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Mad King George of England

King George III of Great-Britain (1738 to 1820) was a family man who had recurring bouts of mental illness. He was given a good education as a child but unable to learn. He was lethargic and incapable of concentration and would become stubborn and sullen. He also never really mastered writing. As a young man in 1759 he became obsessed with a fifteen year old […]

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Henry IV Nicknamed the Henry the Mad Ruler of England

The medieval ruler Henry IV that ruled form 1421 to 1461 was often just called Henry the Mad by his not so loving subjects. He was a gentle, naive and prudish man that spent all of his time meditating and in prayer. He was very fragile and after losing some of his French possessions after a war with France he had a complete nervous breakdown […]