Just before the Fourth Crusade, a usurper named John Comnenus known by this epithet launched a coup against Alexios III in Constantinople.
Just before the Fourth Crusade, a usurper named John Comnenus known by this epithet launched a coup against Alexios III in Constantinople. This epithet was shared by King Henry I of Cyprus, who ruled during the War of the Lombards with Frederick II starting in 1217 AD. A Portuguese king with this epithet held the throne during the Battle of Navas de Tolosa and was known as Afonso II. Another king with this epithet supported William Clito's bid to become Count of Flanders, but was defeated at Bremule. Another king with this epithet commissioned the writings of Notker the Stammerer. That first ruler with this nickname had his biography written by the Abbot Suger, while the second ruler was a brother of Carloman and Louis the Younger who very nearly reunited the empire of Charlemagne in 886 AD. FTP, name this epithet applied to Louis VI of France and the late Carolingian king Charles III. 
Just before the Fourth Crusade, a usurper named John Comnenus known by this epithet launched a coup against Alexios III in Constantinople.
The Fat [or Le Gros or El Gordo]