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Index
acting,
as a dead body: Edward the CARESSER
comedic: Eleanor the WITTY
adultery, alleged: Anne the GREAT WHORE, Alexander the WOLF OF BADENOCH
adventure stories, composition of: GOOD KING RENÉ
almsgiving, excessive: Philaretos the MERCIFUL
apostasy: Haakon the GOOD
archbishop,
cruel: Christian the TYRANT
sewn up in bearskin: Ivan the TERRIBLE
short-sighted: James the THISTLE
strong-willed: Erik the MEEK
armour,
constantly worn under clothing: John the FEARLESS; Edmund IRONSIDE
doffed to one side in battle: Haakon the GOOD; Magnus the GOOD
arms, long: STRONGBOW
astrological sign, nickname after: Louis the JUST
atheism: Philip the GODLESS REGENT
babies, slaughtered: Ivar the BONELESS, Vlad the IMPALER, Lady Wu the POISONER
bakeries, secret: Theodosius the GREAT
banquet, murder arranged at: Otto the BLOODY, James the GROSS
baptism,
mass: Clovis the GREAT
under duress: Erik the SAINT
barrenness (supposed): the BAKER AND THE BAKER’S WIFE
bear, strangled: Arthgal the BEAR
beards,
impressive: BARBAROSSA, Alfonso the CONQUEROR; Boleslav the CURLY, Sven FORKBEARD
punishment for sporting: Nicholas the IRON TSAR
taxation of: Peter the GREAT
beer, love of: Christopher the King of Bark
belching: Philip the Amorous
bells,
melted and poured down throats of enemies: Peter the CEREMONIOUS
ringing of: Fyodor the BELLRINGER
rung in jubilation at death: Mehmed the CONQUEROR
bigamy: Philip the AMOROUS, Joan the FAIR MAID OF KENT
bishops,
arrested: Christian the FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE
belligerent: Magnus the LAW-MENDER
burned at the stake: BLOODY MARY
massacred: Erik the MEMORABLE, Christian the TYRANT
blood,
alleged drinking of children’s: Louis the UNIVERSAL SPIDER
bathing in virgins’: Elizabeth the BLOOD COUNTESS
board games, book on: Alfonso the ASTRONOMER
bog, death in: MAGNUS BARELEGS
books,
biblical,
Job: Philaretos the MERCIFUL
Kings: Edward the JOSIAH OF ENGLAND
collecting: GOOD DUKE HUMPHREY; Akbar the GREAT, Catherine the GREAT
correcting mistakes in: Charles the GREAT
kissing of: Malcolm BIGHEAD
reprinting of banned: Philip the GODLESS REGENT
bowls, love of playing: Charles the MERRY MONARCH
bread, bark baked in: Christopher the KING OF BARK
broom: see flowers
burial, messy: QUEEN VENUS
cake: the BAKER AND THE BAKER’S WIFE, Alfred the GREAT
card games, love of playing: David the MERRY MONARCH
cardinal,
demotion from pope to: Amadeus the PACIFIC
laughed at: Christina the MIRACLE OF NATURE
cauldron, enemies boiled alive in: Vlad the IMPALER, Ivan the TERRIBLE
cavalry charge: Rupert the MAD CAVALIER
celibacy,
alleged: Henry the NAVIGATOR
vow of: Malcolm the MAIDEN
champagne: CLICQUOT
changeling, alleged: John the POSTHUMOUS, Mary the QUEEN OF TEARS, James the WARMING-PAN BABY
chastity police: Maria the MOTHER OF HER COUNTRY
chess, death while preparing to play: Ivan the TERRIBLE
clergy, corrupt: Charles the BEWITCHED
clogs, manufacture of: Philip the GOOD
cloth, magic: Waldemar the VICTORIOUS
cockfighting, love of: Haroun the JUST
coffee: Kamehameha the GREAT
coffin, sliced open: Casimir the GREAT
comb,
loss of: Aud the DEEP-MINDED
unused: Harold FAIRHAIR
cook, roasted: Wenceslas the WORTHLESS
coronation,
by self: Peter the CEREMONIOUS
indecent behaviour at: Edwy the FAIR
corpse, of another,
burned: Christian the TYRANT
despoiled: Henry the CRUEL
left unburied: Joan the MAD
torn to shreds: William the BAD
touched for good luck: Henry the PARRICIDE
translated: Peter the CRUEL
corpse, own,
burned: Henry the SCARRED
flung into bog: Harold HAREFOOT
left unburied: James the BONNY EARL
torn to shreds: Harold HAREFOOT
cricket, interest in: FARMER GEORGE, POOR FRED
croquet, love of: Charles the MERRY MONARCH
Crohn’s disease: Alfred the GREAT
cushion, as political tool: Peter the CEREMONIOUS
dancing,
see also morris dancing for joy: Albert the GREAT
love of: Peter the CRUEL, Philip the GOOD, Peter the GREAT, Mary the MERMAID, James the THISTLE
as political tool: Louis the SUN KING
dentistry, interest in: Peter the GREAT, James the THISTLE
Descartes, René: Christina the MIRACLE OF NATURE
dieting: see slimming
disguise: Haroun the JUST
as carpenter: Peter the GREAT
as cows: James the BLACK DOUGLAS
as maid: BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE
as man: Christina the MIRACLE OF NATURE
as matador: Augustus the STRONG
as monk: Augustus the STRONG
as tenant farmer: James the ILL-BELOVED
dream, inspirational: Magnus the GOOD, Osman the VICTORIOUS
dress, ridicule of: John LACKLAND
dresses, surfeit of: Elizabeth the INFAMOUS
dromedary, flight on: Zenobia the QUEEN OF THE EAST
drum, made out of own skin: John the ONE-EYED
dwarfism, alleged: Ivar the BONELESS
dwarves, as entertainment: Peter the GREAT, Suleiman the MAGNIFICENT
dung, desire to be buried in: JOHN OF YESTERYEAR
eggs, boiled: Louis the WELL-BELOVED
epitaph, morose: JOHN OF YESTERYEAR
eyes,
bulbous: Charles the AFFABLE, John the FEARLESS, James the WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM
eating: Kamehameha the GREAT
heavy-lidded: Charles the LAST MAN, NOSE ALMIGHTY
large: Napoleon the LITTLE CORPORAL
lost at different times: John the ONE-EYED
put out: Boleslav the CROOKED-MOUTHED, Henry the CRUEL, Alfonso the MONK, Basil the SLAYER OF THE BULGARS
small: Attila the SCOURGE OF GOD
face,
discoloured: James the FIERY FACE
rubbed with urine: GOOD QUEEN BESS
spotty: Merfyn the FRECKLED
farting: HENRY CURTMANTLE, Albert the GREAT
fashion,
love of: Henry CURTMANTLE, Elizabeth the INFAMOUS, Alfred the LAST OF THE DANDIES, Henry the MAN-MILLINER, William RUFUS
reform of: Peter the GREAT
feet,
large: Bertha BIGFOOT
scratched: Elizabeth the INFAMOUS
small: Robert CURTHOSE
washing of: Malcolm BIGHEAD
fingers, six on one hand: Anne the GREAT WHORE
fish, sawn in half with backbone of: Jamshid the ILLUSTRIOUS
flowers,
broom: Geoffrey PLANTAGENET
rose: Good King René
violets: Napoleon the LITTLE CORPORAL
font, urination in: Ethelred the UNREADY
footstool, used as: Bejazet the THUNDERBOLT
gambling,
love of: George the BEAU OF PRINCES, William the RAKE OF PICCADILLY, William the SAILOR KING
prohibition of: Maria the MOTHER OF HER COUNTRY
gardening, enjoyment of: Albert the ASTROLOGER
garlic: Henry the GREAT
ghost: Henry BOLINGBROKE
goat, used in torture: Vlad the IMPALER
God, proclaimed oneself as: see self-deification
greengage: Claude the HANDSOME QUEEN
hair,
alarming: Harold FAIRHAIR
braided: Albert the ASTROLOGER
locks of, cherished: BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE
luxuriant: Wilfrid the SHAGGY
ripped out: Edward the HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
Halley’s Comet: Louis the PIOUS
handkerchief, invention of: Richard the COXCOMB
hats, design of: Henry the MAN-MILLINER
head,
banging on floor: Ivan the TERRIBLE
embalmed and buried in casket: QUEEN VENUS
large: Malcolm BIGHEAD, John the FEARLESS, Attila the SCOURGE OF GOD
pear-shaped: William the SAILOR KING
sent as present: Abdul the DAMNED
stuck on pole: the BAKER AND THE BAKER’S WIFE, Thomas the HAMMER OF THE MONKS, Hereward the WAKE
heart (human), ripped out: Peter the CRUEL
heart (of lion), ripped out: Rich
ard the LIONHEART
heraldry: Arthgal the BEAR, Richard CROOKBACK, Louis the SUN KING
homosexuality, alleged: the BAKER AND THE BAKER’S WIFE, Edward CARNARVON, QUEEN DICK
horse,
addressed in German: Charles the HARLEQUIN
appearance likened to: Anne the MARE OF FLANDERS
buckled under weight: Louis the FAT
hurtled off cliff: Alexander the GLORIOUS
kicked by: JOHN OF YESTERYEAR
made to weep: Suleiman the MAGNIFICENT
sexually prolific: Charles the MERRY MONARCH
horse racing, love of: Charles the MERRY MONARCH, William the RAKE OF PICCADILLY
hot chocolate, love of: BRANDY NAN
incest: Sophia Charlotte the ELEPHANT
inconsequence: Hugh the DULL
insanity: George the BEAU OF PRINCES, Charles the BEWITCHED, FARMER GEORGE, Isabella the GREAT SOW, Joan the MAD, Otto the MAD, Rudolph the PRINCE OF ALCHEMY, Erik the ROMANTIC, Charles the SILLY
jaw, misshapen: Charles the HARLEQUIN
jester, court: Francis the FATHER OF LETTERS
jokes: John the SCOT; see also practical
jokes kilt, love of wearing: Magnus BARELEGS
kite-flying, love of: FARMER GEORGE
learning difficulties: Fyodor the BELLRINGER, Charles the BEWITCHED
lechery: Francis the FATHER OF LETTERS, Henry the GREAT, William the RAKE OF PICCADILLY
legs,
bowed: Henry CURTMANTLE
long: Edward the HAMMER OF THE SCOTS
spindly: Fyodor the BELLRINGER
weak: James the WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM
leprosy: Baldwin the LEPER, Louis the SAINT
lice, bed infested with: Albert the GREAT
limp, pronounced: Claude the HANDSOME QUEEN
love letter, composed in battle: Henry the GREAT
luck, Manuel the FORTUNATE
lack of: Philip the LUCKY, Arnulf the UNFORTUNATE
mannerism, irritating: George EST-IL-POSSIBLE?, John the SILLY DUKE
marriage,
aversion to concept of: Christina the MIRACLE OF NATURE
secret: George the BEAU OF PRINCES, Peter the CRUEL
secret (alleged): Victoria the WIDOW OF WINDSOR
unconsummated: BLUFF KING HAL, Edward the CONFESSOR, Anne the MARE OF FLANDERS
maze, imprisonment in: FAIR ROSAMUND
memorials, makeshift: Diana the PEOPLE’S PRINCESS
memory, phenomenal: Napoleon the LITTLE CORPORAL
metalwork: the BAKER AND THE BAKER’S WIFE, Philip the GOOD, Peter the GREAT
milk, bathing in: William the RAKE OF PICCADILLY
milkmaid, generosity to: John the GOOD
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