Who Has Been The Most Insane Royal In History? - Page 6

Alicky · #**101** 08-21-2005, 08:11 PM

This is an informative online bio on Don Carlos, he was more than deformed lol!

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmona...carlos_bio.htm

ysbel · #**102** 08-21-2005, 08:22 PM

Thanks Alicky. I didn't know there were TWO strange Don Carlos' - the one I meant was Carlos II son of Felipe IV - he definitely was deformed and it looks mentally retarded but I don't know if he was insane

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmona...arlos2_bio.htm

Australis · #**103** 08-21-2005, 08:24 PM

Too much money and nothing to do make them all estupid.

tiaraprin · #**104** 08-21-2005, 09:24 PM

Here is an online bio of one of my favorites, Charles VI of France, who had a cheating wife, thought he was made of glass, and a daughter who married Henry V of France. This marriage brought the taint of insanity temporarily to the Plantagenet line:http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmona...arles6_bio.htm

Alicky · #**105** 08-21-2005, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ysbel

Thanks Alicky. I didn't know there were TWO strange Don Carlos' - the one I meant was Carlos II son of Felipe IV - he definitely was deformed and it looks mentally retarded but I don't know if he was insane

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmona...arlos2_bio.htm

I didn't know either lol! :)

tiaraprin · #**106** 09-01-2005, 01:12 AM

Well, I have done some more research on "Insane Royals" in the book A Treasury of Royal Scandals by Michael Farquhar.

Here is something new to the thread:

The Empress Anna of Russia (she ruled in her own right) had quite a temper and unique ways of punishing those who displeased her and it was too easy to displease her.

Three nobles who committed a very minor offense were sentenced to live as hens for a week. She had them feathered, commanded them to sit and cluck, and made actual nests for them!!

Prince Michael Alexsyevitch Golitsin was stripped of his title and made to be a court jester when the Empress disapproved of whom he married. When this wife died in 1740, Anna had even more devestating things to do to him. She had him marry "the ugliest woman in Russia", as it was claimed then. The wedding party was filled with "deformed, and freakish human beings to lead a procession of drunkards and other low lifes, all pulled in carriages by goats and pigs. The happy couple followed, in a cage, as the crowds gathered to watch" (Farquhar 39-40). The Empress did not stop at this. She had the newly married couple honeymoon in an actual "ice palace" on the Neva River.

However, the final joke was on Anna. She died nine months later and the new wife delivered twin boys to her husband. The couple actually fell in love with each other and had a happy ending foiling Anna!

Alicky · #**107** 09-01-2005, 09:17 AM

I have that book Tiaraprin! I like the "Lust Emperors" parts.

karla64 · #**108** 09-01-2005, 02:02 PM

Queen Victoria, I know that she is not insane not really maybe she is.. i am not sure... When Her Husband, Albert died.. She immediately change her way.and some duty or other things . She wore black dress all time until her death.. Is that insane or Obession that lost her hubby because she loved him so much. I just want to know if she was....

Thank you
karla64

Harry's polo shirt · #**109** 09-03-2005, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by karla64

Queen Victoria, I know that she is not insane not really maybe she is.. i am not sure... When Her Husband, Albert died.. She immediately change her way.and some duty or other things . She wore black dress all time until her death.. Is that insane or Obession that lost her hubby because she loved him so much. I just want to know if she was....

Thank you
karla64

That is not insane...that is wonderful. It is the sweetest thing ever.:o

tiaraprin · #**110** 09-18-2005, 01:47 AM

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861-1948) was a naturalist who actually wrote an excellent book on the flora and fauna of Brazil. However, he had an irrational hatred of owls and tried to have them completely exterminated from Bulgaria. Ferdinand thought owls were the harbingers of doom.

Besides his hatred of owls, he always wore gloves to ward off evil spirits and never did anything important on the 13th of each month.

Harry's polo shirt · #**111** 09-19-2005, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Alicky

This is an informative online bio on Don Carlos, he was more than deformed lol!

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmona...carlos_bio.htm

Thanks Alicky that was an amazing story,

BeccaLynn07 · #**112** 09-19-2005, 08:53 PM

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Thanks Alicky that was an amazing story,

Very interesting...thanks for sharing Alicky. (I had never heard of him before...I don't know much of Spanish history though.) Also thanks for telling us the snipet about Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Tiarapin. (There have been some rather less than sane royals in history...) Great thread.:)

semisquare · #**113** 09-19-2005, 10:00 PM

countress elizabeth bathory of transylvania. and just like most stories that comes from that part of the country,blood plays a part in her life. the short of it, she thought by takening baths in blood would keep her young & beautiful forever. after 600 women went missing elizabeth was caught. she spent the rest of her life walled up in a room which had an small opening for food.
its seems that life is stranger than fiction

tiaraprin · #**114** 09-20-2005, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by semisquare

countress elizabeth bathory of transylvania. and just like most stories that comes from that part of the country,blood plays a part in her life. the short of it, she thought by takening baths in blood would keep her young & beautiful forever. after 600 women went missing elizabeth was caught. she spent the rest of her life walled up in a room which had an small opening for food.
its seems that life is stranger than fiction

This lady is one of the most mentioned people on this thread. She is definitely high on the list of the most insane.

tiaraprin · #**115** 10-23-2005, 01:38 PM

Many people have raised questions about Prince Eddy, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. He lead a very hedonistic lifestyle, and is, for some, one of the leading suspects in the Jack the Ripper murder of prostitutes. Some have claimed that he actually died of Syphylis and not Pneumonia as has been reported. Perhaps Syphilis could have made him insane, it can do that in the later stages.

I would love to hear other people's views about Prince Eddy.

Harry's polo shirt · #**116** 10-23-2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tiaraprin

Many people have raised questions about Prince Eddy, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. He lead a very hedonistic lifestyle, and is, for some, one of the leading suspects in the Jack the Ripper murder of prostitutes. Some have claimed that he actually died of Syphylis and not Pneumonia as has been reported. Perhaps Syphilis could have made him insane, it can do that in the later stages.

I would love to hear other people's views about Prince Eddy.

I know of some theorys about two people being involved in the Jack the Ripper.

I think that Prince Eddy and his friend James Stephen are the two people. If the Syphylis is correct then it could make since because he may have gotten it from a prostitute! So they went around killing prostitutes for revenge! It is said that James Stephen hated women. People say that the letters given to police from someone claiming to be Jack the Ripper, the handwritting matches James Stephen. (but no one can prove the letters are really from jack the rippper)

semisquare · #**117** 10-30-2005, 07:13 PM

has any one mention Caligula, i think he rinks high on the nutty royal list

Kelly · #**118** 02-10-2006, 07:36 PM

I think it would have to be that notorious Dracula from Transylvania.

acdc1 · #**119** 07-11-2007, 02:26 PM

I think Napolean probably had some mental issues, that is most likely not deniable. And no offense to Empress Alexandra, Alix of Hesse fans, but she was probably mentally ill as well. The stress of Grand Duke Alexei, Tsarevich's hemophilia probably triggered it, but I think it was there all along, for Rasputin and other things. Nicholas II probably knew she was ill, and new how bad Rasputin was, but didn't do anything, for if Alexei died Alix would blame him for killing their son.