Alexander

Alexander is a male forename. It derives from thew Greek adjective Ἀλέξανδρος, 'defender of men', sometimes applied to the goddess Hera, and later to the legendary hero Paris. It has various forms: Alexandre in French; Alessandro or Sandro in Italian; Alysaundre in medieval French, and its earliest form in English; Alasdair in Gaelic.

Popes:

Alexander I, St, (c. 109–c. 116) The fifth or sixth pope after St Peter.

Alexander II (1061–73). Original name Anselm.

Alexander III (1159–81). Originally Orlando (Roland) Bandinelli.

Alexander IV (1254–61). Rinaldo, son of Philip count of Ienne.

Alexander V (1409–10). Pietro Philarghi (a Greek, formerly Peter of Candia, or Crete).

Alexander VI (1492–1503). A Spaniard christened Rodrigo de Borja y Borja, perhaps better known by its Italian equivalent Borgia. Notorious as a licentious Pope,m father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, amongst at least nine children.

Alexander VII (1655–67)

Alexander VIII (1689–91)