Yes, I have also heard it translated Ivan the Dread.
if you read the wiki, it states that is closer to being Ivan the Formidable
Yes, I have also heard it translated Ivan the Dread.
There was a Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg called Henry the Evil, although Wikipedia doesn't say why.
if you read the wiki, it states that is closer to being Ivan the Formidable
One interesting thing is when you get competing appellations.
For example, Peter the Cruel of Castile was called Peter the Law Enforcer/Avenger by his supporters.
While his killer was Henry the Fraticider to them, and Henry the Gift Giving to his supporters.
Marrying his mother?Charles II of Spain had the nickname of el Hechizado ("The Bewitched") and frankly, I don't think "The Worst" is that far away. He's basically proof of what happens when your family tree isn't just Bent its almost circular (Hmm. Anyone want to do a TL where Charles II is his own ancestor?!?)
But realistically, the only way I could see a "Worst" happening would be in later historiography, following a string of terrible kings with the same name as a joke; e.g. "Queen Alice was followed by Bob the Bad, Bob the Worse and Bob the Worst." Only after the entire house was safely dead, of course.
King Richard III
The "Dracul = Devil" fact is only true of later Romanian. To Vlad II and his contemporaries, it would have simply meant "dragon".Does being nicknamed the devil count as worst, if so there is:
Vlad II of Wallachia (Romanian: Vlad Dracul)
The "Dracul = Devil" fact is only true of later Romanian. To Vlad II and his contemporaries, it would have simply meant "dragon".
Only if one believes the Tudor propaganda...<snip>
The "Dracul = Devil" fact is only true of later Romanian. To Vlad II and his contemporaries, it would have simply meant "dragon".
Before William the Conqueror was called that, he was known as William the Bastard.
And by the same token, were any monarchs nicknamed "the Best"? The superlative aspect of it is tricky.