Power can ruin a person.
History, as we know, repeats. And the authorities with enviable regularity are people “crazy”. We present you the most insane rulers in history — from king George to Caligula.
The Emperor Justin II
The Byzantine Emperor Justin (ruled from 565 to 576) started to go crazy at the end of his reign. It had to be brought to the Palace in a wheelchair, while he rushed to the servants and, according to rumors, several of them even ate.
Ibrahim, ruler of the Ottoman Empire
It is known that the Ottoman Sultan was obsessed with corpulent the ladies, and was ordered to seek out the largest, which only could find. He ordered to drown in the ocean 280 of his concubines when she found out that they slept with other men. In addition, he used to feed coins to fish in the pond near the Palace.
Charles VI the Mad, king of France
Before losing reason, he was known as Charles the Beloved, and only later became Charles the Mad. Somehow Carl executed his knights just because of the fact that one of them dropped a spear. The king refused to swim and for a long time believed himself made of glass.
Eric XIV, Swedish
Known for his paranoia, he could execute people just because they laughed in his presence. For a time he believed himself to be his own brother. In the end, he was poisoned.
Princess Alexandra Amalie, The Bavarian
For some reason she was convinced that a child swallowed a glass piano. She also had an obsession with cleanliness, and she wore only white.
Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria
Conceived of an incestuous Emperor suffered from epilepsy, encephalitis, and talked little. Tell me what his favorite words were, “I am the Emperor and I want pudding!”
Zhu HOJO (zhengde’s), Chinese Emperor
The Chinese Emperor in the early 16th century, known for having organized in the garden of the game “for fun”, which was forced to take part in all the court.
Farouk I, king of Egypt
The last ruling king Farouk of Egypt was called “a stomach with a head” when his weight passed for 136 kg. However, what was really weird is his kleptomania. Once he even stole a watch from Winston Churchill. But most of all he is “famous” for that one shot all the lions in the zoo because of his nightmares.
Friedrich Wilhelm I, king of Prussia
Famous for their attachment to the military, Friedrich was obsessed with the idea of creating the largest military formation. By “largest” means a formation, “consisting of people of unusually high growth.” There is evidence that he even forced tall men and women to enter the connection to get tall offspring.
Qin Shi di, the Chinese Emperor
This ruler was so afraid of assassination that never slept in the same place twice. And he was afraid not only people, but also, apparently, giant sea monsters.
Juana I, Queen of Spain
Queen Juana, known as Juana the Mad, she was afraid of her husband’s infidelity. So much so that even after his death, did not allow any woman, including nuns, to come closer to his body.
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Was extremely shy and showed little interest in government. Instead, he preferred to build fairytale castles.
Ivan IV
Known as Ivan the terrible, he early experienced a severe shock in the loss of his parents and humiliation from the authorities. At the age of 14 years the king came to power in Russia, and then fed Parliament the dogs. He didn’t stop there and continued to kill and torture many others.
Maria Eleonora Of Brandenburg
The Queen desperately wanted a son that was crazy, when I finally gave birth to a daughter. Although the king was happy about the birth of his daughter, Maria tried many times to kill her. The daughter miraculously managed to survive.
Fyodor I Ivanovich, Russian Tsar
Also known as Feodor the bell Ringer. After the death of his two year old daughter, he began to wander all over Russia, ringing every Church bell that came his way.
Mary I, Queen of Portugal
After the death of her husband, son, and daughter, Maria was distraught. She could scream until late at night and liked to wear baby clothes.
Otto I (king of Bavaria)
This monarch was to succeed to the throne of his useless brother Ludwig II, and was even worse since he was suffering from stuttering and broke everything, wherever you go. The latest theories say that the rumors about the crazy brothers have been greatly exaggerated to make them easier to overthrow the throne.
Christian VII, king of Denmark
Though officially the king was Christian, the country was ruled by his advisors. He was mentally ill, suffering from paranoia, has caused injury to themselves, and were extremely promiscuous with women.
Charles II, king of Spain
Born of horrible incest, Carlos II, from birth suffered from such severe deformities that could not even close his mouth to chew. Although he had to be king his mother had to rule in his stead. All his life he believed that he was cursed.
Avons VI, king of Portugal
Because of illness, postponed in the early years, this monarch was left partially paralyzed on the left side. When he grew up, became famous as a crazy Portuguese king-the glutton and, like many other kings in this list have been in prison. There were rumors that the place where he had a long stamped, there was a pothole.
Charles IX, king of France
It was called the little King. He was prone to fits of rage and sadism, though and was known as a Mama’s boy.
Henry VI, king of England
The Governor suffered such a strong bipolar disorder that his wife had to take over the reins. Henry often fell into a long breakdown and completely ceased to realize what was happening around him.
George III, king of great Britain
Known as one of the craziest rulers in history George probably owe the movies about him were shot. Like Charles IX, he also was behind bars and his only legacy, in addition to the mental disorder, was the loss of the American colonies.
Caligula, Roman Emperor
Undoubtedly, the mad ruler of all times and peoples. It is said that once he ordered the execution of an entire family. It started with husband and wife, and then took up the children, until they reached the youngest, 12-year-old girl. Poor thing was crying and angry crowd begged her to spare, because she was a virgin. With a smile he ordered the executioner to rape her, and then kill.
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