The 10 craziest rulers in history

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Hello my friends, today we will go back in history a bit and see who these craziest rulers are.

1. Turkish Sultan Ibrahim I (1615-1648)

Ibrahim I, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was obsessed with fat women and had special servants looking for the fattest females across the country. He also drowned his 280 concubines from a harem in the sea when he heard one of them sleeping with another man. He is often seen feeding fish in the pool to coins , which is why he is called crazy.

2. King Eric XIV of Sweden (1533-1577)

It is known that Eric KSIV from Sweden was paranoid and often shot people just because they would laugh in his presence. For a while, he believed that he was his own brother, and he lost his life by arsenic poisoning

3. King Farouk I of Egypt (1920-1965)

The last king of Egypt was known as a belly with a head because of his weight of over 130 kilograms. King Farouk suffered from kleptomania and once even stole a watch from Winston Churchill, but his most famous act was going to the zoo where he killed all the lions just because he had bad dreams.

4. Prussian King Frederick Wilhelm I (1688-1740)

Known for his affection for the military, Friedrich Wilhelm was obsessed with creating an army with the tallest soldiers in the world, and it was noted that he forced tall men and women to have sex in order to have tall children.

5. Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang (260-210 BC)

The first Chinese emperor was so afraid that someone would kill him that he never slept in the same place twice in his life. Qin Shi Huang was afraid not only of people, but also of huge sea monsters.

6. Russian Tsar Ivan IV (1530-1584)

Ivan IV Vasiljevic, better known as Ivan the Terrible, was traumatized by the death of his parents and harassment by the Russian government. When he turned 14 and took control of Russia, he threw members of the government into a pack of hungry dogs. He allegedly did not stop there and continued to harass many, which is why he was nicknamed Grozny.

7. Queen Mary I of Portugal (1734-1816)

Mary's madness was officially noticed in 1786, while after the death of her husband and children, the queen's condition significantly worsened. She would let out horrible screams all night, and it was noted that she often wore children's clothes. It banned any parties in the country, and state ceremonies were reminiscent of religious ceremonies.

8. King Charles VI of France (1368-1422)

King Charles VI of France, known by the nickname Charles the Mad, was mentally ill, so the state was ruled by regents. Madness broke out when he was about 20 years old and tried to kill his friend and advisor, then he brandished a sword all around him and killed several of his knights. During his life, the disease progressed, so he did not even know that he was a king, nor did he recognize his wife and children. In later attacks of the disease, he would howl around the castle like a wolf, he thought it was made of glass, and for months he refused to bathe.

9. Chinese Emperor Zedge (1491-1521)

The most notorious ruler of the Ming dynasty was known for both madness and cruelty. He liked to lead meaningless military expeditions and give orders to his fictional double, whom he called Zhou Shaw. He charged his older eunuch (eunuchs were castrated men in China whose purpose was to help the ruling family) with the main affairs in the country, and, dissatisfied with his work, ordered that he be executed by chopping him for three days.

10. Caligula (12-41 AD)

Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known by the nickname Caligula, was one of the craziest and most brutal rulers in history. He is known for killing for pure fun, causing hunger, he is accused of incest with his sisters, whom he forced into prostitution. He often organized public games so that the people would love him, and at one of them, he ordered the guards to throw an entire section with the audience to the animals to eat them, because he was bored. He intended to appoint his horse Incitatus as consul, but he built a temple for him and appointed him a priest.

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They qll had something wrong in the head indeed :""sad that mental health care wasn't a thing yet before. Then they woild never have progressed like that if they had help

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Unfortunately, the current rulers also have madness in their heads ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Well yeah but those will never be clinically diagnosed and they don't have it as bad as these old guys did

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Unfortunately, that's right

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There have been a lot of crazy rulers throughout history and they performed various miracles, the one who loved fat women was not crazy :).

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They called him crazy because he feeds fish with coins ๐Ÿ˜

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3 years ago

Really unusual article :) very interesting that I have read so far

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It is interesting what can be "excavated" from history ๐Ÿ˜‰

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3 years ago

Tough topic. This is only a small number of rulers and there have been many of them through all epochs. There are also from the recent history of lunatics such as Hitler, Ceausescu, etc ...

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There are a lot of "crazy" rulers in one way or another

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3 years ago

I think Queen Mary's madness was influenced by the fact that she lost her husband. These Chinese kings are totally crazy. Great article.

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Yes, she has a partial justification for her madness

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3 years ago

I have heard about most rulers for the first time now. Very interesting, I find out everything here.

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3 years ago

We can't know all the rulers, quite rightly, some ruled a long time ago

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3 years ago

It is unbelievable that rulers are always crazy. And the people listen to them blindly.

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3 years ago

Good point. Also, they were very very clever. Some of this names I heard for the first time, some knew of course

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Smart and crazy ruler, good combination๐Ÿ™‚

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