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An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...
the Handsome may refer to:
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Demetrius the Fair (c. 285 BC–249 BC), King of Cyrene
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Ferdinand I of Portugal
Ferdinand I ( pt, Fernando; 31 October 1345 – 22 October 1383), sometimes called the Handsome () or occasionally the Inconstant (), was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. His death led to the 1383–85 crisis, also k ...
(1345–1383), King of Portugal and the Algarve
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Frederick the Fair (c. 1289–1330), King of Germany and Duke of Austria and Styria
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Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome, the Fair (french: link=no, le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the count of Anjou, Count of Tours, Touraine and Count of Maine, Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Nor ...
(1113–1151), Duke of Normandy
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Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480–1504)
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Philip I of Castile (1478–1506), first Habsburg King of Castile
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Radu the Handsome (1435–1475), Prince of Wallachia and younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (better known as Vlad the Impaler)
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Ara the Handsome
Ara the Handsome ( hy, Արա Գեղեցիկ ''Ara Gełec‘ik'') is a semi-legendary Armenian hero and king. Ara is notable in Armenian literature for the popular legend in which he was so handsome that the Assyrian queen Semiramis waged war agai ...
, legendary Armenian hero
See also
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List of people known as the Beautiful
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List of people known as the Fair
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Lists of people by epithet