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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 ...
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 .
Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She continued as queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days.
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846. Edward was born on 9 November 1841 in Buckingham Palace. [1] He was the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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 Duchess of Buccleuch and Queen Victoria were lifelong friends, [3] [6] with the monarch describing the Duchess as "an agreeable, sensible, clever little person." [7] In 1842 at Buckingham Palace, during Queen Victoria's preparations to visit Scotland, the Duchess helped advise her on the country. [5]
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
King Charles is reportedly known by a surprising nickname that couldn’t be more different to what Prince George, Charlotte and Louis are said to call him…