Crazy Monarchs

 

intersting site

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmon.htm

 

Crazy Caesars of Rome

• Gaius "Caligula" of Rome (12-31)   the schizophrenic Emperor with the bad temper.
• Nero of Rome (37-68)   the Emperor with the mother-complex.  
• Domitian of Rome (51-96)   the Emperor who tortured flies.
• Elagabalus "The Sun-God" of Rome (204-222)   the narcissistic High Priest of Baal.

    Deranged Dukes of Italy

• Pope Urban VI (�1318-1389)   the Pope who murdered his own cardinals. New!
• Gian Gastone de' Medici of Tuskany (1671-1737)   the Grand Duke who refused to leave his bed.
• Isabella of Parma (1741-1763)   a lovely Princess preoccupied with death.

     Kinky Kings of Spain

• Juana the Mad of Castile (1479-1555)   the Queen who caressed her husband's remains.
• Don Carlos of Spain (1545-1568)   the Crown Prince who liked to beat up girls.
• Carlos II "The Bewitched" of Spain (1661-1700)   the degenerated monstrosity on the throne.
• Philip V "El Rey Animoso" of Spain (1683-1746)   the King torn between desire and guilt.
• Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713-1759)   the King who brought peace to his people but not to his mind.

     Raving Royals of Great Britain

• Robert III Stuart of Scotland (1337-1406)   the King who left his son on a tiny, rocky island.
  
• "Mad King" George III of Great-Britain (1738-1820),   the King in the strait-jacket.
  

     Foolish F�rsts of Germany

• Anna of Saxony (1544-1577)   the moody Princess of Orange-Nassau.
• Maria Eleonore of Brandenburg (1599-1655)   the Swedish Queen with the post-natal depression.
• Frederick William I of Prussia (1688-1740)   the eccentric King who collected tall soldiers.
• Ludwig II "The Swan King" of Bavaria (1845-1886)   the recluse who built fairy-tale castles.
  Part I: Ludwig's Youth.

       Erratic Emperors of Austria

• Rudolf II of Austria (1552-1612)   the enlightened Emperor with dark moods.
• Ferdinand of Austria (1793-1875)   the Emperor who wanted noodles.  

       Melancholic Majesties of Portugal

• Isabel of Portugal (1428-1496)   the Queen who introduced madness into the Spanish Royal Family.
• Barbara of Portugal (1711-1758),   the Spanish Queen who was afraid to die in poverty.
  See: Ferdinand VI of Spain.
• Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816)   the Queen who thought she was already in hell.

   Peculiar Princes and Princesses of The Low Countries

• Amalie of Orange-Nassau (1710-1777)   the deranged duchess of Baden-Durlach.
• Alexander of the Netherlands (1851-1884)   the Crown Prince, mother's darling and recluse.
• Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927)   the Empress of Mexico with a handkerchief in front of her face.

     Vicious Vikings of Scandinavia

• Eric XIV Wasa of Sweden (1533-1577)   the paranoid King poisoned with pea soup.
• Christian VII of Denmark (1749-1808)   the King who let his doctor care for both his country and his Queen.

     Terrible Tsars of Russia

• Ivan IV "The Terrible" of Russia (1530-1584)   Tsar, rapist and mass murderer.
  
• Fyodor I "The Bellringer" of Russia (1557-1598)   the feeble-minded Tsar fond of church bells.
  
• Ivan V "The Ignorant" of Russia (1666-1696)   the simple-minded Tsar, ruled by his sister and his wife.
• Ivan VI Antonovich of Russia (1740-1764)   the baby Tsar who became a vegetable.
  

     Appalling Autocrats of Asia

• Sado "The Rice-Box Prince" of Korea (1735-1762)   the Crown Prince with the clothes obsession.  

     Savage Shahs of Persia

• Nadir Shah Afshar of Persia (1688-1747)   the Shah who took the Koh-i Noor diamond.

     Silly Sovereigns of France

• Charles VI "The Mad" of France (1368-1422)   the kindly King who turned into a murdering madman.
  
• "Princess Chubby" Marie Louise of Orl�ans (1695-1719)   the notorious Duchess of Berry.
  

      Villain Voivodes of the Balkans

• Erzs�bet of Transylvania (�1561-1614)   the countess who bit her servants.

      Sadistic Sultans of Turkey

• "Mad" Mustafa I of Turkey (1591-1639)   the Sultan fetched from the Cage.
• Murad IV of Turkey (1612-1640)   the Sultan who hated women.
• "Mad" Ibrahim I of Turkey (1615-1648)   the Sultan who drowned his entire harem.

      Lunatic Leaders in Antiquity

• Nabonidus of Babylon (+539 BC)   the King who ate grass and imagined he was a goat.

 

 

Edited by azimuth

Interesting to read!

Ivan the Terrible! He was one crazy bastard! Why he is my favorite? Actually because I like Muscovy/Russia in this time period a lot, including reading about the diffrent tsars/rulers.

King Louis IX of France, aka St.Louis, always seemed a bit loony to me. At least I hope he was truly mad. I wouldn't like to find out that he was simply an idiot.

you are  wellcome Cornellia

what i noticed is that many of these monarchs died young or killed.

 

 

Most kings of the swedish Wasa-dynasty were nuts. Gustav Wasa, Erik XIV, Johan III, Sigismund, Karl IX - all of them were weird in some way. Most of them had incontrollable rage and paranoia. One of the princes - Magnus - even died of pneumonia which he suffered from an incident when he threw himself in a pond believing that a mermaid was calling on him... The only one who seems to have been mentally stable in the family was Gustavus Adolphus the great

Edited by Mangudai