these real-life figures were memorable
because they were straight-up psychotic
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
insane rulers in history
I have existed from the morning of the
world and I shall exist until the last
star falls from a night for this list
we’re ranking some of the most violent
mentally unstable and outright selfish
royal leaders in history we’re excluding
non-royal dictators such as Soviet
leader Joseph Stalin and Nazi Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler as well as democratically
elected politicians vigilante are
looking you know bonk advanced content
und students special leave and will not
find anything but don’t forget to check
out our other lists of the top ten
conquerors and top 10 ruthless dictators
if you’re looking for that kind of thing
number 10 Farouk the first of Egypt
fruit the first may have the distinction
of being the last royal leader of Egypt
however his achievements were lackluster
and his personal behavior was dislikable
Farouk was a glutton reportedly eating
600 Easter’s weekly so it should come as
no surprise he eventually weighed close
to 300 pounds while being fat isn’t a
crime stealing the watch off of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill sure is
Farooq’s kleptomania pales in comparison
to what he did when he had nightmares
about lions though he went to his local
zoo and shot two dead in their cage
number 9 ivan the fourth of russia ivan
the terrible’ waged a 40 year war on his
own country Russia thousands were
slaughtered most commonly known as Ivan
the Terrible it’s probably not
surprising that even Vasilyevich is
regarded as Russia’s greatest and most
terrifying leader the Czar United
muscovite Russia ruthlessly expanded
Russia East to turn it into an empire
and is considered the father of modern
Russia this is an evil man indulging his
err is his sadistic tendencies this
aside Yvonne was terribly paranoid he
famously established the secret police
known as the apprecia Kant agonized and
mass executed political dissidents they
were like Devils they killed and so
raped and they plundered everything in a
fit of rage he caused his
daughter-in-law
Jelena to miscarry and killed his son
Ivonne ivanovitch who was coming to his
wife’s defense by smacking his head with
a scepter thereby losing his only sound
heir number 8 ibrahim of the ottoman
empire
Ibrahim initially lived a life of
captivity and barely avoided execution
by his ruling brother Murad the fourth
killed their four other brothers once
more had died Ibrahim succeeded him and
quickly became known for his physical
and mental breakdowns posthumously
earning him the nickname Ibrahim the mad
Ibrahim obsessed over his harem often
influenced by concubines and gave them
excessive gifts like a palace disgusted
at his ineffectiveness Ottoman elites
killed the Sultan with his mother’s
consent so as you can imagine his legacy
wasn’t great after his death a myth
circulated that he drowned 280
concubines because they
may have slept with other men number
seven Henry the eighth of England Henry
the eighth wanted to annul his marriage
to his first wife and the Catholic
Church said no so by putting his foot
down and stating the sovereign reigns
supreme over the Church of England he
basically founded the Anglican Church
Henry married six times had numerous
affairs and illegitimate children and
executed two of his wives his second
wife Anne Boleyn who was the mother of
Elizabeth the first and his fifth wife
Catherine Howard beyond his affinity for
X or aside Henry had a tendency to
overspend the economy was strong at his
reins outset
however he nearly bankrupted England by
blowing state funds on excessive things
such as thousands of needless tapestries
and pistols number six
Juhu Zhao of China known as the Zheng de
Emperor Juhu Shou didn’t want to rule
Genki became Emperor at 14 and quickly
took to a life of luxury and womanizing
outside of Beijing gen D blue state
funds on creating palaces for exotic
zoos and then converting them into
harems many women died there due to
living conditions and the lack of food
provided he notoriously made royal
officials pretend to be market vendors
while he imagined himself shopping like
a commoner and he accidentally burned
down his palace with gunpowder
this guy was nuts number 5 Charles the
6th of France in the middle of the
Hundred Years War Charles the six became
king at the tender age of 11 and was a
puppet of his manipulative uncles
Charles I was to them at 21 determined
to improve France he earned the nickname
Charles the beloved by 1392 he began
suffering bouts of insanity killing his
own Knights running wildly into forests
kicking Jews out of the kingdom and
signing the Treaty of quoi which
recognized English king henry v as his
successor is it any wonder he was later
dubbed Charles the mad number 4 Joanna
of Castile Joanna married King Philip
the handsome in 1506 while their
marriage started passionately Philip had
numerous Affairs causing her constant
paranoia about her husband’s
infidelities
just terrible once Philip died Johanna
allegedly wouldn’t let women come near
his corpse including nuns her son
Charles had his mother confined to a
convent in tordesillas largely as a
power play to consolidate his rule
however Joanna’s paranoia got the best
of her and she believed the nuns
conspired to murder her the queen of
Castile and Aragon tragically died in
confinement and earned the moniker
Joanna the mad alberto la vida de tu
nombre pero hamachi lebra’s okay Mathias
I made a plastic number three nero of
the roman empire in the year 64 AD a
fire raged through rome for five days
legend suggests that nero simply played
his fiddle as Rome burned ancient
historians accused Nero of arson to make
way for a palace though Christians were
blamed and time enough flail unite
against the Caesars but not in my time
not a fan of Christianity it’s rumoured
Nero created Christian candles by
dipping followers in oil and lighting
them on fire he competed in the 67 Greek
Olympics was injured in a chariot race
and balm didactic but judges let him win
and why not
Nero Mass executed people including his
mother and at least one of his wives
we probably let him win – my head’s
splitting wide last night the music the
delicious debauchery number 2 Caligula
of the Roman Empire Caligula was
sexually perverse and viciously cruel ha
ha ha indiscriminately executing family
and friends he overcompensated vied to
be worshipped as a god and then built
the largest boat as a personal floating
palace after an Oracle alleged Caligula
was as likely to become emperor as to
ride a horse on the Bay of byyyee the
emperor blue funds on a pontoon bridge
for the bay and rode his horse in key
tattoos across while sporting Alexander
the Great’s breastplate hail the most
honorable Incitatus Hey
ancient historians say he wanted to
appoint inky tattoos as consul and later
made him a priest Caligula was
eventually assassinated
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions number
one vlad the third of will a kia Vlad
Dracula was a hostage of the Ottoman
Empire as a teenager once in charge of
the region of Romania known as will a
Kia he vowed revenge he really was um a
vicious extraordinarily cruel but
extremely successful leader refusing
tribute to an ottoman em boy under the
premise that they declined to
respectfully remove their hats Vlad had
their turbans nailed to their heads
these were the first of his eventual
100,000 victims
Vlad’s tactics became increasingly
brutal as Ottoman armies found forests
of their comrades skewered on wooden
pikes earning him the moniker Vlad the
Impaler his name and notoriety was such
that it served its inspiration for Count
Dracula i DRA
and I bid you welcome mr. ha ha do you
agree with our list it must be bad I
don’t know what else to do talk about
them who do you think is the most insane
ruler in history for more excellent top
10s published daily be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com rome will be destroyed
when i die why not what I live and can
see it and enjoy
because they were straight-up psychotic
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
insane rulers in history
I have existed from the morning of the
world and I shall exist until the last
star falls from a night for this list
we’re ranking some of the most violent
mentally unstable and outright selfish
royal leaders in history we’re excluding
non-royal dictators such as Soviet
leader Joseph Stalin and Nazi Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler as well as democratically
elected politicians vigilante are
looking you know bonk advanced content
und students special leave and will not
find anything but don’t forget to check
out our other lists of the top ten
conquerors and top 10 ruthless dictators
if you’re looking for that kind of thing
number 10 Farouk the first of Egypt
fruit the first may have the distinction
of being the last royal leader of Egypt
however his achievements were lackluster
and his personal behavior was dislikable
Farouk was a glutton reportedly eating
600 Easter’s weekly so it should come as
no surprise he eventually weighed close
to 300 pounds while being fat isn’t a
crime stealing the watch off of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill sure is
Farooq’s kleptomania pales in comparison
to what he did when he had nightmares
about lions though he went to his local
zoo and shot two dead in their cage
number 9 ivan the fourth of russia ivan
the terrible’ waged a 40 year war on his
own country Russia thousands were
slaughtered most commonly known as Ivan
the Terrible it’s probably not
surprising that even Vasilyevich is
regarded as Russia’s greatest and most
terrifying leader the Czar United
muscovite Russia ruthlessly expanded
Russia East to turn it into an empire
and is considered the father of modern
Russia this is an evil man indulging his
err is his sadistic tendencies this
aside Yvonne was terribly paranoid he
famously established the secret police
known as the apprecia Kant agonized and
mass executed political dissidents they
were like Devils they killed and so
raped and they plundered everything in a
fit of rage he caused his
daughter-in-law
Jelena to miscarry and killed his son
Ivonne ivanovitch who was coming to his
wife’s defense by smacking his head with
a scepter thereby losing his only sound
heir number 8 ibrahim of the ottoman
empire
Ibrahim initially lived a life of
captivity and barely avoided execution
by his ruling brother Murad the fourth
killed their four other brothers once
more had died Ibrahim succeeded him and
quickly became known for his physical
and mental breakdowns posthumously
earning him the nickname Ibrahim the mad
Ibrahim obsessed over his harem often
influenced by concubines and gave them
excessive gifts like a palace disgusted
at his ineffectiveness Ottoman elites
killed the Sultan with his mother’s
consent so as you can imagine his legacy
wasn’t great after his death a myth
circulated that he drowned 280
concubines because they
may have slept with other men number
seven Henry the eighth of England Henry
the eighth wanted to annul his marriage
to his first wife and the Catholic
Church said no so by putting his foot
down and stating the sovereign reigns
supreme over the Church of England he
basically founded the Anglican Church
Henry married six times had numerous
affairs and illegitimate children and
executed two of his wives his second
wife Anne Boleyn who was the mother of
Elizabeth the first and his fifth wife
Catherine Howard beyond his affinity for
X or aside Henry had a tendency to
overspend the economy was strong at his
reins outset
however he nearly bankrupted England by
blowing state funds on excessive things
such as thousands of needless tapestries
and pistols number six
Juhu Zhao of China known as the Zheng de
Emperor Juhu Shou didn’t want to rule
Genki became Emperor at 14 and quickly
took to a life of luxury and womanizing
outside of Beijing gen D blue state
funds on creating palaces for exotic
zoos and then converting them into
harems many women died there due to
living conditions and the lack of food
provided he notoriously made royal
officials pretend to be market vendors
while he imagined himself shopping like
a commoner and he accidentally burned
down his palace with gunpowder
this guy was nuts number 5 Charles the
6th of France in the middle of the
Hundred Years War Charles the six became
king at the tender age of 11 and was a
puppet of his manipulative uncles
Charles I was to them at 21 determined
to improve France he earned the nickname
Charles the beloved by 1392 he began
suffering bouts of insanity killing his
own Knights running wildly into forests
kicking Jews out of the kingdom and
signing the Treaty of quoi which
recognized English king henry v as his
successor is it any wonder he was later
dubbed Charles the mad number 4 Joanna
of Castile Joanna married King Philip
the handsome in 1506 while their
marriage started passionately Philip had
numerous Affairs causing her constant
paranoia about her husband’s
infidelities
just terrible once Philip died Johanna
allegedly wouldn’t let women come near
his corpse including nuns her son
Charles had his mother confined to a
convent in tordesillas largely as a
power play to consolidate his rule
however Joanna’s paranoia got the best
of her and she believed the nuns
conspired to murder her the queen of
Castile and Aragon tragically died in
confinement and earned the moniker
Joanna the mad alberto la vida de tu
nombre pero hamachi lebra’s okay Mathias
I made a plastic number three nero of
the roman empire in the year 64 AD a
fire raged through rome for five days
legend suggests that nero simply played
his fiddle as Rome burned ancient
historians accused Nero of arson to make
way for a palace though Christians were
blamed and time enough flail unite
against the Caesars but not in my time
not a fan of Christianity it’s rumoured
Nero created Christian candles by
dipping followers in oil and lighting
them on fire he competed in the 67 Greek
Olympics was injured in a chariot race
and balm didactic but judges let him win
and why not
Nero Mass executed people including his
mother and at least one of his wives
we probably let him win – my head’s
splitting wide last night the music the
delicious debauchery number 2 Caligula
of the Roman Empire Caligula was
sexually perverse and viciously cruel ha
ha ha indiscriminately executing family
and friends he overcompensated vied to
be worshipped as a god and then built
the largest boat as a personal floating
palace after an Oracle alleged Caligula
was as likely to become emperor as to
ride a horse on the Bay of byyyee the
emperor blue funds on a pontoon bridge
for the bay and rode his horse in key
tattoos across while sporting Alexander
the Great’s breastplate hail the most
honorable Incitatus Hey
ancient historians say he wanted to
appoint inky tattoos as consul and later
made him a priest Caligula was
eventually assassinated
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions number
one vlad the third of will a kia Vlad
Dracula was a hostage of the Ottoman
Empire as a teenager once in charge of
the region of Romania known as will a
Kia he vowed revenge he really was um a
vicious extraordinarily cruel but
extremely successful leader refusing
tribute to an ottoman em boy under the
premise that they declined to
respectfully remove their hats Vlad had
their turbans nailed to their heads
these were the first of his eventual
100,000 victims
Vlad’s tactics became increasingly
brutal as Ottoman armies found forests
of their comrades skewered on wooden
pikes earning him the moniker Vlad the
Impaler his name and notoriety was such
that it served its inspiration for Count
Dracula i DRA
and I bid you welcome mr. ha ha do you
agree with our list it must be bad I
don’t know what else to do talk about
them who do you think is the most insane
ruler in history for more excellent top
10s published daily be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com rome will be destroyed
when i die why not what I live and can
see it and enjoy
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