Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 2 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Ptolemy V., Epiphanes, of Egypt (B.C. 210, 205-181).

King (surnamed the Infant), Ludwig IV. of Germany (893, 900-911).

Otto III. of Germany (980, 983-1002).

King (surnamed Ironside), Edmund II. of England (989, 1016-1017).

Frederick II., elector of Brandenburg was called “Iron Tooth” (1657, 1688-1713).

Nicholas of Russia was called “The Iron Emperor” (1796, 1826-1852).

King (surnamed the Just), Baharam of Persia (276-296).

Casimir II. of Poland (1117, 1177-1194).

Ferdinand I. of Aragon (1373, 1412-1416).

Haroun-al-Raschid (765, 786-808).