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 ^[1]
• Galeazzo Maria Sforza the Force of Destiny
• Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere Cardinal della Rovere ^[2]
• Belfiore ^[3]
• 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,^[4][5] the Dove ^[6]
• el Paladino
• , the Lame
• Gaston III of Foix-Béarn Gaston Phoebus, the Lion of the Pyrenees ^[7][8]
• Gaston IV of Béarn the Crusader
• , the Young, the Younger
• , le Dévot
• Oriflam
• Pulechel ^[9]
• the White ^[10]
• , the Great
• Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Marshall Forward ^[11][12]
• Geiseric Virga Dei, the Lame, the Rod of God ^[13][14]
• Big-Tooth Hugh VIII of Lusignan
• , the Old
• , Taillefer
• , the Old ^[15]
• , the Hammer
• Geoffrey I of Anjou the Graycloak, Greymantle, Greyhide ^[16]
• Boterel ^[17]
• , Godfrey of Brabant, the Younger ^[18]
• Geoffrey II of Anjou the Hammer
• Geoffrey III of Anjou the Bearded
• Boterel ^[17]
• , the Graycloak, Greymantle, Greyhide
• , the Brave
• the Fat
• the Old ^[15]
• Geoffrey IV, Lord of Joinville the Young, the Younger or le Valet ^[15]
• Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou Geoffrey Plantagenet, the Fair
• Geoffrey V, Lord of Joinville le Trouillard ^[15]
• Geoffrey de Mandeville the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron, the Young, the Younger^[19]
• , the Rich
• Geoffrey de Saye the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron ^[19]
• , the Lame
• George I of Great Britain German George, Geordie Whelps, George the Guelph, Turnip Head, the Turnip-Hoer ,^[1][20]
• , the Pious
• George II of Abkhazia the Builder of Churches
• the Young, the Younger
• , the Pious
• , the Strong
• George II of Kakheti the Bad ^[21]
• , Maximus
• Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen Theaterherzog, the Theater Duke,^[22]
• George III of the United Kingdom Farmer George, the Farmer-King, Old Nobs ^[23][24]
• 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 ^{[1][25][26][27][28]}
• George V of Georgia the Magnificent, the Illustrious, the Shadow King of Tbilisi, the Brilliant ^[21]
• George V of the United Kingdom the Sailor-Prince ^[29]
• the Old
• George VI of Georgia the Illustrious, the Little, the Minor ^[21]
• George VI of the United Kingdom the Unexpected King, Prince Bertie, My Dear Bertie ^[30][31][32]
• George, Duke of Saxony the Bearded, George with the Beard
• the Cardinal
• George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Confessor ^[33]
• George of Bavaria the Rich
• George of Podebrady the Hussite King ^[34]
• the King of the Peak ^[35][36]
• the Rich
• the Traveller
• George Castriota Skanderbeg
• George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare the Fairy Earl ^[37]
• the Young, the Younger
• George Canning the Zany of Debate ^[1]
• George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham Zimri
• George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Steenie ^[14]
• George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey the Prince of Maccaronies ^[28]
• George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Pious ^[33]
• the Pious
• the Long-Armed
• the Posthumous
• the Elder
• the Blind
• George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle Black George, Honest George ^[1][38]
• George Robert FitzGerald the Fighting FitzGerald ^[37]
• George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Trimmer ^[39]
• George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness Wicked Earl George ^[40]
• George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Goliath
• Gerald I of Armagnac Trancaléon
• Trancaléon
• Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmondthe Poet ^[41][42]
• Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare the Great Earl of Kildare, Garret the Great, Gearoid Mór ^[37][43]
• Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare Garrett MacAlison, Geroit Oge, Gearóid Óg ^[37]
• 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 ^[42][44]
• Flamens, Flaminius, der Flaminius, the Red
• the Deaf ^[45]
• the Blind
• Gerard II of Guelders the Red
• Flamens, Flaminius
• the Young, the Younger
• le Benoist
• Gerard, Duke of Lorraine the Great
• Gerard, Duke of Lorraine Gerard of Alsace
• the Elder
• the Tall
• 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
• the Warlike
• the Great
• Gertrude of Nivelles the Saint
• Gilbert, Count of Brionne Crispin ^[46]
• Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford the Surety, the Magna Carta Baron ^[19]
• Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford the Man of Gentlest Blood and Most Powerful Amongst the English, the Red, the Red Earl ^{[47][48] [48]}
• Gillean of the Battle Axe
• Gillebride of the Cave
• Rigaud ^[10]
• Gilles de Rais Giles de Laval, Gilles de Retz, Blue Beard, Barbe-Bleue, Marshal de Retz ^[49]
• Giorgi VI the Minor the Short, the Little, the Small
• Giorgi Saakadze the Great Mouravi ^[50]
• Giorgio Cornaro the Father of the County ^[51]
• Zorzetto, Giorgetto (Little Giorgio):^[52]
• Zorzone, Giorgione (Big Giorgio):^[52][53]
• Giovanni Borgia the Child of Rome, Infans Romanus ^[54]
• Fulmine di Guerra
• Giovanni dalle Bande Nere the Invincible ^[55]
• il Popolano
• Giovanni Malatesta Gianciotto, Giovanni lo Sciancato,^[56] the Lame
• le Toscan
• Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Giovanni of the Black Bands, With the Black Bands ^[57]
• Spaccaferro ^[58]
• 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 ^[57]
• the Saint
• the Damned
• Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Princess TNT, the Punk Princess ^[59][60][61]
• Guðrøðr Óláfsson the Black ^[62]
• Godfrey of Bouillon the Baron of the Holy Sepulchre, the Crusader King, the Protector of the Holy Sepulcher ^[63][64]
• the Norman ^[65]
• 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
• 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 ^[18]
• 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) ^[66]
• the Marshal
• the Blind ^[9]
• 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 ^[67]
• 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 ^{[68][69][70][71][72]}
• the Great
• Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos the King of the Cotswolds ^[73]
• Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin Cyclops ^[74]
• Grimoald the Elder the Elder
• the Tall
• Gruffydd ap Llywelyn the Head and the Shield of the Britons ^[75]
• Gruoch of Scotland Lady Macbeth
• Guaimar IV of Salerno the Iron Hand ^[76]
• the Young, the Younger
• Gudrød the Hunter the Proud
• Gudrod, son of Harald I of Norway Ljome, Skiria
• Gudrød the Hunter the Hunter
• the Troubadour, the Minstrel
• le Chevalier de Chabot
• le Chevalier de Rohan
• , the Great
• , the Great
• Guido da Montefeltro the Fox
• the Old
• the Fat
• the Old
• the Count
• the Fat
• Crassus'
• Guillaume aux Blanches Mains the Whitehanded
• Guillaume Marie Anne Brune the Savior of the Batavian Republic ^[77]
• Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie the Vauban of Modern Times ^[78]
• Gundovald Ballomer
• the Fair
• Günther von Schwarzburg
• Gunther of Arnstein
• the Rich
• the Red
• the Great
• Gustav I Vasa of Sweden the Father of the County
• Gustav III of Sweden the Enlightened Despot, the Theater King ^[79]
• Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden Colonel Gustavsson ^[80]
• 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).") ^{[1][81][82][83]}
• el Escalabrado
• Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick the Black Dog of Ardennes, the Black Cur of Arden ^[84][85]
• Markezopoulos ^[86]
• the Whitehanded^{[citation needed]}
• Guy of Dampierre
• Candavene
• the Bald
• Guy II of Montlhéry Trousseau, Troussel ^[87]
• the Iron Cross
• Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot Chevalier de Rohan
• the Mad
• Gwladus ferch Llywelyn the Dark, the Dark-Eyed
• Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd the Welsh Boudica
• the Battle Horseman
• the Ragged (Lledlwm)
• den Storlåtne Møya (Storlatne Moya), wife of Harald I of Norway
• Gyula Andrássy the Younger the Young, the Younger
• Gyula Andrássyle Beau Pendu ^[88]
• 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

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