List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: c

  • "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
    • Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort
    • Henry II, Duke of Guise
    • Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de Chevreuse
    • Duchess of Montbazon
  • "The Caesar of the East": Afonso de Albuquerque
  • "The Calf" (Vitellus): Bernard I, Count of Rouergue, 864–872
  • "The Caped", "Cowled", "Capuched" (Fr. le Capuce, Por. o Capelo, o Encapuchado, Sp. el Capelo): Sancho II of Portugal
  • "Capet" (Lat. Capetus): Odo, Count of Paris
  • "The Capricious" (Sp. la Caprichosa): Louise Elisabeth of Orléans
  • "The Captain of Christendom": Louis I of Hungary 1
  • "The Captive", "Prisoner" (Fr. le Captif, Ger. der Gefangene):
    • Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
    • James I of Scotland
  • "The Cardinal" (Fr. le Cardinal, It. il Cardinale, Por. o Cardeal):
    • George of Amboise (1440-1510)
    • Henry I of Portugal
    • Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556-1600), Bishop of Cracow 2
    • Ottaviano degli Ubaldini 3
  • "The Cardinal King" (Fr. le Cardinal Poi, Ger. der Kardinalkönig, Por. o Cardeal Rei, Sp. el Cardenal-Rey): Henry I of Portugal
  • "The Cardinal Infante": Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand
  • "The Careless" (Cat. el Descurat): John I of Aragon
  • "The Carnivore" (Msaker, Fr. le Carnivore): Ashot IV, Patrician of Armenia, 806–826
  • "The Carpenter" (Fr. Charpentier): William, Count of Melun
  • "The Cartridge Prince" (Ger. Kartdtschenprinz): Wilhelm I of Germany 4
  • "The Castilian" (Sp. el Castellano): Alvaro, Count of Urgell, 1243–1268
  • "The Catholic" (Cat. el Catolic, Dut. de Katholieke, Fr. le Catholique, Ger. der Katholische, It. il Cattolico, Nor. den Katolske, Pol. Katolicki, Por. o Católico, Sp. el Catolico):
    • Alfonso I
    • Andrew I of Hungary
    • Ferdinand II of Aragon
    • Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg)
    • Isabella I of Castile
    • Peter II of Aragon
    • Mary I of England
  • "The Catholic Kings":
    • Ferdinand II of Aragon
    • Isabella of Castile
  • "The Caulker" (Fr. le Calfat, Gr. Kalafates, Lat. Calaphates, Por. o Calafetador): Michael V
  • "The Cavalier", "Mad Cavalier" (Ger. der Kavalier):
    • Éon de Beaumont (1728-1810) 5
    • Prince Rupert of the Rhine
  • "The Celebrated": Colman Rimidh of Ailech, King of Ireland, 598–604
  • "The Celtic Attila": Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan 6
  • "The Ceremonious" (Pol. Ceremonialny, Sp. el Ceremonioso): Peter IV of Aragon
  • "The Champion" (Fr. le Champion): William of Champlitte
  • "The Champion Wrestler" (Tur. Pehlivan): Mehmed I
  • "The Champion of Christ", "Champion of Christendom (Fr. l'Athlète du Christ, It. l'Atleta di Cristo", Lat. Athleta Christi, Pol. Zapaśnik Chrystusa):
    • John Hunyadi 7
    • Skanderbeg
    • Stephen III of Moldavia
  • "The Champion of the Reformation" (Sp. el Campeon de la Reforma):
    • John Frederick, Elector of Saxony
    • Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
  • "The Chansonnier": Theobald I of Navarre
  • "The Chapman" (Nor. Kaupman): Olav II of Norway
  • "The Chariot Fighter" (Cairpthech): Fothad Cairpthech
  • "The Charitable" (Arm. Oghormadz): Ashot III, King of Armenia, 952–977
  • "The Charmer of Europe": Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne 8
  • "The Chaste, Modest" (Dut. de Reine, Fr. le Chaste, le Pudique, Ger. der Keusche, der Schamhafte, Pol. Wstydliwy, Por. o Casto, Sp. el Casto):
    • Alfonso II of Aragon
    • Alfonso II of Asturias
    • Boleslav II of Bohemia
    • Boleslaw V the Chaste
    • Elvira of Castile, Regent of León, 976–975
    • Henry of Portugal
  • "The Cheerful One", "Joyous One", "Laughing One" (Tur. Hurrum, Khourrem): Roxelana 9 10
  • "The Child" (Fr. l'Enfant, Ger. das Kind, It. il Fanciullo, Lat. Puer, Pol. Dziecie, Sp. el Niño, la Niña, Swe. Barnet, Unge):
    • Charles the Child
    • Conrad IV of Bavaria
    • Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
    • James III of Cyprus
    • John I of Sweden
    • John I, Duke of Lower Bavaria
    • John of Bavaria (1329–1340), son of Henry XIV of Bavaria
    • Ladislaus III of Hungary
    • Leopold of Babenberg (1207–1216), son of Leopold VI of Austria, died when he fell from a tree.
    • Louis of Sicily
    • Louis the Child
    • Maria Luisa of Savoy
    • Nicholas, Duke of Mecklenburg in Rostock, 1282–1314
    • Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (1204–1252)
    • Ramiro III of Leon
    • Roupen II, Prince of Little Armenia, 1169–1170
    • William III
  • "The Child of Apulia (It. Fanciullo della Puglia, Lat. Puer Apuliae):
  • "The Child of Rome" (Lat. Infans Romanus): Giovanni Borgia (1498–1548) {http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/borgias/4.html]
  • "The Child of Sorrow": Jean Tristan (1250-1270), son of Louis IX of France 11
  • "The Child-King": Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia
  • "The Child-Prince" (Ger. der Versponnene, Rum. Coconul): Alexander, Prince of Wallachia
  • "The Childless": Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine
  • "The Chinese Gordon": Charles George Gordon 12
  • "The Chip": Alexander IV of Pskov (d.aft.1434)
  • "The Chivalrous King": Albert I of Belgium
  • "The Chivalrous Madman": James IV of Scotland 13
  • "The Christian Sultan": Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 14
  • "The Chronicler" (Fr. le Croniqueur, Sp. el Cronista):
    • Nithard of Ponthieu (795–844)
    • Pedro Lopez de Ayala (1332-1407), Lord of Ayala 15
  • "The Church's-Friend": Henry of Reuss-Weida (1282–1306)
  • "The Cicero of Germany": John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
  • "The Citizen King" (Fr. le Roi Citoyen): Louis Philippe of France
  • "The City's Friend": Henry I of Reuss-Lobenstein (d.1488)
  • "The Clatterer": Eystein Ivarsson
  • "The Clement" (It. il Clemente, Por. O Clemente): John VI of Portugal
  • "The Cleric" (Gae. Claireac): Corcran Claireach 16
  • "The Cloister-Founder": [[Henry I of Reuss-Weida (c.1206–1225)
  • "The Clubfoot" (Klumpfot): Sverker I of Sweden
  • "The Coachman of Europe: Klemens Wenzel von Metternich 17 18
  • "The Coal-Burner" (Ger. Köhler, Sp. el Quemador de Carbón, Swe. Kolbränna): Anund Jacob of Sweden
  • "The [...] o' the North" (Coileach an taobh tuath): Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
  • "The Collector": Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
  • "The Comb": Basil III of Pskov (1448–1455)
  • "The Competitor" was a candidate for the Scottish throne after the death of the 7-year-old Margaret of Scotland, the "Maid of Norway", in 1290.
    • Eric II of Norway
    • Floris V, Count of Holland
    • John of Scotland
    • John "the Red" Comyn
    • John de Hastings , 2nd Baron Hastings
    • Nicholas de Soules
    • Patrick de Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar
    • Patrick Galithly
    • Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale
    • Robert de Pynkeney
    • Roger de Mandeville
    • William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros
    • William de Vesci, Baron de Vesci
  • "The Completor of the Perfect Ten": Suleiman the Magnificent 19
  • "The Concubine": Anne Boleyn
  • "The Condemned" (Ger. der Verdammte): Henry VI, Count of Luxemburg, 1281–1288
  • "The Confessor" (Dan. Bekenderen, Dut. de Belijder, Fr. le Confesseur, Ger. der Bekenner, Hun. Hitvalló, It. il Confessore, Nor. Bekjenneren, Pol. Wyznawca, Por. o Confessor, Sp. el Confesor, Swe. Bekännaren):
    • Edward the Confessor 20
    • Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1522–1546 21
    • George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 22
    • Sembat I, King of Armenia
    • Sembat (Sempad) VIII, Patrician of Armenia, 826–855
    • Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania (1107-1135) 23
  • "The Conqueror" (Arabic an-Nasir, Dan. Erobreren, Dut. de Veroveraar, Fr. le Conquerant, Ger. der Eroberer, Hun. Hódító, It. il Conquistatore, Nor. Erobraren, Pol. Zdobywca, Por. o Conquistador, Sp. el Conquistador, Swe. Erövraren, Tur. el-Fatih)
    • Abd-ar-Rahman III
    • Alexander I, Lord of Piombino, 1222–1254
    • Afonso I of Portugal
    • James I of Aragon
    • John V, Duke of Brittany
    • Mehmed II 24 25
    • Sembat II, King of Armenia, 977–989
    • Sviatoslav I of Kiev
    • William I of England
  • "The Conqueror of Baghdad" (Tur. Fatih-i Bagdat): Murad IV 26
  • "The Conqueror of the World": Alexander the Great 27
  • "The Constable" (Fr. le Connetable):
    • Arthur III, Duke of Brittany 28
    • Bouchard, Minur Dominicur of Corsica
    • Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
    • William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  • "The Constable Saint": (Por. o Santo Condestável): Nuno Álvares Pereira
  • "The Constant": Fernando, the Saint Prince 29
  • "The Consul":
    • Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester 30
    • William of Normandy, Count of Eu
  • "The Contender": Eberhard III, Count of Wurttemberg, 1344–1392
  • "The Contentious": Henry Aimreidh O'Neill 31
  • "The Copper King": William I of the Netherlands
    • "The Cossack" (Rum. Cazacul): Petru, Prince of Moldavia
  • "The Cottage Countess", "The Peasant Countess": Sarah Hoggins, wife of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter 32 33 34
  • "The Counsellor": Henry of St. Clair (1131–1180), 3rd Baron of Roslin
  • "The Count" (Fr. le Comte): Guigues III, 1st Count of Albon (c.1050–1133)
  • "The Count Saint" (Ger. der Heiliger Graf, Por. o Conde Santo): Nuno Álvares Pereira
  • "The Countess" (Lat. Comitissa): Judith of Lens
  • "The Countess Dracula": Elizabeth Bathory
  • "The Countess of Granny": Margaret FitzGerald, wife of Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde 35 36
  • "The Court Page": James FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Desmond 37
  • "The Courteous": William of Austria
  • "The Coward" (Fr. le Peureux):
    • Gothelo II, Duke of Lower Lorraine
    • Hugh of Tours
    • Louis V of France
  • "The Cowherd" (Rum. Haidaul): ]]Radu Ilie, Prince of Wallachia]], 1552–1553
  • "The Coxcomb", "The Prince of Coxcombs" (Fr. le Mignon): 38 39
    • Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne
    • Henry III of France
    • Richard II of England
  • "The Crafty Greek": Alexander I of Russia 40
  • "The Crookback", "Crouchback" (Fr. Krokbak, It. il Gobbo, Lat. Gibbosus, Nor. Krokrygg):
    • Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster41
    • Federigo I, Margrave of Mantua, 1441–1484
    • Inge I of Norway
    • John FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Kildare, 1410–1427
    • Louis VIII of Bavaria
  • "The Crook-Nose" (Riannamail): Eochaid mac Domangairt
  • "The Crooked" (Fr. le Tort): Conan I of Rennes 42
  • "The Crooked Heir": Thomas FitzGerald, Lord of Decies (1261–1298)
  • "The Cunning", "Clever", "Crafty", "Weasel", "Sly", "Smart Head" (Fr. l'Adroit, Guiscard, Geo. Narin, Ger. der Verschlagene, It. il Guiscardo, Malizia, Lat. Viscardus, Pol. Zwinny, Sp. el Zurdo, Tur. Bedros):
    • Abdul Hamid II 43
    • Bernard of Silesia (1252/58–1285)
    • Burebista of Dacia
    • David VI Narin
    • Francois Grimaldi 44 45
    • Henry I of Reuss-Plauen (1303–c.1340)
    • Muhammed IX, King of Granada
    • Robert Guiscard [<http:www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/angleterre/histoires/medit/frame_medit4.htm>]
    • Robert, Count of Roucy, 1160–1180
  • "The Cripple": Henry III of Reuss-Lobenstein (1482–1498)
  • "The Crude": Helena of Bosnia
  • "The Crusader" (Fr. le Croise, Ger. der Kreuzfahrer, It. il Crociato):
    • Amadeus III of Savoy 46
    • Christian of Oldenburg (d.1192)
    • Floris III, Count of Holland
    • Gaston IV of Bearn
    • [[Henry of St. Clair, Baron of Roslin
    • Robert II, Count of Flanders
    • Sigurd I of Norway
  • "The Cruel", "Grave", "Harsh", "Serious", "Severe" (Cze. Kruty, Ukrutny, Dut. de Wrede, de Verschrikkelijke, Fr. le Cruel, le Severe, Ger. der Ernssthafte, der Grausame, der Freudholdige, der Kuhne, Pol. Okrutny, Surowy, Por. o Cruel, Sp. el Cruel, el Serio, el Severo, Swe. den Strange):
    • Boleslav I of Bohemia
    • Boleslaw II the Bold
    • Bolko I, Duke of Silesia (1252/56–1301)
    • Christian II of Denmark
    • Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
    • Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen
    • Fruela I of Asturias
    • Harald III of Norway
    • Henry of Reuss (1349–1459)
    • Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor 47
    • John I, Duke of Silesia
    • Louis II of Bavaria
    • Louis XI of France
    • Murad IV
    • Pedro of Castile 48
    • Peter I of Portugal
    • Phalaris of Agrigento
    • Selim I
  • "The Cuman" (Dut. de Komaan, Fr. le Cuman, Ger. der Kumane): Ladislaus IV of Hungary
  • "The Curly" (Fr. le Crépu, le Frise, Ger. Kraushaar, der Kraushaarige, Pol. Kedzierzawy): Boleslaw IV the Curly
  • "Cabeza Brava": Lope Diaz de Haro II (1192–1236), 4th Lord of Vizcaya and Haro, 1214–1236
  • "Cabridellus": Ranulf (II) (d.1031), Viscount of Aubusson
  • "Caeluisce": Teige, King of Thomond, 1258–1259
  • "Caille": Niall III of Ailech, 36th King of Ireland
  • "Cairbreach": Donogh, a.k.a. Donnchad, O'Brien, King of Thomond, 1210–1242
  • "Callidus": Hugh V, Viscount of Chateaudun (d.1191) 49
  • "Calojohannès": John II, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1087–1143)
  • "Campdavaine": Hugh, Count of St. Pol
  • "Cangrande" (Big or Great Dog): Cangrande I della Scala
  • "Candavene":
    • Anselm, Count of Saint Pol (d.1174)
    • Hugh III, Count of Saint Pol (d.1141)
  • "Candidus": Hugh of Remiremont 50
  • "Canmore" (Cenn Mór, Ceann Mór, Ceannmhor, Great Head, With the Large Head, Fr. Grosse-Tête, Pol. Wielka Głowa, Swe. med Stora Huvudet): Malcolm III of Scotland
  • "Capet (Lat. Capetus, wearing a capot or monk's hood): Hugh Capet of France
  • "Captain Luckless": James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
  • "Caracul of Fingal": Caracalla 51
  • "Cardinal d'Albret": Amanieu d'Albret 52
  • "Cardinal de Borja": Pedro Luis Borja Lanzol de Romani 53
  • "Cardinal de Boulogne": Philippe de la Chambre (1490-1550) 54
  • "Cardinal de Chatillon": Odet de Coligny 55 56
  • "Cardinal Petticoat": Pope Paul III 57
  • "Cardinal de Givry": Claude de Longwy de Givry (1481-1561) 58
  • "Cardinal de Guise:
    • Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine 59
    • Louis I, Cardinal of Guise 60
    • Louis II, Cardinal of Guise
    • Louis III, Cardinal of Guise
  • "Cardinal della Rovere":
    • Clemente Grosso della Rovere 61
    • Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere 62
  • "Carinola": Atenulf III of Benevento
  • "Carmen Sylva": Elisabeth of Wied 63
  • "Carobert": Charles I, King of Hungary, 1307–1342
  • "Carolus Rex": Charles XII of Sweden
  • "Carrach": Alistair MacDonald of Keppoch, a.k.a. Alexander MacDonald, Lord of Lochaber
  • "Carrots": Elizabeth Percy (d.1722), wife of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
  • "Ceccobeppe", "Cecco Beppe", "Cecco Peppe": Franz Joseph I of Austria
  • "Cham": Amédée de Noé 64
  • "Chastokol": Andrey, Prince of Shuisky (d.1543) 65
  • "Chervliony": Fyodor, Prince Glazaty 66
  • "Chevalier de Bayard": Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
  • "Chevalier d'Eon: Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810) 67
  • "Chevalier de Rohan": Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot
  • "Chevalier sans Reproche": Louis II de la Trémoille
  • "Cliquot" (Kleeko): Frederick William IV of Prussia 68
  • "Clito" (Fr. Cliton): William Clito
  • "Cocles": Otto III (VII) of Brunswick-Gottingen
  • "Comte d'Arenenberg": Napoleon III of France 69
  • "Connachtach": Domnall of Thomond, son of Donald O'Brien (d.1194), King of Thomond
  • "Conscience Tranquelle": Napoleon III of France
  • "Copped Hat": Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel
  • "Colonel Anne": Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh 70
  • "Colonel Gustavsson": Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden 71
  • "Conscience Tranquelle": Napoleon III of France 72
  • "Copper Nose", "Coppernose":
    • Henry VIII of England 73
    • Oliver Cromwell
  • "Coppernosed Harry": Henry VIII of England 74
  • "Copronymus": Constantine V
  • "Corso": Albert, Margrave of Massa and Corsica (d.c1150) 75
  • "Corvinus":
    • John Hunyadi
    • Matthias Corvinus of Hungary 76 77 78
  • "Count Gert" (Dan. Grev Gert): Gerhard III
  • "Craint Plomb" (Fear-Lead): Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte
  • "Crassus":
    • Guigues VII of Albon (1068–1125)
    • Pippin of Herstal
  • "Cripplegate": Henry Barry, 8th Earl of Barrymore 79
  • "Crispin", "Crespin":
    • Gilbert, Count of Brionne 80
    • William of Evreux (d.1118) 81
  • "Crovan, Crouan, Cuaran" (Sandals):
    • Godred Crovan 82
    • Olaf Cuaran
  • "Cuddy": Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford 83
  • "Curthose" (Fr. Courteheuse, Ger. Courteouse): Robert Curthose
  • "Curt Mantle" (Fr. Courtmanteau): Henry II of England
  • "Cyclops: Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin 84