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Quick question in history how many and who managed to win the title "The Great" I know of two Alexander and Constantine.
and if their not to well known what they did

Just to rattle off a few...

Peter the Great of Russia;
Catherine the Great, also of Russia;
Friedrich the Great, of Prussia;
I believe a couple French kings were named "The Great", not including the original French king, Charlemagne (or Charles the Great.)

Check Wikipedia; they have a huge list.

Otto the Great-First Holy Roman Emperor

Gustavus II Adolphus

Kalle

Alfred the Great - The only English King to do so.

Pompey, I think, although that was more sycophantic stuff than most.

Peter russian Car
Casimirusz king of Poland
Ivan russian Car
Kathrine russian Car (actually 50% of their rules has title "the great" - in my opinion withouth consideration

One gets the impression that hundreds of rulers throughout history have seen fit to refer to themselves as "the Great", the real question is how many are remembered by posterity in that way, and how many truly deserved the title?

I seem to recall being told that "Genghis Khan" (or whatever the correct spelling is) translates as "The Great Khan", but don't quote me on that because I know so little about the Mongols it's not funny. :sweatdrop:

Antagonist

Some not as yet mentioned:

Cyrus the Great
St. Gregory the Great (Pope Gregory I)
Constantine the Great

King Malcolm III of Scots received the title "Canmore", meaning "Great Leader"
He is usually called Malcolm Canmore or Malcolm III Canmore

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Originally Posted by Antagonist

I seem to recall being told that "Genghis Khan" (or whatever the correct spelling is) translates as "The Great Khan", but don't quote me on that because I know so little about the Mongols it's not funny. :sweatdrop:

Antagonist

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From my memory Ghengis Khan means king of kings, and well If you have control of all Mongolian tribes you are a king of kings

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Originally Posted by Antagonist

I seem to recall being told that "Genghis Khan" (or whatever the correct spelling is) translates as "The Great Khan", but don't quote me on that because I know so little about the Mongols it's not funny. :sweatdrop:

Antagonist

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In "Mongolian2German2English" translation i ' d come up with "Khan of Khans" or as you said "The Great Khan", but nobody is actually able to say what it reallyreallyreally ment....:inquisitive: :inquisitive: :inquisitive: :embarassed:

That's a problem with a lot of language translations. We call the rulers of the Rus either great princes or grand princes or grand dukes; but in reality, Великий князь,which is usually transliterated as velikiy knyaz, has no direct translation into English. Grand duke and the rest are just approximations of a title which is more akin to king than to prince, and yet not quite either.

There was a woman too: Katharina die Große (that is the German name for her. Although she was Russian csar, she was born as a German princess)

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Casimirusz king of Poland


Actually

either Kazimierz Wielki ( the Great) or Casimir would be much better.

He was the only Polish king to acquire the title, no wonder he consolidated the country after the feudal partition, signed some important treaties, founded numerous cities, build several castles and conquered Volhynia starting the great expansion of Poland towards the East.

Regards Cegorach :book: