Crazy rulers of past times

Sultan Ibrahim I
One of the most prominent Ottoman sultan, Ibrahim, was clearly not quite himself. During his reign, he nearly managed to destroy their own country, so badly was his rule. In addition, he was completely insane and in his personal life. For example, he tried to find the thickest woman for his harem, and finally found it in Armenia. Her weight was 150 kilograms, which at that time was a very significant factor to security.
Ibrahim gave her an allowance and the title of governor of Damascus. But it ended badly - he heard rumors that a man visited the harem, and Ibrahim drowned all 280 of their wives and concubines in the Bosporus. And among other things, he believed that the fish in the palace pool should eat coins


Ivan IV, the Terrible
This man lost his parents early, even in childhood, and after the death of the mother of Ivan (he was seven years old), took the boy to educate senior boyars. Since he was treated very badly, heaping abuse and punishing for the slightest infractions. As a result, the child began torturing small animals and gradually absorbed its abyss of madness.

In 1544, when he was 14 years old, Scorpio chapter of the then Government of the dogs.

Despite the madness, he was a good ruler at the beginning of his reign, creating laws which even aims to improve the lives of ordinary people. But all this did not last long - the rigidity of the king showed himself fully, and many people, both high grade and ordinary civil servants and peasants, were tortured. Economics, military affairs, it was all running to an extreme degree, and it took a long time to rebuild the country after the death of Ivan the Terrible.

Queen Maria I of Portugal
Madness of Queen was first recorded in 1786, when it was taken in their own rooms in nearly insane. After that the queen was getting worse. She actually went bankrupt, suffered religious mania and melancholy. After the death of her beloved son, the Queen generally proved unable to perform the same royal duties.

As a result, senior officials of that time decided to remove the Queen from power and imprisoned her in their own rooms. According to witnesses, from resting ever heard horrible screams, echoes around the palace. She died in 1816.


Prince Sado, Korea
He was born in 1735, and married nine years later. Korean historians say that his father hated her son since birth. When Prince was 17 years old, he became a father. After the birth of her son Prince fell ill with measles, has recovered and has since become insane. He began to have nightmares, it seemed that he was surrounded by awful creatures. In 1757, Sado became a mock his own servants, and raping any woman who refused him in the vicinity. Then he began to kill and rape, when he wants.

King sick of it all, and he closed his crazy son in a box without food or water. He died only eight (!) Days.


Emperor Caligula

This Roman emperor began his reign very well - he canceled some very strict orders on treason, paid the debts of previous emperors, cut taxes. Barely eight months after the beginning of his reign, Caligula fell ill (probably encephalitis, which caused organic brain damage). After that, the behavior of Caligula's very different.

So, he forced to commit suicide several relatives, and then magnified other relatives, and began to prepare for the trip to Britain.

Caligula built a marble stable for his horse, Incitatus, and put there chairs and couches, where, of course, the horse has never sat. Once Caligula ordered to throw the protection of the scene on the first five lines of spectators from the amphitheater to watch the battle lions. All these people died because the scene fired more lions.

Caligula torturing people for their own pleasure, and apply sophisticated torture. He indulged in dubious pleasures, such as intimate relationships with their own sisters, spent feasting and games.

In the end, Caligula was murdered, after several unsuccessful attempts to plot.

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