The Good, the Bad and the Unready (70 page)

The
KINGMAKER

Robert, duke of Apulia, c.1015–85

The
CUNNING

The Weasel

Robert I, king of Scotland, 1274–1329

The
BRUCE

Robert II, duke of Normandy, c.1054–1134

Robert
CURTHOSE

Gambaron

Robert II, king of France, c.970–1031

The
PIOUS

Robert II, king of Scotland, 1316–90

The
STEWARD

Auld Blearie

Robert III, king of Scotland, c.1337–1406

JOHN OF YESTERYEAR

Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, 1567–1601

The
ENGLISH ACHILLES

Roger I, count of Sicily, 1031–1101

The
GREAT COUNT

The Terror of the Faithless

Rosamund Clifford, mistress of King Henry II of England, c.1140–c.1176

FAIR ROSAMUND

Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552–1612

The
PRINCE OF ALCHEMY

Rupert, prince of the Palatinate, 1619–82

The
MAD CAVALIER

Saladin, Saracen leader, c.1138–93

The
CHIVALROUS SARACEN

Sancho I, king of Castile and Léon, d.
967

The
FAT

Sancho I, king of Portugal, 1154–1211

The
SETTLER

Sarah Jennings, first duchess of Marlborough, 1660–1744

QUEEN SARAH

Mrs Freeman

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 1368–1437

The
LIGHT OF THE WORLD

The Red Demon

Sigurd I, earl of Orkney, d.892

The
MIGHTY

Sigurd I, king of Norway, c.1089–1130

The
CRUSADER

Sigurd II, earl of Orkney, d.1014

The
STOUT

Sitric, king of Dublin and York, d.927

The
SQUINT-EYED

Sophia Charlotte, mistress of King George I of England, 1675–1725

The
ELEPHANT

Suleiman I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1495–1566

The
MAGNIFICENT

The Lawgiver

Sven I, king of Denmark and England, c.960–1014

Sven
FORKBEARD

Theobald, king of Navarre, 1201–53

The
TROUBADOUR

Theodosius I, Roman emperor of the East and West, 347–95

The
GREAT

Thomas Cromwell, first earl of Essex, c.1485–1540

The
HAMMER OF THE MONKS

Thorstein, Norse king of Scotland, d.900

The
RED

Victor Emmanuel II, king of Italy, 1820–78

The
GALLANT KING

Guaff

Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom, 1819–1901

The
WIDOW OF WINDSOR

The Grandmother of Europe

Mrs Brown

Vlad Tepes, prince of Wallachia, c.1431–76

The
IMPALER

Dracula

Waldemar II, king of Denmark, 1170–1241

The
VICTORIOUS

Wenceslas, king of Germany and Bohemia, 1361–1419

The
WORTHLESS

The Drunkard

Wilfrid, founding father of Catalan political independence, d.897

The
SHAGGY

The Hairy

William, count of Apulia, d.1046

The
IRON ARM

William I, king of England, c.1028–87

The
CONQUEROR

The Bastard

William I, king of Scotland, 1143–1214

The
LION

William I, king of Sicily, 1120–66

The
BAD

William I, prince of Orange, 1533–84

The
SILENT

The Father of the Fatherland

William II, king of England, c.1056–1100

William
RUFUS

William IV, king of England, 1765–1837

The
SAILOR KING

Silly Billy

William Douglas, fourth duke of Queensbury, 1724–1810

The
RAKE OF PICCADILLY

Old Q

Wu Hou, empress of China, 625–705

Lady Wu the
POISONER

Divine Sovereign

Holy Mother

Yung-cheng, emperor of China, 1678–1735

The
IMMORTAL

Zenobia, queen of Palmyra,
fl.
third century

The
QUEEN OF THE EAST

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