An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.
Un ávido cazador, obtivo o sobrenome "o Paxareiro" porque se di que estaba a fixar as súas redes de caza de aves cando os mensaxeiros chegaron a informalo de que ía ser rei.