List of people known as the Great

This is a list of people known as the Great, or the equivalent, in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes, such as Persian and Hindustani .

In Persia, the title "the Great" at first seems to have been a colloquial version of the Old Persian title "Great King" (King of Kings, Shahanshah). It was first used by Cyrus II of Persia.In a clay cylinder (online). The first Persian ruler to use the title in an Iranian context was Darius I of Persia (Darius the Great), in the Behistun Inscription (online). The title was inherited by Alexander III when he conquered the Persian Empire, and the epithet eventually became personally associated with him. The first reference to this is in a comedy by Plautus,Plautus, Mostellaria 775. in which it is assumed that everyone knew who "Alexander the Great" was; however, there is no evidence that he was called "the Great" before this. The early Seleucid kings, who succeeded Alexander in Persia, used "Great King" in local documents, but the title was most notably used for Antiochus III. Once the term gained currency, it was broadened to include persons in other fields, such as the philosopher Albertus.

Later rulers and commanders were given the epithet during their lifetime, for example, the Roman general Pompey. Others received the title posthumously, such as the Indian emperor Ashoka. As there are no objective criteria for "greatness", the persistence of the designation varies greatly. For example, Louis XIV of France was often referred to as "the Great" in his lifetime, but is rarely called such nowadays, later writers preferring his more specific epithet "the Sun King". German Emperor Wilhelm I was often called "the Great" in the time of his grandson Wilhelm II, but rarely before or after.

Monarchs

NameDescriptionDates Abdullah Khan II Khan of Shaybanids – Abbas I Shah of Iran – Abgar VIII King of Osroene – Akbar Emperor of Mughal – Alan I Duke of Brittany – Alexander I King of Georgia – Alexander III King of Macedon – Alfonso III King of León, Galicia and Asturias – Alfred King of Wessex – Amenhotep III Pharaoh of Egypt – or – AliKing of Songhai – Antiochus III King of the Seleucid Empire – Ashoka Emperor of Maurya – Ashot I King of Armenia – Ashot I King of Iberia – or Aslanbech II Grand Prince of Kabardia 1737–1746 Bagrat V King of Georgia – Berengaria Queen of Castile and Toledo – Bhillama I King of Seuna – Bolesław I King of Poland – Borommaracha IV King of Thonburi – Casimir III King of Poland – Catherine II Empress of Russia – Charles I King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans – Chʼeen IIKing of Kaan – Cnut King of England, Denmark and Norway – Constantine I Emperor of Rome – Cyrus II Shahanshah of the Achaemenid Empire – Darius I Shahanshah of the Achaemenid Empire – Eucratides I King of Bactria and Yavana – Ewuare I King of Benin – Farrukhan Chief of Tabaristan – Ferdinand I King of León and Count of Castile – Frederick II King of Prussia – Gustav II King of Sweden – Gwanggaeto King of Goguryeo – Gwrgan King of Ergyng – Henry IV King of France and Navarre – Herod I King of Judea – or – Hugh Co-king of France – Hugh III King of Cyprus and Jerusalem – Inal Supreme Prince of Circassia – Ivan III Grand Prince of Moscow and All-Russia – Iyasu I Emperor of Ethiopia – John II King of Aragon and Navarre – Justinian I Emperor of Eastern Rome – Kamehameha I King of Hawaii – Kanishka I Emperor of Kushan – Krešimir II King of Croatia – Kvirike III King of Kakheti-Hereti – Leo I Emperor of Eastern Rome – Llywelyn King of Gwynedd – Louis I King of Hungary, Croatia, and Poland – Louis XIV King of France and Navarre – Misost II Grand Prince of Kabardia – Mardavij King of the Ziyarids – Marianus IV Judge of Arborea – Nowé, 174. Miloš I Prince of Serbia 1817 – 1839, – Mithridates I King of the Parthian Empire – Mithridates II King of the Parthian Empire – Mithridates VI Eupator King of Pontus – Mstislav I Grand Prince of Kiev – Mubarak Sheikh of Kuwait – Muhammad IKing of Songhai – Nebuchadnezzar II King of Babylon – , p. 41 Otto I Emperor of the Romans – Pakal I King of Palenque – Parakramabahu I King of Polonnaruwa – Peter I Emperor of Russia – Peter III King of Aragon and Sicily – Pharasmanes I King of Iberia – Radama I King of Madagascar – Radu IV Prince of Wallachia – Rajendra I Emperor of Chola – Rama I King of Siam – Rama IV King of Siam – Rama IX King of Thailand – Rama V King of Siam – Ramathibodi III King of Ayutthaya – Ramesses II Pharaoh of Egypt – Ramkhamhaeng King of Sukhothai – Reza Shah of Iran – Rhodri King of Gwynedd – Roman Grand Prince of Kiev – Sancho III King of Navarre – Sanphet II King of Ayutthaya – Sargon King of Akkad – Sejong King of Joseon – Shahi Sultan of Kashmir – , – Shapur II Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire – Simeon I Emperor of Bulgaria – Simon I King of Kartli – , – Solomon I King of Imereti – , – Stefan Uroš I King of Serbia – Stephen III Prince of Moldavia – Svatopluk I King of Moravia – Tamar Queen of Georgia – Theodoric King of the Ostrogoths, Regent of the Visigoths and Viceroy of Byzantine – Theodosius I Emperor of Rome – Thoros II Lord of Cilicia or – Thutmose III Pharaoh of Egypt – Tigranes II Emperor of Armenia – Tiridates III King of Armenia – Valdemar I King of Denmark – Valentinian I Emperor of Rome – Vigraharaja IV King of Chauhan – Vladimir I Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev – Vytautas Grand Duke of Lithuania – Wilhelm I Emperor of Germany – Xerxes I Shahanshah of the Achaemenid Empire – Zayed Sheikh of Abu Dhabi – Qizbech Prince of Besleney

Aristocrats

NameDescriptionDates Alain I Lord of Albret – Amadeus V Count of Savoy – Arnulf I Count of Flanders – Atenulf I Prince of Capua ? – Barnim III Duke of Stettin Pomerania – Bogislaw X Duke of Pomerania – Bogusław V Duke of Wolgast and Słupsk – Bruno Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia – Charles Emmanuel I Duke of Savoy – Charles III Duke of Lotharingia – Conrad I Margrave of Meissen – David III Prince of Tao – Frederick II Duke of Legnica, Brzeg, Wołów, Głogów, and Ziębice – Frederick William Duke of Prussia – Gerhard III Count of Holstein-Rendsburg – Gero I Ruler of Gero – Thompson, 486. Also see Lexikon des Mittelalters. Godfrey I Count of Brussels and Leuven, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Langrave of Brabant – Gothelo IDuke of Lotharingia, Count of Verdun, and Margrave of Antwerp – Gurgen II Prince of Tao – Hanno I Carthaginian politician and military leader 4th century BC Hanno II Carthaginian aristocrat, general, and politician 3rd century BC Hanno III Carthaginian politician 2nd century BC Picard, Life and Death of Carthage (1968), at 264, 286.Cf., Warmington, Carthage (1960, 1964), at 119. Henry I Duke of Burgundy – Henry V Count of Luxembourg – Hugh Count of Paris and Duke of the Franks – Pierre Riché, The Carolingians; A Family who Forged Europe, Trans. Michael Idomir Allen (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1993), pp.250–1 Hugh Count of Vermandois – Hugh Margrave of Tuscany or – Humphrey I Baron of Trowbridge ? – Intef Nomarch of Thebes ? – Matthew II Lord of Montmorency – Maximilian I Duke of Bavaria – Milo I Lord of Montlhéry – Odo Duke of Aquitaine ? – Melville M. Bigelow, "The Bohun Wills," American Historical Review, 1:3 (1896), 415. Ralph IV Count of Valois, Bar-sur-Aube, Vexin, Vitry, Amiens, Montdidier and Tardenois – Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona, Provence, and various other counties – Robert I Count of Dreux – Roger Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel ? – Roger Bernard II Count of Foix – Roger II Count of Sicily – Świętopełk II Duke of Pomerania ? – Theobald II Count of Champagne and Brie – William I Count of Burgundy and Mâcon – William V Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou –

Military NameDescriptionDates Afonso Portuguese general, statesman and empire builder – Melias Byzantine general of Armenian origin – The name comes from Arabic malīh meaning "beautiful", "fine". Melias is probably the Malikh al-Armani of Arab chroniclers. Pompey Military and political leader of Rome – Jm Prokop Hussite general in Bohemia –

Religious figures

Christian

NameDescriptionDates Abraham Monk and saint of the Church of the East – Albertus Medieval German philosopher and theologian or – Anthony Early Christian saint of Egypt – Arsenius Roman anchorite saint in Egypt – Athanasius Early Christian saint and bishop of Alexandria – Babai Assyrian church leader – Basil Greek bishop and theologian – Bowersock et al. (1999), p.336 Bertin Frankish Abbot of a namesake monastery – Dioscorus I Coptic Orthodox Church pope ? – Euthymius Abbot and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint – Gertrude German Benedictine, mystic, theologian and Roman Catholic saint – Gregory I Catholic pope – Gregory had come to be known as 'the Great' by the late ninth century, a title which is still applied to him. See John Moorhead, Gregory the Great, (Routledge, 2005), p1 Hilarion Ancient Roman anchorite and Orthodox and Catholic saint – Hugh Abbot of Cluny – Isaac Armenian Catholicos – JamesIn this case James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James the Lesser, with greater meaning older or taller, rather than more important. One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus – Joannicius Byzantine hermit, theologian and saint – Leo I Catholic pope or – Macarius Egyptian hermit – Michael Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church – Wright, A short history of Syriac literature, p.250, n.4, referencing Bar Hebraeus, Chron. Eccles., vol. 1, 537. Nerses I Armenian Catholicos ? – Nicholas I Catholic pope – Will Durant. The Age of Faith. New York, New York, USA: Simon and Schuster, 1972. Chapter 21: Christianity in Conflict, p. 517-51 Photios I Eastern Orthodox saint and Patriarch of Constantinople – Shenoute Oriental Orthodox saint and abbot of the White Monastery – Sisoes An early desert father, a solitary monk pursuing asceticism in the Egyptian desert in a cave of Anthony the Great ? – William Founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites ? –

Jewish

NameDescriptionDates Aharon I Hasidic rabbi – Eliezer Rabbi in Judea 1st century Pirkei Avot 2:8; Avot of Rabbi Natan 6:3Avot of Rabbi Natan 14:5 Hiyya Rabbi in Judea –

Legendary and mythological figures NameDescription Ajax Greek hero in the Iliad Beli In medieval Welsh mythology and literature Delamarre, Xavier. Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Editions Errance, Paris, 2003, pp. 70–72. Belinus Legendary king of the Britons Fergus Semi-mythical king of Dál Riata Gradlon Semi-mythical king of Cornouaille Hayk Legendary founder and patriarch of the Armenian nation PhromLegendary king of Yonok Yu Legendary king of Xia Wang Quangen , (1993). Huaxia Quming Yishu . (Taipei: Zhishu-fang Chuban Jituan ), 42.Siam Qi. Records of the Grand Historian. Translated by William H. Nienhauser as The Grand Scribe's Records: The Basic Annals of Antiquity. Indiana University Press, 1994.

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