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5 Most Crazy Rulers In History by sharrp: 12:10am On Apr 26, 2016
5. Olusegun Obasanjo



ofcorse his act pales in comparism to some rullers here but it is still a crazy act. obasanjo did the unforgettable to the ijaw people on nov 4 1999. The odi massacre.

During obasanjor regime ambushed soilders(as claimed) invaded odi community in bayelsa ,killing huge number of un-armed civilians . soldiers destroyed and burned down every building in odi except thr Anglican church,Health centre and a bank .

What makes it more crazy is that obasanjor in the year 2012 defended this act by telling former president Goodluck jonathan that the aim of the odi masscre was achieved. the aim being to arrest the surging militancy in the area. this act of no remorse for the hundreds of aged civilian that was killed makes it a crazy act and worthy of this list.


4.King Charles VI of France




Accounts of the king’s first fit of madness state that King Charles VI became agitated at the sound of a dropped spear, while traveling with his men. He then murdered one of his own knights and, reportedly, a few other men, though accounts vary. After this incident the king fell into a coma.The symptoms of the king’s insanity progressed in later years and were much varied. There were times when King Charles VI did not know who he was, and could not recognize his wife and children. Several months of his life were marked by his refusal to bathe. He even spent some time under the impression that he was made of glass. King Charles VI of France died, a madman, in 1422.

3.Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia[b/]

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this man started his crazy art in his youthful days at the age of fouurteen.All in the name of creaty equality laws among the people.

At the age of fourteen young ivan seized control of russia by feeding the head of goverment officials to dogs. thereby declaring himself ruler.

ivan also killed his oldest and most beloved son by his own hand.




2. [b]Sultan Ibrahim I






Second in our list is ibrahim of the ottoman empire. ibrahim was actually seen as a mad man by everybody .

One of the most famous Ottoman Sultans, Ibrahim was released from the Kafes (a special prison for potential heirs to the throne), and succeeded his brother, Murad IV (1623–40), in 1640, though this was against the wishes of Murad IV, who had ordered him killed upon his own death. Ibrahim I was allowed to live because he was too mad to be a threat. Ibrahim brought the empire almost to collapse in a very short space of time. He is known to have had an obsession with obese women, urging his agents to find the fattest woman possible. A candidate was tracked down in Georgia, or Armenia, who weighed over 330 pounds, and was given the pet name Sheker Pare (literally, “piece of sugar”). Ibrahim was so pleased with her that he gave her a government pension, and the title of Governor General of Damascus. When he heard a rumor that his concubines were compromised by another man, he had 280 members of his harem drowned in the Bosporus Sea. He was seen feeding coins to fish living in the palace’s pool. These feats earned him the nickname “mad” – for rather obvious reasons.

1. Emperor Caligua of Rome





this man is argueably the craziest ruler in human history. this man got assasinated due to his own cabinet getting fed up with his crazyness.
Caligua publicly had sex with his three sisters in circus,games numerous times .

He attempted to instate his favorite horse as a priest and consul. he ordered that a beautiful mable stable be built for the horse ,well furnished with chairs and crouches.

Once at a party, while caligua was laughing a man asked him "whats funny"?. caligua replied "its so funny to think that i can ask my guards to behead you right away and they will do it"

Once, at the Circus Maximus, the games ran out of criminals, and the next event was the lions, his favorite. He ordered his Guards to drag the first five rows of spectators into the arena, which they did. These hundreds of people were all devoured for his amusement.A citizen once insulted him to his face, in a fit of rage, and Caligula responded by having him tied down and beaten with heavy chains. He made this last for 3 months, having the man brought out from a dungeon and beaten, until Caligula, and the whole crowd that gathered, were too offended by the smell of the man’s gangrenous brain, whereupon he was beheaded

He had another insulter, and his entire family, publicly executed, one after another, in front of a crowd. The man and wife were first, followed by the oldest child and so on. The crowd became outraged and began to disperse, but many stayed in morbid fascination. The last of the family was a 12 year old girl, who was sobbing hysterically at what she had been forced to watch. A member of the crowd shouted that she was exempt from execution as a virgin. Caligula smiled and ordered the executioner to rape her, then strangle her, which he did.
Re: 5 Most Crazy Rulers In History by sharrp: 12:13am On Apr 26, 2016
lalasticlala , this is my first thread ever oh
Re: 5 Most Crazy Rulers In History by EverestdeBliu(m): 12:19am On Apr 26, 2016
sharrp:
lalasticlala , this is my first thread ever oh
sorry with Obasanjo there,your thread is going nowhere. That is if its not even removed.

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Re: 5 Most Crazy Rulers In History by sharrp: 12:27am On Apr 26, 2016
EverestdeBliu:
sorry with Obasanjo there,your thread is going nowhere. That is if its not even removed.
Getting my feet wet. Thanks tho
Re: 5 Most Crazy Rulers In History by sharrp: 2:21pm On Aug 10, 2016
Lalasticlala
Re: 5 Most Crazy Rulers In History by Fmartin(m): 3:43pm On Aug 10, 2016
Op want FP

Hmm

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