# "The Great," "The Lionhearted," "The Terrible," and "The Conqueror", etc.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461 "2005-03-20T20:09:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461/41 "2005-03-22T03:16:24Z")

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If you’re interested in dubbing your own cognomens, visit the “[Modern day cognomens](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5973519#post5973519)” thread.

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**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461/42 "2005-03-22T04:17:38Z")

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> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#):
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> I think this is a fine tradition that deserves reviving. How 'bout these for starters?
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> Bush the Benighted  
> Rush the Unread  
> Stern the Stentorious  
> Clinton the Carpetbagger  
> Whoopi the Whiney  
> Rosseanne the Rude  
> Michael the Maladjusted

Kerry the Conquered  
Keanu the Talentless  
Blair the Besmirched  
Ayn the Abomination  
Richard the Flagrantly Homosexual

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461/43 "2005-03-22T15:18:51Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> I’m particularly fond of his father, Duke Robert I, aka **Robert the Magnificient** AND **Robert the Devil**. Talk about your contradictions ;).

And wasn’t he also known as **Robert the Weasel** or was that his father?

> [@Yllaria](#):
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> RS&CRW (Read somewhere and can’t remember where) that Richard III was not called ‘Lionheart’ in his lifetime, but rather Mr. Yes and No (in French). Apparently he liked to keep his options open long after his staff and allies would have preferred a concrete decision.
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> Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I don’t know the answer, but I believe you’re talking about Richard **I** , not Richard **III**

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461/44 "2005-03-22T17:51:55Z")

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> [@acsenray](#):
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> And wasn’t he also known as **Robert the Weasel** or was that his father?

Different Norman duke. That was Robert _Guiscard_ ( “weasel” ) de Hauteville, eventual duke of Apulia and Calabria by conquest in south Italy.

- Tamerlane

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-the-lionhearted-the-terrible-and-the-conqueror-etc/295461/45 "2005-03-22T19:45:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I believe you’re talking about Richard I, not Richard III

:smack: yes - that would be him.

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