Who Has Been The Most Insane Royal In History?

[tiaraprin]

Originally posted by Iain+Jun 22nd, 2004 - 1:42 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Iain @ Jun 22nd, 2004 - 1:42 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-tiaraprin@May 31st, 2004 - 11:53 pm
Sara, it has never been proved that either Diana or Sarah were insane.&nbsp; They had certain emotional problems, but these are&nbsp; far cry from out and out insanity!!

I believe that members of Diana's own family admitted even before her marraige that she was mentally unstable. [/b][/quote]
Uh, when was that said?? I don't recall that???

[tiaraprin]

Originally posted by Moonlightrhapsody@Jun 21st, 2004 - 11:48 pm
:flower: I know it's way, way, way back, but Caligula has my vote!

Yeah, he is good one, right up there with Nero!!! :P :flower:

[maty]

I have two:
Caligula: Making his favorite horse minister of his goverment is enough reason for me.
Erzebet Bathory: Insane and sick!!!

[grecka]

Definitely Ivan the Terrible

[loving silvia and carl gustaf]

Christian VII or so I would say...glad he isn't the king in DK today...

[tiaraprin]

Here is an amusing one:

Mutesa I, King of Buganda, and an opportunistic savage. When Christian missionaries told him that his baptism was dependent on him giving up all but one of his 7,000 wives, he replied "Give me Queen Victoria's daughter for my wife and I will put away all my wives."

From David Randall's Royal Misbehavior: Crazy Kings and Kooky Queens

[kelly9480]

Diana may have been emotionally unstable, but emotional instability is not in the same league as insanity. Insanity is more severe. I do know that some of Diana's family wondered if she would be able to cope with all the pressures of royal life, and some doubted she would be strong enough to deal with it, but I have never read of a member of the Spencer family saying she was "unstable."

[nightfairy]

From Joan's Mad Monarches Series

Crazy Caesars of Rome

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

Deranged Dukes of Italy

Isabella of Parma (1741-1763)&nbsp; a lovely Princess preoccupied with death.
Gian Gastone de' Medici of Tuskany (1671-1737)&nbsp; the Grand Duke who refused to leave his bed.

Kinky Kings of Spain <-- wow... she came up with really creative titles!

Juana the Mad of Castile (1479-1555)&nbsp; the Queen who caressed her husband's remains.&nbsp; :o
Don Carlos of Spain (1545-1568)&nbsp; the Crown Prince who liked to beat up girls.&nbsp;
Carlos II "The Bewitched" of Spain (1661-1700)&nbsp; the degenerated monstrosity on the throne.
Philip V "El Rey Animoso" of Spain (1683-1746)&nbsp; the King torn between desire and guilt.
Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713-1759)&nbsp; 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)&nbsp; the King who left his son on a tiny, rocky island.&nbsp;
"Mad King" George III of Great-Britain (1738-1820),&nbsp; the King in the strait-jacket.&nbsp;

Foolish Fürsts of Germany

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

Erratic Emperors of Austria

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

Melancholic Majesties of Portugal

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

Peculiar Princes and Princesses of The Low Countries

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

Vicious Vikings of Scandinavia

Eric XIV Wasa of Sweden (1533-1577)&nbsp; the paranoid King poisoned with pea soup.
Christian VII of Denmark (1749-1808)&nbsp; 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)&nbsp; Tsar, rapist and mass murderer.&nbsp; :(
Fyodor I "The Bellringer" of Russia (1557-1598)&nbsp; the feeble-minded Tsar fond of church bells.
Ivan V "The Ignorant" of Russia (1666-1696)&nbsp; the simple-minded Tsar, ruled by his sister and his wife.
Ivan VI Antonovich of Russia (1740-1764)&nbsp; the baby Tsar who became a vegetable.&nbsp;

Appalling Autocrats of Asia

Sado "The Rice-Box Prince" of Korea (1735-1762)&nbsp; the Crown Prince with the clothes obsession.
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Savage Shahs of Persia

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

Silly Sovereigns of France

Charles VI "The Mad" of France (1368-1422)&nbsp; the kindly King who turned into a murdering madman.&nbsp; :(
"Princess Chubby" Marie Louise of Orléans (1695-1719)&nbsp; the notorious Duchess of Berry.

Villain Voivodes of the Balkans

Erzsébet of Transylvania (±1561-1614)&nbsp; the countess who bit her servants. ((this is probably Elizabeth Bathory... a very horrid woman of murdered 600+ young woman)

Sadistic Sultans of Turkey

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

Lunatic Leaders in Antiquity

Nabonidus of Babylon (+539 BC)&nbsp; the King who ate grass and imagined he was a goat.&nbsp; :woot:&nbsp;

[Alexandra]

Here is a link to Jon's Mad Monarchs series. Very interesting. Poor creatures...

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

[nightfairy]

Originally posted by maty@Jun 25th, 2004 - 6:06 pm
Erzebet Bathory: Insane and sick!!!

I think she's the winner of the whole lot.

I can't believe she got away with slaughtering 600+ young woman(more like little girls)

She bathed in their blood because she believe the blood of young will keep her beautiful/youthful in appearance.

She had horrid torture devices made... (what she did to those poor girls... was very horrific...). She also had a torture chamber.

At the end... she was never convicted... all she got was house-arrest

[bad_barbarella]

Originally Posted by nightfairy

I think she's the winner of the whole lot.

I can't believe she got away with slaughtering 600+ young woman(more like little girls)

She bathed in their blood because she believe the blood of young will keep her beautiful/youthful in appearance.

She had horrid torture devices made... (what she did to those poor girls... was very horrific...). She also had a torture chamber.

At the end... she was never convicted... all she got was house-arrest

OMG SO WRONG BAD CRAZY GIRL OMG SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT COOL

[Gabriella]

That is pretty insane! I vaguely remember reading something about this, but I don't know the whole story. Anybody willing to share the whole story?

[Paulina]

Originally posted by nightfairy@Jun 27th, 2004 - 8:07 am

Erzsébet of Transylvania (±1561-1614)* the countess who bit her servants. ((this is probably Elizabeth Bathory... a very horrid woman of murdered 600+ young woman)

Is there something with Transylvania and blood? Vampires anyone?

[Josefine]

how about the swedish royal house where there any insane royals in the past

[Australian]

I think the craziest royal would have been the Countess Elisabeth Bathory of Hungary, do you know about her? for those that dont, she killed virgins and soaked in their blood so that she would look better, she would whip them to death, engage in lesbian orgies and lay some girls on her bed and BITE THEM TO DEATH. Along with other things too gruesome to talk about in this message board

[tiaraprin]

Originally Posted by Australian

I think the craziest royal would have been the Countess Elisabeth Bathory of Hungary, do you know about her? for those that dont, she killed virgins and soaked in their blood so that she would look better, she would whip them to death, engage in lesbian orgies and lay some girls on her bed and BITE THEM TO DEATH. Along with other things too gruesome to talk about in this message board

Oh my Lord, that is really horrible!!! She makes Vlad the Impaler look like nothing!!

[bad_barbarella]

didnt dianna have buliima and used to inflict pain on herself

[ally_cooper]

In my opinion is Juana (or Joanne?) I of Spain, she traveled by all Spain with the corpse of her husband, Philip I, refusing to bury and pregnant of Infanta Catalina. Later the poor girl live locked with her in Tordesillas. Also Countess Bathory was very crazy, she kill 600 girls only for look young O.o

[Harry's polo shirt]

I love this thread!!!! I read about the countess in a book about the most evil people in history...A witch of something told her that virgins blood would make her look younger.

[tiaraprin]

Originally Posted by Harry's polo shirt

I love this thread!!!! I read about the countess in a book about the most evil people in history...A witch of something told her that virgins blood would make her look younger.

I started this thread a long time ago and I am trying to revive it. I am glad that you like it!! :) :) I started this thread due to a book I purchased called Royal Misbehaviour: Crazy Kings and Kooky Queens by David Randall. I think I am going to get the book out again and look for some more interesting insane Royals!!:p :p

Here is a new one that goes back to medieval Siam:

King Intr'araja of Siam died in 1424 without naming his successor. His courtiers decided to choose the new King from the 2 eldest sons by having them duel to the death on the backs of elephants. The two princes charged at each other, knocked each other off their elephant and died instantly. The third son, Baromaraja became King of Siam by default!!