Cosmo de Medici (1389-1464).
Andrea Dorea; called so on his statue at Genoa (1468-1560).
Androni´cus Palæol´ogus assumed the title (1260-1332).
George Washington, “Defender and Paternal Counseller of the American States” (1732-1799).
Father of the People.
Louis XII. of France (1462, 1498-1515).
Henri IV. of France, “The Father and Friend of the People” (1553, 1589-1610).
Louis XVIII. of France (1755, 1814-1824).
Gabriel du Pineau, a French lawyer, (1573-1644).
Christian III. of Denmark (1502, 1534-1559).