List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: L
L[]
- Ladislaus I of Hungary the Most Elegant King (Lat. Elegantissimus Rex), the Saint [1]
- Ladislaus III of Hungarythe Child
- Ladislaus IV of Hungary the Kuman
- Ladislaus IV of Poland the Short
- Ladislaus of Naples the Generous, the Liberal, the Magnanimous, the Victorious
- Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary the Bardless King, the Posthumous
- Lambert I of Leuven the Bearded, Lambert with the Beard
- Lambert II, Count of Leuven der Gegürtete, le Ceinturé, Lambert Balderic, the Belted
- the Bald
- Landulf I of Benevento Antipater [2]
- Landulf II of Benevento the Red
- Landulf of Capua the Cunning [3][4]
- Laurent, marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr l'Homme de Glace, le Mauvaix Coucheur, the Owl [5]
- Lazar of Serbia Emperor Lazar, Tsar Lazar, Hrebeljanovic, the Sleeper, the Sleeping Hero, the Sleeping King [6]
- Lazare Carnot the Great Carnot, the Organizer of Victory [7]
- Leo I, Byzantine emperor the Butcher ,[8] the Great
- Leo II of Armenia the Great ,[9] the Magnificent [9]
- Leo I of Gaeta the Usurper
- Leo II (emperor) the Little
- Leo III, Byzantine Emperor Konon, the Isaurian [10]
- Leo IV, Byzantine Emperor the Khazar
- Leo V, Byzantine Emperor the Armenian
- Leo VI the Wise the Philosopher, the Wise [11]
- Pope Leo IX the Saint
- Leonor of Viseu the Old Queen
- Leonor Telles de Menezes the Deceitful
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Turkenpoeldel
- Leopold I of Austria (Babenberg)[12]
- Leopold I of Austria (Habsburg) the Glorious, the Habsburgs' Sword
- Leopold I of Belgium the Nestor of Europe,[13][14] the Uncle of Europe [15]
- Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau the Old Dessauer [16]
- Leopold II of Austria the Handsome
- Leopold II of Belgium the Butcher of Congo;[17] the King-Builder
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold the Wise, the Duke of Peace, the Enlightened Despot, the King of Shepherds
- Leopold III of Austria (Babenberg) St. Leopold of Babenberg, Leopold the Good, Patron Saint of Austria, the Founder of Klosterneuburg, the Mild Margrave, the Patron of Canons, the Saint [18][19]
- Leopold III the Able, the Pious, the Worthy
- Leopold IV of Austria (Babenberg) the Generous, the Liberal, the Magnanimous, the Spendthrift, the Extravagant
- Leopold IV, Duke of Austria the Fat, the Magnificent, the Proud
- Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg) the Able, the Virtuous
- Leopold V, Duke of Austria the Pious
- Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
- Leopold of Styria the Brave, the Strong
- the Child, son of Leopold VI of Austria, died when he fell from a tree.
- Leopold, Duke of Lorraine the Father of the People and of the Aristocracy [20]
- Leif Ericson the Lucky [21][22]
- Lestko the Astute, the Shrewd [23]
- Leszek I the White
- Leszek II the Black
- Letizia Ramolino Madame Mère [24]
- Licinianus the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army
- Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
- Llywelyn the Great the Great [25][26]
- the Luxurious [27]
- the Lame
- Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn Our Last Leader), the Last
- Llywarch Hen the Old
- (1182–1253), Lord of La Guardia the Little, the Small
- Lope Díaz II de Haro, 4th Lord of Vizcaya Cabeza Brava [28]
- Lorenzo de' Medici il Popolano, the Magnificent [29][30]
- Loretta de Braose the Recluse of Hackington [31]
- Lothair II of Lotharingia the Saxon
- Lothair II of Italy Lothair of Arles
- Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair of Supplinburg [32]
- Louis, duc de Bourgogne le Petit Dauphin
- Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Orléans "le Génovéfain"
- Louis Nicolas Davout the Terrible
- Louis Philippe of France the Citizen King
- Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden der Turkenlois (Turkish Louis), the Red King, the Shield of the Empire
- Louis of Sicily the Child
- Louis of Toulouse the Saint
- the Saint
- the Elder
- Louis I of Flanders Louis of Crecy,[33] Louis of Nevers
- Louis I of Spain the Well-Loved'
- the Black [34]
- Louis I, Duke of Bourbon the Great, the Lame
- Louis I, Count of Montpensier
- Louis I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria the Kelheimer [35][36]
- Louis I, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise [37]
- Louis I of Bavaria the Upright
- Louis I of Hungary "The Last of the Knight-Kings",[38] the Great, the Captain of Christendom [38]
- the Green Knight [39]
- Louis II de la Trémoille Chevalier sans Reproche
- Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé the French Alexander, the Hero of History (Fr. l'Hero de l'Histoire):,[40] the Alexander the Great of France, Monsieur le Prince, the Great Conde
- Louis II of France the Stammerer
- Louis II of Bavaria the Dream King [41]
- Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia the Child-King
- the Younger
- Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia the Jumper, the Springer [42]
- Louis II of Bavaria the Cruel
- Louis II, Duke of Bourbon
- the Good
- the Hard, the Iron
- Louis II of Flanders Louis of Male
- Louis II, Count of Loon Louis of Loon
- the Pacific
- Louis II, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise
- Louis II, Duke of Bavaria the Stern
- Louis II, Prince of Monaco the Soldier-Prince
- Louis II de la Trémoille "le Chavalier sans Reproche"
- Louis II of Bavaria the Only True King of His Century [41][43]
- Louis III, Prince of Condé the Green Monkey,[44] Monsieur le Duc
- Louis III, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise
- Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine
- Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine the Elder
- the Pious
- Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia the Pious
- the Younger
- der Friedsame
- the French
- Louis IV of France Louis d'Outremer
- Louis IV, Count of Chiny the Younger [45]
- Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis of Bavaria, the Bavarian
- Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine the Mild
- the Kind
- the Outspoken
- Louis V of France the Do-Nothing
- Louis V, Duke of Bavaria the Brandenburger
- Louis V of France the Feckless'
- Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt the Faithful [46]
- the Gentle
- the Elder
- Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine the Pacific
- Louis VI the Roman Louis the Roman
- Louis VI of France the Bruiser, the Fat, the Fighter [47]
- Louis VI of France the Father of the Communes, the Wide-Awake
- Louis VII of France the Foolish ("...for his extremely impolitic conduct), the French, the Royal Damsel, the Younger [48][49]
- Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria the Bearded
- Louis VIII of France the Lion
- Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria the Younger
- the Hunchback
- Louis IX of France the Arbiter of Europe, the Lieutenant of God on Earth, the Saint, the Solomon of France [48]
- Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria the Rich [50]
- Louis X of France | Louis I of Navarre the Stubborn (Fr. le Hutin), the Quarrelsome
- Louis XI of France the Father of European Diplomacy, the Prudent, the Cunning, the Universal Spider, the Spider, Ragno, the Cruel
- Louis XII of France the Father of the People [51][52]
- the Bearded
- Louis XIII of France the Just
- Louis XIV of France the Great, the Baboon, Lewis Baboon,[53][54] Old Bona Fide,[13] the Sun King, the God-given, the Great Monarch, the Great Monarch
- Louis XV of France the Well-Beloved
- Louis XVI of France the Restorer of French Liberty, the Last, the Baker ,[55] the Martyr,[40] the Martyr King, the Well-Beloved
- Louis XVII of France the Lost Dauphin
- Louis XVIII of France De-sh-uî tres, , the Desired, the Father of the People, the King of Slops [56][57]
- Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans Philippe Égalité
- Louis the Child the Infant [40]
- Louis the Pious the Debonair, the Pious
- Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Orléans the Pious
- Louis of Hesse the Junker
- Louis, Dauphin of France (1661–1711)the Dauphin
- Louis (d.1765) the Dauphin, son of Louis XV of France
- Elegans
- Louis the Younger the Younger
- Louis the Blind,[58] Beronides
- Louis the German the Bavarian
- Louis Nicolas Davout the Robespierre of Hamburg
- Louis the German the German, the Pious
- Louis, Landgrave of Thuringia the Springer, the Jumper [48]
- Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine Gambillard [44]
- Louis the Pious the Good-Natured
- Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711) the Grand Dauphin
- Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme the Great Vendôme
- Minguet [59]
- the Ferocious
- Louis Alexandre Berthier the Emperor's Wife [60]
- Louis Gabriel Suchet el Hombre Justo
- Louis Nicolas Davout la Bête the Iron Marshal the Victor of Auerstadt [61]
- Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans the Fat
- Louis Philippe of France the Bourgeois King, King Smith [48]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Mountbottom, Honorary Grandfather
- Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz the Only Real Man in Prussia [62]
- Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth Squintabella, la Belle Louise,[48] Bathsheba, the Weeping Willow, Madame Carwell [63]
- Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon Madame Infanta
- Louise Elisabeth of Orléans Mademoiselle de Montpensier, the Capricious
- Luarsab II of Kartli the Martyr, the Saint
- Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford the Universal Patroness of Poets [64]
- Saint Ludmila the Saint [65]
- Ludovico Sforza the Force of Destiny, the Moor [66]
- Ludovico III Gonzaga the Turkified, the Turk, the Turned-Turk
- Ludwig I of Bavaria the Patron, der Kunstmäzen
- Ludwig I of Thuringia the Bearded
- Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach the Elder
- Ludwig II of Bavaria the Romantic on the Throne,[67] the Mad, Mad King Ludwig,[68] the Moon King,[68] the Eagle,[68] the Swan King,[41][69] the Recluse of the Alps,[41] Our Darling,[68] the Fairy Tale King [68]
- Ludwig IV of Thuringia the Saint
- Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach the Younger
- Lucrezia Borgia the Good Duchess,[70] the Little Idol of the Vatican [71]
- Lugaid mac Con the Dog's Son
- Luis I of Portugal the Popular
- Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920), Prince of Brazil, the Perfect Prince
- the Duchess-Saint, wife of
- Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 20th Duchess of Medina Sidonia the Red Duchess [72]
- "le Comte Illustre"
- Lulach of Scotland the Fool, the Simple [73][74]
Regnal Name[]
- Louis of Tyrol: Louis V, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis I of Brandenburg: Louis V, Duke of Bavaria
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