The epithet the Short applies to the following: *

Dionysius Exiguus Dionysius Exiguus (Latin for "Dionysius the Humble", Greek: Διονύσιος; – ) was a 6th-century Eastern Roman monk born in Scythia Minor. He was a member of a community of Scythian monks concentrated in Tomis (present day Constanța ...

(), a monk, inventor of the Anno Domini era *

Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, nicknamed ''Otto the Short'' ( – 1303 in Lehnin) was a member of the House of Ascania and co-ruler of Margraviate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg. He was a son of Margrave Otto III, Margrave of Brand ...

(1303), member of the House of Ascania and co-ruler of Brandenburg * Pepin the Short (768), first King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel *

Władysław I Łokietek Władysław I Łokietek, in English known as the "Elbow-high" or Ladislaus the Short (c. 1260/12 March 1333), was King of Poland from 1320 to 1333, and duke of several of the provinces and principalities in the preceding years. He was a member of ...

(1261 – 1333), King of Poland, also called "the Elbow-high"

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