Fame, I wanna live forever.

[davywavy]

Monarchs throughout history have been accorded honorifics, sometimes posthumously, sometimes not, to reflect their acheivements in life. So we have Richard the Lion-Hearted, Catherine the Great, or Erik Bloodaxe. If I were a Monarch, I've always hoped that an honorific like "David the Magnificent", "David the Wise" or possibly "Black David the Terrible" might be added to my name to indicate my glorious rule.
Sadly I suspect that I'd end up as "David the Surly" or somesuch.

But that's my question to you lot: if you were a Monarch, what would your honorific be? And why?

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[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Emperor Vincent the Discordant, Lord of These United States, Protector of Mexico, Defender of Canada, and Keeper of the Wholly Apple.

Since, after all, you have Kings and Queens, but the US has Emperors.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Ah, mad Emperor Norton. He and I used to go out conquerin' together, you know.

[hiromasaki.livejournal.com]

Really? You must tell me about it sometime.

I love how he's pretty much responsible for opening diplomatic ties with Hawaii, to the point that they wouldn't even talk to the State Dept. until after his death. I guess soverignity is all in how many people you can get to follow you, eh?