il Valentino

Chaka of Bulgaria the Usurper

Charlotte of Belgium the Mad Empress

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Monkey Face

Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau la Belle Brabant

Charlemagne the Blessed, the Butcher of the Saxons, the Sleeper, the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King

Charles I, Duke of Burgundy the Terrible

Charles I of England King and Martyr, the Last Man, the Man of Blood, the Martyr, the Saint, the White King

Charles I of Savoy the Warrior

Charles I of Sicily Charles of Anjou, Charles I of Sicily the Defender of the Church

Charles I, Count of Flanders the Dane, the Good

Charles I, Duke of Burgundy the Occidental Turk

Charles I, King of Hungary, 1307–1342 Carobert

Charles I de Valois, Duke of Orléans the Unfortunate Prince

Charles I, Margrave of Baden, 1453–1475 the Warlike, the Warrior

Charles I, Duke of Burgundy the Bold, the Rash

Charles I of Hungary the Hammer

Charles II of Albret Labret, Lebret

Charles II of Alençon the Generous, the Liberal, the Magnanimous

Charles II of England Old Rowley, the Black Boy, the Merry Monarch, the Merrie Monarche, the Mutton Eating Monarch , the Son of the Last Man

Charles II of Hungary de la Poix

Charles II of Naples the Halter of Jerusalem, the Lame, the Wise

Charles II of Navarre the Bad

Charles II of Savoy the Good

Charles II of Spain the Bewitched, the Little King, Lord Strutt

Charles II, Duke of Lorraine the Bold, the Great

Charles III of France the Drunkard, the Simple

Charles III of Naples Charles of Durazzo, the Little", the Short, the Small

Charles III of Navarre the Noble

Charles III of Spain the Enlightened Despot, the Politic

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon the Constable, Charles Monsieur, le Connétable de Bourbon

Charles IV of France the Fair

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor the Popish King, Charles of Luxemburg, the Parsons' King the Priests' King, the Father of the Czech Nation

Charles IV of Spain the Hunger

Charles V of France the Solomon of France, the Wise

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor the Emperor, the Golden One (Sp. el Dorado), the Sleeper, the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King

Charles VI of France the Mad Prince, the Well-Beloved, the Mad

Charles VII of France le Trésvictorieux, the Dauphin, the King of Bourges, the Mark Tapley of Kings, the Victorious, the Well-Served

Charles VIII the Affable

Charles IX of Sweden the Peasant King

Charles X of France the First Gentleman of Europe

Charles XI of Sweden the People-Murderer , the King of the Peasants, the Peasants' King the King of the Peasants, the Peasants' King , The Grey Cloak

Charles XII of Sweden Carolus Rex, the Alexander of the North, the Brilliant Madman, the Don Quixote of the North, the Habitué (Tur. Demirbaş Şarl), the Madman of the North, the Madman of Europe

Charles XIV John of Sweden the Gascon , the Sergeant with Beautiful Legs, Sergeant Pretty Legs (Fr. Sergent Belle-Jambe):

Charles, Archduke of Austria South Squire

Charles, King of Neustria, 790–811 the Young, the Younger

Charles, Lord of Sainte-Aulaye (1615–1646) le Comte de Chabot

Charles, Duke of Guelders Charles of Egmond, the Achilles of Guelders

Charles of Bretzenheim Augustus

Charles of Viana Charles of Aragon, Don Carlos

Charles of Valois the Landless

Charles, duc d'Orléans the Poet

Charles, Duke of Calabria the Illustrious

Charles, Prince of Wales Brian, Honorary Grandson

Charles the Bald

Charles the Child

Charles the Fat

Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine Cardinal de Guise

Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy the Great

Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy the Hadrian of Piedmont

Charles George Gordon Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum, the Chinese Gordon

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk the Drunken Duke

Charles James Fox the Man of the People

Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne the Charmer of Europe, the Coxcomb, the Prince of Coxcombs, le Mignon: the Prince of Coxcombs

Charles Lucien Bonaparte the Father of American Descriptive Ornithology

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord the Father of the Constitutional Church, the Prince of Diplomats, the Son of His Time

Charles Martel the Hammer

Charles Martel of Anjou the Hammer

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset the Proud Duke

Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry Fighting Charlie

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Turnip Townshend

Childebert the Adopted

Childeric III the False King, the Idiot, the Phantom King

Christian I of Denmark the Bottomless Purse

Christian I, Count of Oldenburg the Quarrelsome, the Warlike

Christian I of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst the Elder

Christian II of Denmark the Cruel, the Nero of the North, the Tyrant ("As a result of his conquest of Sweden and his involvement in the "Stockholm Bloodbath," Christian is remembered as 'Christian the Tyrant'.")

Christian II of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst the Young, the Younger

Christian II, Elector of Saxony the Beer King

Christian III of Denmark the Father of the People

Christian IX of Denmark the Father-in-law of Europe

Christian of Oldenburg (d. 1192) 'the Crusader

Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Bishop of Halberstadt Christian of Halberstadt, Mad Christian, the Mad Halberstadter, the Younger

Christopher II of Denmark the King Without a Country, the King Who Mortgaged Denmark to the Germans

Christopher of Bavaria the Bavarian, the King of Bark, the Bark King

Christopher Hatton the Dancing Chancellor

Christina of Sweden the Girl Queen, the Snow Queen

Christine Marie of France the Royal Madam (It. Madama Reale)

Christopher of Bavaria

Christoph, Duke of Württemberg the Pacific

Christine Marie of France the Madama of Turin

Clemence of Anjou the Benevolent Queen, the Hungarian Lady

Clotilde of Burgundy the Saint

Conchobar O'Brien, King of Thomond Ruad

Constantine II of Greece the King Without a Country, the King Who Mortgaged Denmark to the Germans

Constantine, Lord of Lampron (1180–1250) the Traitor

Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno Victor

Claudius the Idiot

Clemens August Graf von Galen "The Lion of Munster"

Claude of France the Good

Claude de Longwy de Givry Cardinal de Givry

Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno Beau-Soleil , Belle-Lune

Clemente Grosso della Rovere Cardinal della Rovere

Cleophon (politician) the Lyremaker

Cloderic, King of Cologne the Parricide

Clodio the Hairy

Clodoaldo, Lord of Piombino the Cruel

Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno Grippe-Lune

Claudius the Stutterer

Claudius II Gothicus, the Conqueror of the Goths, the Second Trajan

Clotaire I the Old

Clotaire II the Great, the Young, the Younger

Clovis, King of Cologne, (407–428) the Riparian

Clovis I the First Christian, the Great

Clovis II the Do-Nothing

Coel Hen Old King Cole the Old

Coirpre (d.c580), King of Munster the Crooked, le Tort'

Cola di Rienzo "The Last of the Tribunes"

Colla Menn the Stammerer

Colla Uais the Noble

Colin Campbell of Glenorchy (1428–1489), 1st Laird of Glenorchy Dubh na Roimhe, Laith

Colman Rimidh the Celebrated

Coloman of Hungary the Wise, the Book-Lover

Commodus the Second Hercules Hercules Secundus

Conan I of Rennes the Crooked, le Tort'

Conan III, Duke of Brittany the Fat

Conan IV, Duke of Brittany the Black, the Little, the Young, the Younger

Conchobar II, King of Thomond, 1198-1210 the Red

Conchobar IV, King of Thomond, 1466-1496 the Great

Concino Concini Maréchal d'Ancre

Conn Ó Lochlain the Poet

Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone the Lame

Conn of the Hundred Battles Conn of the Hundred Battles, Conn of the Hundred Fights, the Hundred Fighter, King Conn of Tara

Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond, 1242–1248 na-Suidaine

Conor (Conchobar) O'Neill, King of Ulster of the Woods

Conrad I, Margrave of Meissen (1091–1157) the Great

Conrad I, Count of Peilstein (1114–1168) der Rauhe

Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia the Elder

Conrad I (c1114-1168), Count of Peilstein the Pacific

Conrad I of Altdorf, Bishop of Konstanz, 934–975 the Saint

Conrad I of Nuremberg the Pious

Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria the Salian

Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia the Young, the Younger

Conrad III of Mazovia (1448–1503) the Red

Conrad III of Silesia (1354/59–1412/13) the Old

Conrad IV, Duke of Silesia the Elder

Conrad IV of Bavaria the Child

Conrad IV, Duke of Silesia the Black

Conrad IV, Duke of Silesia (1380/84–1447), Bishop Starzsy

Conrad IV of Spoleto Conrad de Duce

Conrad V of Spoleto Conrad de Duce

Conrad V of Silesia (1381/85–1439) Kantner

Conrad VI, Duke of Silesia-Oleśnica, 1416–1427 the Dean

Conrad VII, Duke of Silesia The Elder Sage

Conrad VII, Duke of Silesia (1396–1445) the White

Conrad VIII, Duke of Silesia (1397–1444/47) the Knight

Conrad IX, Duke of Silesia-Oels, 1450-1471 the White

Conrad IX, Duke of Silesia-Olesnica, 1439–1471 the Black

Conrad IX of Silesia-Oels the Young, the Younger

Conrad X, Duke of Silesia (1420–1492) the White

Conrad X, Duke of Silesia the Younger Sage

Conrad of Burgundy the Pacific

Conrad, Duke of Lorraine the Red, the Wise

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, 1130–1156 the Pious, the Rich

Conrad of Rechberg and Rothenlowen the Upright

Conradin Konradin von Hohenstaufen, the Boy, the Young, the Younger

Corcran Claireach the Cleric

Cormac mac Airt Long Beard

Cosimo de' Medici the Elder, the Father of the County, Pater Patriae, the Old

Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany the Great, the Upstart

Constans II, Byzantine Emperor Constans Pogonatus, the Bearded

Constans (d.310) Mariatocos, grandson of Constantius Chlorus

Constantine I (emperor) the Great

Constantine I the Saint

Constantine I, King of Kakheti, 1603–1604 the Cursed

Constantine I of Rostov (1207–1218) | Constantine I of Moscow (1216–1218) the Book-Lover

Constantine II of Greece Mr. Glucksburg, the Former, the Little, the Small

Constantine II, Prince of Uglich, 1407–1433 the Young, the Younger

Constantine IV, Byzantine Emperor the Bearded

Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor Copronymus, the Dung-Named

Constantine VI the Blind

Constantine VII the Purple-Born

Constantine IX Monomachus Constantine Euergetes, Monomakh, the One Who Fights Alone, the Single Combatant, the Single Combat Man, the Well-Born

Constantine XI, Byzantine Emperor Dragases, the Last, the Sleeper, the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King

Constantine, Prince of Lampron, 1220–1249 the Thagadir

Constantine, Lord of Barbaron and Lampron (1180–1263) the Regent

Constantine Bodin (Peter III) Bodin, Peter III of Bulgaria

Constantine, Prince of Yaroslavl the Artist

Constantius Chlorus Byzantine Emperor the Pale

Crimthann mac Fidaig Son of Fidach (mac Fidaig)

Crimthann Nia Náir the Heroic

Crinan of Dunkeld the Thane

Csaba of the Huns the Sleeper, the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King, son of Attila the Hun

Culen of Scotland the Whelp

Cuilén of Scotland the Scottish Sardanapalus

Cunedda the Emperor

Cunigunde of Luxemburg the Saint

Cuthburh the Saint

Cynehelm the Saint

Cyngen Glodrydd, King of Powis the Renowned, the Famous

"The Cabal Ministry":

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

"The Cabal of Importants" (Fr. Cabale des Importants):

Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf

Claude de Bourdeille, comte de Montrésor

François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort

Henry II, Duke of Guise

Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de Chevreuse

Duchess of Montbazon

"The Catholic Monarchs" (Sp. los Reyes Catolicos; not really a nickname but an honour bestowed by the Pope):

Ferdinand II of Aragon

Isabella I of Castile

Regnal name

Charles I of Naples: Charles I of Sicily

Charles II of Norway: Charles XII of Sweden

Charles III John of Norway: Charles XIV John of Sweden

Charles IV of Hungary: Karl I of Austria

Conradin: Conrad II of Sicily, Conrad III of Jerusalem, Conrad IV of Swabia, Conrad V of Germany

Conrad II of Jerusalem": Conrad IV of Germany