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Nicknames of English Monarchs

Do you know the nicknames/cognomens of some English and British monarchs?
The list is scrambled so you can't just go down the list of succession.
Source is Wikipedia
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Last updated: May 24, 2026
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Hint
Royal House
Answer
"Hammer of the Gauls"
Lancaster
Henry V
"Rufus"
Normandy
William II
"The Unready"
Wessex
Æthelred
"The Peaceful"
Wessex
Edgar
"The Great (2)"
Denmark
Cnut
"Old Coppernose"
Tudor
Henry VIII
"Crouchback"
York
Richard III
"the Pious"
Tudor
Edward VI
"Curtmantle"
Plantagenet
Henry II
"Wisest Fool in Christendom"
Stuart
James I
"the Lionheart"
Plantagenet
Richard I
"The Farmer"
Hanover
George III
"Grandmother of Europe"
Hanover
Victoria
"Lackland"
Plantagenet
John
"The Virgin Queen"
Tudor
Elizabeth I
"Bloody Mary"
Tudor
Mary I
"Beauclerc"
Normandy
Henry I
Hint
Royal House
Answer
"Ironside"
Wessex
Edmund II
"Sailor King"
Hanover
William IV
"The Elder"
Wessex
Edward I
"The Bastard/The Conqueror"
Normandy
William I
"Dirty Bertie"
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Edward VII
"First Gentlemen of Europe"
Hanover
George IV
"The Martyr"
Wessex
Edward II
"The Great (1)"
Wessex
Alfred
"The Magnificent"
Wessex
Edmund I
"The Merry Monarch"
Stuart
Charles II
"The Besh*tten"
Stuart
James II
"All Fair"
Wessex
Eadwig
"The Confessor"
Wessex
Edward III
"Harefoot"
Denmark
Harold I
"Longshanks/Hammer of the Scots"
Plantagenet
Edward I
"Lillibet"
Windsor
Elizabeth II
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