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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
While promoting his new book, Cooking and the Crown: Royal Recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III(out Oct. 22), Parker Bowles adds, “They adore her. My daughter and my niece are at the ...
The most obvious of Queen Victoria's descendants is, naturally, the current queen of England. Directly descended from Edward VII, Queen Elizabeth is Victoria's great-great granddaughter.
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .
King Charles III – Principal [8] or Unicorn [8] [40] United States. Senator Howard Baker (R-Tennessee) – Snapshot [8] [89] Actor Antonio Banderas – Zorro [90] Congressman and Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill – Flag Day [10] Florida banker and businessman, confidant of President Nixon, Bebe Rebozo – Christopher [8]
As far as royal family nicknames go, the one given to Queen Camilla by her family has to be one of the most unique yet. In an excerpt taken from royal author Robert Hardman’s new book, The Making o.