List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: J-L

J - K - L

J

• "The Jagiellonian" (Fr. le Jagellonien, Ger. Jagellonicus, Pol. Jagiellonczyk): Kazimierz IV Jagiellon
• "The Jerusalem-Farer", "Jerusalem-Traveller", "Jerusalemite": (Fr. le Hierosolymitain, Ger. der Jerusalemer, Lat. Hierosolimitanus, Nor. Jorsalafar, Jorsalfare):
  • Andrew II of Hungary
  • Dirk III, Count of Holland
  • Henry I, Duke of Mecklenburg
  • Robert II, Count of Flanders
  • Sigurd I of Norway 1
• "The Jesuit in Berkerly Square": William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne 2
• "The Jesuit King": Sigismund III Vasa 3
• "The Jewel of Regensburg: Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis, wife of Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł 4
• "The Jubilee Princess": Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg 5
• "The Judas of Meissen": Maurice, Elector of Saxony 6 7
• "The Jumper", "Springer" (Ger. der Spinger, Sp. el Caballo): Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1056–1123 8
• "The Junker": Louis, Landgrave of Hesse, 1336–1345
• "The Junket of York": Andrew, Duke of York 9
• "The Just" (Cat. el Just, Fr. le Juste, le Justiciero, Ger. der Gerechte, Hun. Igazságos, It. il Giusto, il Giustiziere, Pol. Sprawiedliwy, Por. O Justiciero; Sp. el Justo, el Justiciero, Tur. Adli)
  • Abd ar-Rahman I
  • Alfonso XI of Castile 10
  • Bayezid II 11
  • Denis I of Portugal 12
  • Ferdinand I of Aragon
  • Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
  • Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
  • James II of Aragon 13
  • James II of Mallorca
  • James, 1st Baron Berkeley (1394-1463) 14
  • John I of Montferrat
  • Casimir II of Poland
  • Louis XIII of France
  • Matthias Corvinus of Hungary 15
  • Peter I of Portugal
  • Rew I, King of Georgia, 189–216
  • William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
• "The Justiciar" (Fr. le Justicier, It. il Giustiziere, Lat. Justiciarius, Por. o Justiceiro):
  • Arthur III of Brittany 16
  • Richard, Duke of Burgundy

• "Jack Boot": John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 17
• "Jambe Pourrie" (It. Gamba Puirida): Archambaud I, 1st Viscount of Comborn, Turenne and Ventadour, 995–996 18
• "James Geraldine": James FitzMaurice, cousin of the 15h Earl of Desmond 19
• "James the [...] (Séamus á Chaca): James II of England
• "Janko of Byzantium": John Hunyadi 20
• "Jasomirgott": Henry II of Austria
• "Je Charme Tout" (I Charm All): Marie Touchet
• "Jezebel": Catherine de' Medici
• "Jimmy Grasp-all": James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 21
• "Joachim Napoleon": Joachim Murat 22
• "John of Atholl and Carrick": Robert III of Scotland
• "John MacDonald II": John of Islay, Earl of Ross 23
• "Jourdan", "Jourdain":
  • Alphonse I of Toulouse
  • Geoffrey II of Preuilly (d.1102), Count of Vendome, 1085–1102
• "Jupiter Scapin": Napoleon I of France 24 25

K

• "The Kelheimer" (Ger. der Kelheimer): Louis I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria 26 27
• "The Khazar" (Cze. Chazar, Fr. le Khazar, Ger. der Chasare, Gr. Chozar, Hun. Kazar, It. il Cazaro, Por. o Cazar, Sp. el Jazaro): Leo IV the Khazar
• "The Kind" (Rum. cel Bun):
  • Alexander I Musat, Prince of Moldavia
  • Alfonso IV of Aragon
  • Anthony Clement of Saxony
  • Patrascu, Prince of Wallachia, 1554–1557
• "The King-Builder" (Dut. Koning-Bouwer, Fr. le Roi-Bâtisseur, It. il Re Costruttore): Leopold II of Belgium

• "The King-Crusader": Godfrey of Bouillon
• "The King in the mountain, King Under the Mountain (See "The Sleeping Hero")
• "The King of Bark", "The Bark-King": Christopher of Bavaria 28 29
• "The King of the Beggars" (Fr. Chef des Gueux): William II de la Marck 30
• "The King of Bourges": Charles VII of France 31
• "The King of the Cotswolds": Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos 32
• "The King of Gold and Iron": Ottokar II of Bohemia 33
• "The King of Kings and Queen of Queens" (Swe. Kungarnas Kung och Drottningarnas Drottning, Tur. Krallar Kralı ve Kraliçeler Kraliçesi): Tamar of Georgia
• "The King of Kraków (It. Re di Cracovia): Casimir III of Poland
• "The King of Markets" (Fr. le Roi de Halles): Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort
• "The King of the Oceans": Albert I, Prince of Monaco 34
• "The King of the Peak": George de Vernon 35 36
• "The King of the Peasants", "Peasants' King" (Fr. le Prince des Paysans, Pol. Krol Chlopi, Swe. Bomdekonung):
  • Casimir III of Poland 37 38 39

• • Charles XI of Sweden 40
  • Ferdinand I of Romania
  • Matthias Corvinus of Hungary 41
  • Sigismund III Vasa
  • Sobeslav II
• "The King of the Seas", "King of the Sea":
  • Barbarossa (Ottoman admiral) 42
  • Edward III of England 43 44
• "The King Without Breeches": Margaret I of Denmark 45
• "The King of Slops" (Fr. le Roi Panade): Louis XVIII of France 46
• "The King of Small Plazas" (Sp. el Rey Plazuelas: Joseph Bonaparte 47
• "The King Over the Water": Charles Edward Stuart 48
• "The King Without a Country", "King Who Mortgaged Denmark to the Germans" (It. il Re Che Ipotecò la Danimarca ai Tedeschi):
  • Christopher II of Denmark
  • Constantine II of Greece 49
• "The King With a Hat": Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
• "The King Without Pants" (Sp. el Rey sin Pantalones): Margaret I of Denmark
• "The Kingmaker", "Warwick the Kingmaker" (Fr. le Faiseur de Rois, Ger. der Königsmacher, Nor. Kongemakeren, Por. o Fazedor de Reis, Sp. el Hacedor de Reyes, Swe. Kungamakaren):
  • Godwin, Earl of Wessex
  • Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
  • Ricimer
• "The King-Merchant": William I of the Netherlands
• "The King's Son": Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
• "The Kite" (Puttoc): Aelfric, Archbishop of York, 1023–1051
• "The Knight" (Ger. der Ritter): Conrad VIII, Duke of Silesia (1397–1444/47)
• "The Knight-King" (Fr. le Roi-Chevalier, Ger. der Ritterkönig):
  • Francis I of France
  • Sebastian of Portugal
• "The Knight-Troubadour" (Fr. le Chevalier-Trouvere): Michael V, Count of Harnes50
• "The Knight of the Cloak":
  • Walter Raleigh
  • Henry XIII, Lord of Weida
• "The Knight of Liddesdale": William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale 51 52 53
• "The Knight of Rowallan": William Mure 54
• "The Knightly King": Alexander I of Yugoslavia 55
• "The Knowing": Oleg of Novgorod
• "The Kuruc-King" (Kuruc Király, Ger. Kuruzenkönig): Imre Thököly 56

• "Kaiser Bill": William II, German Emperor
• "Kaiser Kläs": Napoleon I of France 57
• "Kaiser Tartuffe": William I, German Emperor 58
• "Kalistrat": Ivan, Prince of Starodub (d.1315)
• "Kanbur" (Tur): Mahmud I 59
• "Kantner": Conrad V of Silesia (1381/85–1439)
• "Kasha": Ivan, Prince of Starodub, 1238–1247
• "King Billy": William III of England
• "King Bomba": Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
• "King Henry the Ninth": Henry Pelham 60
• "Smith King": Louis-Philippe of France 61
• "King and Martyr": Charles I of England
• "King the Gruel": Rudolph I of Germany
• "King Franconi" (Fr. le Roi Franconi): Joachim Murat 62
• "King of Slops" (Fr. Roi Panade): Louis XVIII of France
• "King Yes": Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary 63
• "Kirdyapa", "Kirdiapa": Vasili III, Grand Prince of Suzdal, 1383–1394
• "Kisloy": Mikhail, Prince Gorbaty-Shuiski (d.c1535) 64
• "Kizil": Abdul Hamid II 65
• "Klak": Harald, King of Haithabu (d.844)
• "Klem" (Smith's Vise): Rupert of Germany 66
• "Korotopol": Ivan II, Prince of Riazan, 1326–1341
• "Kraljevic": Prince Marko
• "Krapiva": Semen of Starodub (d.1368)
• "Krasniy":
  • Oleg I, Prince of Riazan, 1252–1258
  • Yaroslav II, Prince of Pereyaslavl, 1187–1198
• "Kropidlo": John of Silesia (1360/64–1421), Duke of Oppeln, 1382–1421, Archbishop of Gniezno
• "Kusnets": Feodor, Prince Gorbaty-Shuiski (d.1552) 67

L

• "The Lady": Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
• "The Lady of the English" (It. Signora degli Inglesi, Por. Senhora dos Ingleses): Empress Matilda 68
• "Lady of the Mercians":
  • Aelfwynn
  • Ethelfleda
• "The Lady of la Haie", "The Lady of Hay": Maud de St. Valery, a.k.a. Matilda of Hay, daughter of Thomas St. Valery, Lord of Bergavenny 69 70
• "Lady of Trim": Joan de Geneville, wife of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore
• "Lady Di": Diana, Princess of Wales
• "The Lamb" (Dan. Lam, Fr. l'Agneau, Ger. Schaf): Eric III of Denmark
• "The Lame" (Cat. el Coix, Fr. le Boiteux, la Boiteuse, Gae. Bacach, Ger. der Lahme, It. il Ciotto, lo Sciancato, lo Zoppo, Rum. Schiopul, Sp. el Cojo, Wel. Gam, Gloff):
  • Agnes of Hainaut, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
  • Albert II of Austria
  • Charles II of Naples
  • Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone 71
  • Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara
  • Eoin Mac Dougall of Man (d,1317), King of the Isle of Man, 1315–1317
  • Eric XI of Sweden
  • Geiseric
  • Gaston III, Captal de Buch (d.1536)
  • Geoffroy of Harcourt (d.1356)
  • Giovanni Malatesta 72
  • James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde
  • Joanna of Burgundy, wife of Philip VI of France
  • Joan, Duchess of Brittany
  • Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
  • Llywarch ap Lludica
  • Mascuid Gloff, King of Elmet
  • Maurice FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond, 1487–1520 73
  • Muhammed X, King of Granada
  • Niccolò II d'Este
  • Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, 1434–1445
  • Otto II, Count of Guelders, 1229–1271
  • Peter V, Prince of Moldavia
  • Sigebert I, King of Cologne (445–509)
• "The Lance and Sword of Christendom", "The Sword and Lance of the Christians": Robert II, Count of Flanders 74 75 76
• "The Landless", "Lackland" (Fr. Sans Terre, Ger. Ohne Land, It. Senza Terra, Sp. Sin Tierra):
  • Charles of Valois
  • David Anhoghin, King of Lorhi and Aghbania, 982–989
  • Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg, 1266–1318
  • John of Artois, Count of Eu 77
  • John of England
  • Peter of Swabia (1176–1208), Archbishop of Wurzburg, 1191, son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Philip II, Duke of Savoy
  • Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
  • William of Dampierre (1250–1311)
• "The Land-Righter": Henry I of Reuss
• "The Lap King": Olof of Sweden
• "The Lapp": John II of Zimmern (1384–1441)
• "The Last" (Fr. le Dernier, It. l'Ultimo):
  • Constantine XI
  • Louis XVI of France
  • Llywelyn the Last
• "The Last Absolute Monarch of Ireland": Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill 78
• "The Last Knight": Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 79
• "The Last Man": Charles I of England 80
• "The Last Monarch of the Old School": Franz Joseph I of Austria 81 82
• "The Last True Roman": Valens
• "The Last of the Knight-Kings": Louis I of Hungary 83
• "The Laughing One" (See "The Cheerful One)
• "The Lawgiver" (Fr. Legislateur, Ger. der Prächtige, Lat. Rex Legifer, Sp. el Legislador, Tur. Kanuni):
  • Eric IX of Sweden
  • Felim Rachtmar MacTuathal, 108th King of Ireland (d.120)
  • James I of Scotland
  • Mahmud II
  • Mehmed II 84
  • Suleiman the Magnificent 85 86
  • Vakhtang VI of Kartli
  • Valdemar II of Denmark
• "The Lawgiver-King" (Por. o Rei Legislador): Afonso II of Portugal
• "The Lawmaker": Krum of Bulgaria 87
• "The Law-Mender" (Fr. le Legislateur, Ger. Gesetzesverbesserer, It. il Legislatore, Nor. Lagabote, Swe. Lagaböter):
  • Eric IX of Sweden
  • Magnus VI of Norway
  • Valdemar IV of Denmark
• "The Layman": Henry of Reuss-Weida (1306–1348)
• "The Lazzarone King" (It. il Re Lazzarone): Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 88
• "The Lazy-Arsed Youth": Aedh O'Neill, King of Cenel Eoghain, 1176–1177 89
• "The Lean" (Wel. Gul): Meirchion Gul, King of Rheged
• "The Learned" (Dut. de Geleerde, Fr. le Docte, le Savant, Ger. der Gelehrte):
  • Alfonso X of Castile
  • Herman II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1377–1413
  • Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 90 91
  • Otto II, Count of Habsburg (d.1111)
• "The Learned Prince": Albert I, Prince of Monaco 92
• "The Left-Handed" (Kittagh, It. il Mancino, Sp. el Zurdo):
  • John, Lord Barry (d.1420)
  • Muhammad IX, King of Granada 93
• "The Leopard, "Leopard of England": Edward I of England 94
• "The Leper, "Leprous" (Fr. le Lepreux, Ger. der Aussätzige, It. il Lebbroso, Pol. Trędowaty, Por. o Leproso, Sp. el Leproso):
  • Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
  • Fruela II of Asturias
  • Renaud (V) (d. after 1185), Viscount of Aubusson 95
• "The Leuchtenberger" (Ger. der Leuchtenberger): Albert VI of Bavaria
• "The Liberator" (Fr. le Liberateur, Por. o Libertador):
  • Alexander II of Russia
  • Andronicus I Comnenus
  • Pedro I of Brazil
  • William I, Count of Provence, 968–993,
• "The Liberator of Europe": Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• "The Liberator of Scotland": Robert of Scotland
• "The Liberator and Father of His Country": Andrea Doria
• "The Lieutenant of God on Earth: Louis IX of France
• "The Light of the World" (Cat. Llum del Mon, Geo. Lasha, Ger. Lascha): George IV of Georgia
• "The Lightning", "Lightning Bolt" (Barca, Fr. le Foudre, It. Fulmine, Pol. Piorun, Sp. el Rayo, Tur. Yildirim):
  • Bayezid I
  • Hamilcar Barca
  • Hannibal Barca
  • Ioann Shvarn, Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1268–1269
  • Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł 96
  • Stephen II of Hungary
  • Shvarn of Halych, Grand Prince of Lithuania, 1264-1267 97
• "The Lightning of Italy" (Fr. le Foudre d'Italie): Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489-1512)
• "The Limp" (Ger. der Hinkende, Rum. Schiopul, Ologul, Sp. el Cichilla):
  • Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken, 1490–1514
  • Iuga of Moldavia
  • Peter, Prince of Moldavia
• "The Limper": Henry of Denmark (d.1134), grandson of Sweyn II of Denmark
• "The Lion" (Cat. el Lleó, Dut. de Leeuw, Fr. le Lion, Ger. der Löwe, It. il Leone, Nor. Løven, Pol. Lew, Sp. el Leon, Swe. Lejonet):
  • Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (d.1379)
  • Eogan (Eachan), King of Tyrone
  • Henry II, Prince of Mecklenburg (1267–1329)
  • Henry the Lion 98
  • Louis VIII of France
  • William I, Count of Auvergne, 841–846
  • William I of Scotland 99
• "The Lioness of Brittany (Fr. la Tigresse Bretonne): Jeanne de Clisson 100
• "The Lionheart", "Lion-hearted (Cze. Lví Srdce, Dan. Løvehjerte, Dut. Leeuwenhart, Fr. Couer de Lion, Ger. Loewenherz, It. Cuor di Leone, Pol. Lwie Serce, Por. Coracao de Leao, Sp. Corazon de Leon, Swe. Lejonhjärta):
  • Louis VIII of France
  • Richard I of England
• "The Lion of Justice" (Fr. Lion de Justice, Ger. Löwe der Gerechtigkeit, It. Leone della Giustizia, Swe. Rättvisans Lejon):
  • Henry I of England 101
  • Henry II of England
• "The Lion of Lehistan" (Lechia) (Fr. le Lion de Lechia, It. il Leone di Lehistan, Pol. Lwem Lechistanu): Jan III Sobieski
• "The Lion of Munster": Clemens August Graf von Galen 102
• "The Lion of the North": Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
• "The Lion of Susa" (Fr. Lion de Suse): Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
• "The Lip" (Fr. la Levre): Philip II of Courtenay, Margrave of Namur, 1217–1226
• "The Lisp and Lame", "Stuttering and Lame" (Fr. le Begne, Swe. Laspe och Halte): Eric XI of Sweden
• "The Lithuanian Hercules: Jerzy Radziwiłł
• "The Lithuanian Justinian: Albert Radziwill (1558-1592), Grand Marshal of Lithuania
• "The Little", "Small" (Cat. el Breu, Dut. de Kilne, Fr. le Petit, Geo. Mtsire, Ger. der Kleine, der Strahlende, It. il Breve, il Piccolino, Lat. Parvus, Pol. Maly, Por. o Pequeno, Sp. el Chico, el Chiquito, el Pequeño, Swe. den Lille, Tur. Küçük):
  • Ahmed (d.1451), son of Murad II, Ottoman Sultan
  • Bagrat I the Little
  • Boabdil
  • Bolko II or Boleslaus II, Duke of Silesia-Swidnica, 1326–1368
  • Charles III of Naples
  • Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
  • Constantine II of Greece
  • Giorgi VI the Minor
  • Lope Lopez de Haro (1182–1253), Lord of La Guardia
  • Muhammed VIII, King of Granada
  • Muhammed XI, King of Granada
  • Napoleon III of France 103
  • Nicholas of Silesia
  • Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg (d.1303)
  • Sigeberht I of Essex
  • Stephen of Montenegro
• "The Little Abbot (Fr. le Petit Abbe): Prince Eugene of Savoy 104
• "The Little Arnulf" (Fr. le Petit Arnoul): Ernicule, Count of Boulogne (976–?)
• "The Little Black Beetles:
  • Marie-Therese of Bourbon-Conde, wife of François Louis, Prince of Conti 105
  • Marie-Anne of Bourbon-Conde, wife of Louis-Joseph, Duke of Vendôme
  • Anne Benedicte of Bourbon-Conde, wife of Louis, Duke of Maine and illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France
• "The Little Bomb (It. Bombalino): Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies 106
• "The Little Charlemagne" (Fr. le Petit Charlemagne, It. il Piccolo Carlo Magno): Peter II of Savoy
• "The Little Corporal" (Fr. le Petit Caporal): Napoleon I of France 107
• "The Little Corsican": Napoleon I of France 108
• "The Little Dove" (Sp. la Palomilla): Juana Nunez of Lara (d.1351)
• "The Little Frog": William II of the Netherlands 109
• "The Little Idol of the Vatican": Lucrezia Borgia 110
• "The Little Kakhetian" (Geo. Patara Kakhi): Erekle II
• "The Little King" (It. il Reuccio):
  • Charles II of Spain 111 112
  • Francis I of France 113
• "The Little Lord": Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth
• "The Little Orphan" (Pol. Sierotka): Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł 114
• "The Little Pair":
  • Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
  • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
• "The Little Prince": Ischkhanik Artsruni (d.1042), son of Khachig Artsruni, Prince of T'ornavan
• "The Little Saber" (It. Sciaboletta): Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
• "The Little Wolf" (Lat. Lupellus): William, Count of Ivry
• "The Locust" (Rum. Lacusta): Peter IV, Prince of Moldavia
• "The Logothete" (Fr. le Logothete, It. Logoteta): Nicephorus I
• "The Lombard" (Fr. le Lombard): Henry of Lorraine, Lord of Bayon (d.1249), son of Ferry I of Lorraine
• "The Lone", "Solitary" (Gae. Oenfer): Art mac Cuinn
• "The Loneliest Man in Vienna: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria 115 116
• "The Long-Arm", "Long-Armed" (Fr. Longue Epee, Ger. Langschwert, It. Lungaspada, Pol. Długi Miecz, Sp. Larga Espada):
  • George of Rostov (d.1155)
  • Yuri Dolgoruki 117
  • William of Luneburg (1184–1213), Duke of Saxony
  • William I of Normandy
  • William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
• "The Long-Handed", "Long Hand" (Ger. Langhand, It. dalle Mani Lunghe, Nor. Langhånd, Wel. Lawhir): Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion
• "The Longlegs", "Long-Legged" (Swe. Halagg):
  • Eric II, Duke of Schleswig
  • Haakon V of Norway
• "The Long Sword", "Longsword" (Fr. Longue Epee, It. Lungaspada, Occitan Longia-Espia, Sp. Larga Espada):
  • William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
  • William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
  • William I of Normandy 118
• "The Lord of His Century": Suleiman the Magnificent 119
• "The Lord" (Dan. Lavard, Lavand): Canute Lavard
• "The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth": Oliver Cromwell
• "The Lord Rhys" (Wel. Yr Arglwydd Rhys): Rhys ap Gruffydd
• "The Loser" ("Tyneman", "Tineman"):
  • Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas 120
  • Sir Archibald Douglas
  • James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
  • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas
• "The Lost Dauphin": Louis XVII of France
• "The Lousy" (Luva): Harald I of Norway
• "The Lover of Elegance" (Fr. l'Amateur de la Gentilhommerie, Sp. el Amador de la Gentileza): John I of Aragon
• "The Lover of God": Andrei Bogolyubsky
• "The Lover of Splendor": Nikolaus Esterházy 121
• "The Lovely", "Pretty Face", "Cute" (Fr. le Mignon): Henry III of France
• "The Loyal": Ekbert II of Merseburg (d.819)
• "The Lucky", "Fortunate" (Fr. le Fortune, l'Heureux, Ger. der Gluckliche, Lat. Fortunatus, Por. o Feliz, Swe. den Lycklige, Tur. Bahti):
  • Augustus, Elector of Saxony
  • Amadeus IX of Savoy
  • Ahmed I 122
  • Bernard III, Magrave of Baden-Pforzheim, 1453–1458
  • Botho II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg, 1511–1538
  • Dietrich of Oldenburg
  • Edward, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
  • Hermann, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
  • John IV of Portugal
  • Leif Ericson 123
  • Philip VI of France
  • Manuel I of Portugal
  • Mstislav I of Galicia (d.1228)
• "The Luxurious" (Foethus):
  • Llywelyn ap Llywelyn Ddu 124
  • Magnus II of Sweden

• "L'Aine": Henry II, Count of Zutphen, 1113–1122
• "L'Antique": John I of Burgundy (1190–1267), Count of Auxonne and Chalon
• "L'Autrichienne": Marie Antoinette
• "La Bela Rosin", "Bella Rosina": Rosa Vercellana, mistress of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
• "La Anglaise": Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
• "La Belle Chimène": Jimena de Gormaz, wife of El Cid 125
• "La Belle Corisande":Diane d'Andouins, Countess of Graumont 126
• "La Belle Gabrielle": Gabrielle d'Estrees
• "La Belle Jennings": Frances Jennings
• "La Belle Louis": Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth 127
• "La Belle Rebelle": Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh 128
• "La Belle Stuart": Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox 129 130
• "La Belle de Châteauneuf": Renée de Rieux (1541-1582), mistress of Henry III of France
• "La Beltraneja": Joanna of Castile
• "La Bermeja"": Isabel Sarmiento de Zúñiga, 3rd Countes of Santa Maria de Ortiguiera
• "La Bête": Louis Nicolas Davout
• "La Bouche d'Or": Caroline, Princess of Hanover 131
• "La Dame de Beaute": Agnes Sorel 132
• "La Desamada": Juana de Castro (d.1374) married Pedro of Castile
• "Le Desdichada":
  • Estefania Alfonso (1151–1180), natural daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile and Sancha Fernandez de Castro
  • Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg
• "La Flamina": Mary Fleming 133
• "La Gloire des Braves": Henry II de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency
• "La Grand Dauphine": Beatrice of Faucigny (1237–1310), wife of Guigues VII (d.1269), Dauphin of Viennois
• "La Grecque": Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine 134
• "La Inapetente": Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen of Ferdinand VII of Spain
• "La Intrusa": Julie Clary
• "La Niña": Marie Louise of Savoy (1688–1714), wife of Philip V of Spain
• "La Palomilla": Juana Nunez of Lara (d.1351)
• "Le Paralyse": Otto II, Count of Guelders and Zutphen, 1229–1271
• "La Petite Reine": Odette de Champdivers
• "La Reina de Copla": Mercedes of Orléans
• "La Reina Que no Fue": Joan, Princess of Castile
• "La Reine Malheureuse": Henrietta Maria of France
• "La Rijosa": Maria Amalia of Saxony
• "La Santa Duquesa": Luisa de Borja y Aragon (1520–1560), wife of Martin de Aragon, 4th Duke of Villahermosa
• "La Sufrida": Barbara of Portugal
• "La Zalamera": Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
• "Lapa": Mikhail, Prince Gorbaty-Shuiski (c1552) 135
• "Le Bearnais": Henry IV of France
• "Le Beau Pendu": Gyula Andrássy 136
• "Le Bembe": Bohemund III of Antioch
• "le Benoist": Gerard III, Lord of Retz
• "le Boucher": Archambaud II of Comborn (934–996) 137
• "le Bouvier": Peter of Burgundy, Lord of Chateauberlin (d.1274)
• "le Cadet a la Perle": Henry of Lorraine, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666)
• "le Camus": John, Duke of Berry
• "le Champenois" (From the Champagne region):
  • Eudes II of Champlitte (d.1204), Prince of Achaea and Morea
  • Odo II of Blois
• "le Cher": Hugh II of Lusignan, Count of La Marche
• "le Chevalier de Chabot": Gui-Aldonce (1619–1646)
• "le Chevalier des Halles": Alexander (1598–1629), natural son of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrees
• "le Chevalier de Rohan": Gui-August de Rohan (1683–1760)
• "le Chevalier de St. George": James Francis Edward Stuart 138
• "le Chavalier sans Reproche": Louis II de la Trémoille
• "Le Chevalier sans Peur et sans Reproche": Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard 139
• "le Chiliarque": Hugh IV of Lusignan
• "le Comte de Chabot": Charles, Lord of Sainte-Aulaye (1615–1646)
• "le Comte Illustre": Luitfrid IV, Count of Sundgau (d.910)
• "le Cordouan": Ermengol I, Count of Urgell, 992–1010
• "le Curopalate": Michael I Rhangabes
• "le Dévot": Gauthier, Count of Rethel, 1124–1158
• "l'Ebouriffé": Harald I of Norway
• "l’Enfant Cheri de la Victoire", "l'Enfant pourri de la Victoire", "l'Enfant Gâté de la Victoire,": André Masséna
• "l'Enroue": Hugh II, Count of Nordgau (945–984)
• "le Fade": Henry V, Duke of Silesia-Liegnitz, 1278–1296
• "le Famelique": Olaf I of Denmark
• "le Fitz": Hugh Courtenay (1343-1374) 140
• "le Génovéfain": Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Orléans
• "le Goz":
  • Richard I, Viscount of Avranches (1025–1082) 141
  • Thurstan, Viscount of Avranches (c.975–?) 142
• "le Grand Diable": Antoine of Ligne (d.1532), Count of Falkenberg 143
• "le Gras": Renier II, Duke of Guelders, 1326–1343
• "le Haut": Stefan Lazarević 144
• "le Héros de la Retraite": Michel Ney
• "l'Homme de Glace": Laurent, marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
• "l'Impitoyable": Harald III of Norway
• "l'Inlassable": Bezmer or Bayar, Prince of Bulgaria, 642–644
• "l'Irascible": Richard II of Normandy
• "le Jovenne": Robert I of Scotland
• "le Joyuex": Frederick I, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1307–1323
• "le Loue": Amadeus IV of Savoy
• "le Machant Homme": Frederick II of Prussia 145
• "Le Maisné": Hugh de Crepi, Count of Vermandois
• "le Mauvaix Coucheur": Laurent, marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
• "le Meschin":
  • Ranulf (Ralph), Viscount of Bessin (Bayeaux) 146
  • Robert I Brus, Lord of Annandale (1103–1189/91)
• "le Mobereau": Asparukh, Prince of Bulgaria, 681–702
• "le Neveu": Afonso III of Portugal
• "le Paisable":
  • Henry of Austria, Duke of Styria, (1299–1327)
  • Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg (d.1232)
• "le Patient": Albert IV of Austria
• "le Petit Dauphin": Louis, Duke of Burgundy
• "le Placide": Ivan II of Russia
• "le Poitevin": Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Lancaster (c.1030–?)
• "le Prud'homme":
  • Jean I, Lord of Harcourt
  • Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
• "le Rapide": Andrey of Gorodets
• "le Roi Marmont": Auguste Marmont
• "le Roi Nicolas": Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
• "le Singe": Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki 147
• "le Silencieux": Henry XIII, Lord of Plauen (1464–1535)
• "le Sourd":
  • Hugh of Burgundy, Archbishop of Besançon (d.1312)
  • Stephen of Burgundy, Lord of Rouvres and Montenot (d.1302)
• "le Toscan": Giovanni Lambert (950–999), Prince of Salerno
• "le Toulousain": William X of Aquitaine
• "le Trésvictorieux": Charles VII of France
• "l'Unique": Frederick II of Prussia
• "le Vainqueur de Fleurus": Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
• "le Veau": Bernard I, Count of Toulouse (d.877)
• "le Veil":
  • Richard I of Normandy
  • Robert VI le Bruce, Earl of Carrick (1243–1304)
• "le Vert Galant": Henry IV of France
• "Labret", "Lebret": Charles II of Albret 148
• "Lady Macbeth": Gruoch of Scotland, wife of Macbeth of Scotland
• "Lady Margaret": Lady Margaret Beaufort
• "Laith": Colin Campbell of Glenorchy (1512–1584), 6th Laird of Glenorchy
• "Lame Sir John": Eoin Mac Dougall, King of Mann, 1315–1317
• "Lamh-Derg": Dermot, King of Leinster, 1361–1368
• "Largus": Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria-Munich, 1460–1467
• "Leader of the Normans of Rouen": Richard I of Normandy
• "Little Margaret" (Magheen): Margaret FitzGerald 149, wife of Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde
• "Little Osman" (Tur. Osmancik): Osman I 150
• "Little Red": Manfred von Richthofen 151
• "Little Sincerity": Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury
• "Ljome": Gudrod, son of Harald I of Norway
• "Lodbrok", "Lothbrok" (Shaggy or Leather Breeches): Ragnar Lodbrok
• "Lola Montez": Eliza Gilbert (1824–1861), Countess of Landsfeldt
• "Long Beard" (Ulfada): Cormac mac Airt
• "Long Bone": Eric of Schleswig, Duke of Langeland (1272–1310)
• "Long Hand" (Lawhir): Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion
• "Long Neck" (Fr. au Longue Col au Long Col, Ger. Langhals):
  • Regnier I, Duke of Lorraine, 900–911
  • Regnier III, Count of Hainaut: Reginar I of Hainaut
• "Longshanks" (Dut. Langbeen, Fr. à Cause de sa Taille, Ger. Langschenkel, It. Gambelunghe, Swe. Långskånk): Edward I of England 152
• "Lord Cupid": Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 153 154
• "Lord Dashalong": William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton155
• "Lord Deputy North": Frederick North, Lord North 156
• "Lord Fanny": John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey 157
• "Lord Pumicestone": Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 158
• "Lord Strutt": 159
  • Charles II of Spain 160
  • Philip V of Spain
• "Lord of Floranges": Robert III de La Marck-Sedan (1492-1536) 161
• "Lovel": William of Ivry (d. after 1153) 162
• "Lover of the Liffey": Cairbre Lifechair, High King of Ireland
• "Lucifer": Francoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois (1677–1749), wife of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 163
• "Lugvitza": Alexandr, Prince Shuyskiy fl 1451 164
• "Lusty": Mary Livingston 165
• "Lying [...] Talbot": Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel