Any crazy monarchs that you can think of?
Nero, Qin Shi Huangti, Catherine the Great, just to name some.
and also explain why they were considered "crazy"
"Craziest" Monarch gets 10 points!
Thanks Kindly
2007-08-25 13:00:08 · 9 answers · asked by Tom 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
I wouldn't put Catherine the Great in the "mad" category! Sometimes rumour is more interesting than fact...
Here is a site that gives you a lot about the crazy European monarchs:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/madmon.htm
It includes:
Juana the Mad, Katherine of Aragon's sister, who was rumoured to have embraced her beloved husband even after his death.
George III of England, who went mad in his later years due to a disease called Porphyria. He ended his life blind, deaf and mad at Windsor Castle.
Ivan the Terrible of Russia, who killed his own son. There's a painting of the deed by Repin, which is quite terrible:
http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/repin2sm.jpg
One of the most tragic is Carlos II of Spain. Due to inbreeding, he was so misshapen that he could hardly walk or eat.
2007-08-25 13:32:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
King John of England. He had a habit of stuffing the floor rushes into his mouth when he was angry. (His father Henry II did the same thing). When the thought his wife was cheating on him, he tortured and murdered the the supposed lover and suspended his body over her bed. He took about 40 noble Welsh children as hostages and had them all executed, including a blood relative. He completely alienated the nobles but making them acquiese to his every demand, no matter how rediculous. (he would often pick out noblemen's wives from dinners and publically insist they got o bed with him that night) He essentially told the Pope to piss off, leading to an interdiction (the whole country being in a state of excommunication).
2007-08-26 14:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many, because royal families tend to inbreed.
George III is my favorite mad Monarch. Sadly, he was somewhat of a joke with his people, and still is. He has been fictionalized a number of times in fun and interesting ways. In the fantasy book Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, his madness enables him to see into other worlds. In the British comedy show Blackadder, he declares himself to a be a cottage in Sussett with a beautiful view and expresses his desire for his son to be wed to a rosebush.
2007-08-26 00:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by Pip 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Charles VI, called Charles the mad, ruled France from 1380 to 1415. At stages, he believed that he was made of glass and inserted iron rods into his clothing to prevent him from breaking. We European love this one lol
The United States briefly enjoyed the services of a monarch, Emperor Norton I, who proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859. He had all his "state proclamations" published in San Francisco's newspapers and wrote letters that were seriously considered by Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria.
2007-08-25 20:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
IVAN THE TERRIBLE WAS NUTS - HE KILLED MORE RUSSIANS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT, YET HIS PEOPLE COULDN'T SEEM TO LIVE WITHOUT HIM.
PETER THE GREAT WAS, WELL, GREAT! HE BROUGHT RUSSIA INTO THE MODERN WORLD, ESTABLISHED A MODERN NAVY, SAVED THE LAND FROM SWEDISH INVASION, ETC., ETC... BUT HE DID SOME CRAZY STUFF - CHIEF AMONG HIS CRAZY ACTS WAS THE MURDER OF HIS OWN SON.
2007-08-28 05:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by GENE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria. Check out this
website:
http://www.german-way.com/ludwig.html
He was declared legally insane.
2007-08-26 10:21:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I once heard that Zar Pjotr the Third had a rat executed, but I forget what for.
2007-08-26 05:36:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Henry the 8th.
2007-08-27 16:09:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry VIII was a bit off.
2007-08-25 20:34:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋