reference to Charles's physical size, but the nickname has stuck and is the common name in most modern European languages (French Charles le Gros, German Karl...

Henri le Gros, Spanish: Enrique el Gordo) (c. 1244 – 22 July 1274) was King of Navarre (as Henry I) and Count of Champagne and Brie (as Henry III) from...

Guy Foulques) and also known as Guy le Gros (French for "Guy the Fat"; Italian: Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), archbishop of Narbonne...

Charles III, Holy Roman Emperor (French: Charles le Gros) Conan III, Duke of Brittany (French: Conan III le Gros) Henry I of Cyprus (French: Henri le...

Pierre Le Gros (12 April 1666 Paris – 3 May 1719 Rome) was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome where he was the pre-eminent sculptor...

Francia Pope Clement IV (1190–1268), known as "Guy le Gros" (French for "Guy the Fat") Conan III, Duke of Brittany (c. 1093 to 1096–1148) Donough O'Brien...

VI (late 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (French: le Gros) or the Fighter (French: le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Like...

Gerhard (1997), Pierre le Gros, 1666-1719, Si Vede, p. 47, ISBN 0-9529925-0-7 (in German) Bissell, Gerhard (1997), Pierre le Gros, 1666-1719, Si Vede, pp...

Joséphine favored and commissioned more often than others, Antoine-Jean Gros. Gros, upon hearing that Joséphine would be visiting Genoa, worked to get an...

Old Summer Palace in Beijing in October 1860. Also in 1856, Napoleon III sent Charles de Montigny on an embassy to King Mongkut of the Rattanakosin Kingdom...