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
• Lambert, Count of Camerino (d.873) 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 the Thracian, Byzantine Emperor the Butcher ,^[8] the Great, the Thracian
• 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 ^[12]
• Leopold I of Austria (Babenberg) ^[13]
• Leopold I of Austria (Habsburg) the Glorious, the Habsburgs' Sword
• Leopold I of Belgium the Nestor of Europe,^[14][15] the Uncle of Europe ^[16]
• Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau the Old Dessauer ^[17]
• Leopold II of Austria the Handsome
• Leopold II of Belgium the Butcher of Congo;^[18] 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 ^[19][20]
• 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
• Leopold of Babenberg (1207–1216) 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 ^[21]
• Leif Ericson the Lucky ^[22][23]
• Lestko the Astute, the Shrewd ^[24]
• Leszek I the White
• Leszek II the Black
• Letizia Ramolino Madame Mère ^[25]
• Licinianus the Barracks Emperor, the Emperor of the Army
• Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
• Llywelyn the Great the Great ^[26][27]
• Llywelyn ap Llywelyn Ddu the Luxurious ^[28]
• Llywarch ap Lludica the Lame
• Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn Our Last Leader), the Last
• Llywarch Hen the Old
• Lope López de Haro (1182–1253), Lord of La Guardia the Little, the Small
• Lope Díaz II de Haro, 4th Lord of Vizcaya Cabeza Brava ^[29]
• Lorenzo de' Medici il Popolano, the Magnificent ^[30][31]
• Loretta de Braose the Recluse of Hackington ^[32]
• Lothair II of Lotharingia the Saxon
• Lothair II of Italy Lothair of Arles
• Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair of Supplinburg ^[33]
• Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé the Hero of History (Fr. l'Hero de l'Histoire):^[34]
• 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)
• Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden the Red King
• Louis of Sicily the Child
• Louis of Toulouse the Saint
• Louis, Duke of Württemberg, 1568-1593 the Saint
• Louis I, Margrave of Brandenburg, 1324-1351 the Elder
• Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach the Elder
• Louis I of Flanders Louis of Crecy,^[35] Louis of Nevers
• Louis I of Spain the Well-Loved'
• Louis I, Duke Palatine of Zweibrücken the Black ^[36]
• Louis I, Duke of Bourbon the Great
• Louis I, Count of Montpensier
• Louis I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria the Kelheimer ^[37][38]
• Louis I, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise ^[39]
• Louis I of Bavaria the Upright
• Louis I, Duke of Bourbon the Lame
• Louis I of Hungary "The Last of the Knight-Kings" ^[40]
• Louis I of Burgundy, Count of Auxerre the Green Knight ^[41]
• Louis II de la Trémoille Chevalier sans Reproche
• Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé the French Alexander
• Louis II of France the Stammerer
• Louis II of Bavaria the Dream King ^[42]
• Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia the Child-King
• Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, 1514-1532 the Younger
• Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach the Younger
• Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia the Jumper, the Springer ^[43]
• Louis II of Bavaria the Cruel
• Louis II, Duke of Bourbon
• Louis II (1390-1463), Prince of Orange the Good
• Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1140–1172 the Hard, the Iron
• Louis II of Flanders Louis of Male
• Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé the Alexander the Great of France, Monsieur le Prince
• Louis II, Count of Loon Louis of Loon
• Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1413–1458 the Pacific
• Louis II, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise
• Louis II, Duke of Bavaria the Stern
• Louis II de Bourbon the Great Conde
• 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 ^[42][44]
• Louis III, Prince of Condé the Green Monkey ^[45]
• Louis III, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise
• Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine
• Louis III, Prince of Conde Monsieur le Duc
• Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine the Elder
• Louis III of Württemberg (1568–1593) the Pious
• Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia the Pious
• Louis III, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg the Younger
• Louis III, Landgrave of Hesse (1402–1458) der Friedsame
• Louis III, Landgrave of Hesse the French
• Louis IV of France Louis d'Outremer
• Louis IV, Count of Chiny the Younger ^[46]
• Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis of Bavaria, the Bavarian
• Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine the Mild
• Louis IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1424–1449) the Kind
• Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1438–1471) 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 ^[47]
• Louis V of Thuringia (1172–1190) the Gentle
• Louis V, Duke of Upper Bavaria (1347-1361) 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 ^[48]
• Louis VI of France the Father of the Communes, the Wide-Awake
• Louis IX of France the Solomon of Franc ^[49]
• Louis XI of France the Father of European Diplomacy
• Louis VII of France the Foolish ("...for his extremely impolitic conduct), the French, the Royal Damsel, the Younger ^[49][50]
• Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria the Bearded
• Louis VIII of France the Lion
• Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria the Younger
• Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, 1443–1445 the Hunchback
• Louis IX of France the Arbiter of Europe, the Lieutenant of God on Earth, the Saint
• Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria the Rich ^[51]
• Louis X of France | Louis I of Navarre the Stubborn (Fr. le Hutin), the Quarrelsome
• Louis XI of France the Cruel, the Prudent, the Spider, the Universal Spider, Ragno
• Louis XII of France the Father of the People ^[52][53]
• Louis XII of Oettingen the Bearded
• Louis XIII of France the Just
• Louis XIV of France the Great, the Baboon, Lewis Baboon,^[54][55] Old Bona Fide,^[14] 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 ,^[56] the Martyr,^[34] 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 ^[57][58]
• Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans Philippe Égalité
• Louis the Child the Infant ^[34]
• 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
• Louis of Bavaria (1267–1290) Elegans
• Louis the Younger the Younger
• Louis the Blind,^[59] Beronides
• Louis the German the Bavarian
• Louis of Hungary the Great, the Captain of Christendom ^[60]
• Louis Nicolas Davout the Robespierre of Hamburg
• Louis the German the German, the Pious
• Louis, Landgrave of Thuringia the Springer, the Jumper ^[49]
• Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine Gambillard ^[45]
• Louis the Pious the Good-Natured
• Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden the Shield of the Empire
• Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711) the Grand Dauphin
• Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme the Great Vendôme
• Louis de Coutes, Lord of Noviont Minguet ^[61]
• Louis of Pfirt (d.1236) the Ferocious
• Louis Alexandre Berthier the Emperor's Wife ^[62]
• Louis Gabriel Suchet el Hombre Justo
• Louis Nicolas Davout la Bête the Iron Marshal the Victor of Auerstadt ^[63]
• Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans the Fat
• Louis Philippe of France the Bourgeois King, King Smith ^[49]
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Mountbottom, Honorary Grandfather
• Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz the Only Man in Prussia ^[64]
• Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth Squintabella, la Belle Louise,^[49] Bathsheba,the Weeping Willow, Madame Carwell ^[65]
• 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 ^[66]
• Saint Ludmila the Saint ^[67]
• Ludovico Sforza the Force of Destiny, the Moor ^[68]
• 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 II of Bavaria the Romantic on the Throne,^[69] the Mad, Mad King Ludwig,^[70] the Moon King,^[70] the Eagle,^[70] the Swan King,^[42][71] the Recluse of the Alps,^[42] Our Darling,^[70] the Fairy Tale King ^[70]
• Ludwig IV of Thuringia the Saint
• Lucrezia Borgia the Good Duchess,^[72] the Little Idol of the Vatican ^[73]
• 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
• Luisa de Borja y Aragon (1520–1560) the Duchess-Saint, wife of Martin de Aragon, 4th Duke of Villahermosa
• Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 20th Duchess of Medina Sidonia the Red Duchess ^[74]
• Luitfrid IV, Count of Sundgau (d.910) "le Comte Illustre"
• Lulach of Scotland the Fool, the Simple ^[75][76]

Regnal Name

• • Louis of Tyrol: Louis V, Duke of Bavaria
  • Louis I of Brandenburg: Louis V, Duke of Bavaria

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