Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-12-16
MAD MONARCHS.
Inc Frevalance of Lunacy Among
Royal Families.
L"dw'r-Ivar. the Cruci-raul-Con.,an-
tin -~nul-Nebuchstnrzz ,r-rib.rtus
Domtiian-rheodoric- Th-.-s
tharies-Frederickw William


Domiiian-fheodoric- Th-.-.
tharies-FrederickN William
Alexander III, Gar of all the Rms.
sl'ns. we are informed. has shown nm.
mistSSable symptoms of 'nsan tv. This
Is Rather u Ting. coming as it does. -
close upon the incident, ATTENDING the
forced depo 'ition of the lite King OF
bavaria. King Ludwig. it will be re
mem6ered. was deranged for severe,
years, and completely wore out the IA.
tenSe OF his c)urtie-s and officers bv
; innum raLIe eccentric ties. But tho
slran yest feature of the case is that,
after $ removal and suicide In St,,n.
berg lake, the individual who fell heir
10 pos ton Is also deiorme i'm mind.
Although Ludwig was bad enough. his
brother and Successor. Otto l.. is mucn
worse. Ludwig was not so insane bnt
mat n had ire luent lucid intervals lint
- Is arpa entity without reason n nil
TINE. a nn evidence of his cond finn.
We are Informed that he is continuity
una The restraint of appo .ntcd keen
ers, and is allowed 70 appear in public
only upon special occas ons.
But lunaCy in roval families /. mn
novelty, S all readers OF history are
aware: Kings are Just a. liable to be-
come insane a are peasants, and dis
ease of the mind VIII tn mt the bIne
blood OF monarchs as readily as the
more sluggish stream that courses
through the veins of the serf in his how
e. In the royal family OF Russia this
TACT mas been signaly exemplified
Alexander III. Is not the first of his
race whose mind has become cloudod
oy Authorizations. Ind ed. n short re-
a'ch VIII develop the fact that over
one-Ia!i oil the present Cars predcces-
sorS nave been Z Their lunatics or MON
slers, and IN numerous cases. both.
Among the early Muscovite rulers
was Ivan the Cruel wlo bore a prom
lnent part in the history of Europe in
me sixteenth century He did much
ior II country in the advancement of
arr ana commerce, rs well rs for its ex
tens on by force of arms. He IL was
That concluded the advantageous treaty
with Queen Elizabeth. after the dis
covery bv the English of the northeast
passage to Archangel. But at lencrth
MS m nd fell into morbid, suspicious
cohd on. and for quarter of a CEN
Jury he was a misery to himself and n
Terror TO those surrounding him.
Inc ieast movement of n
servant or cou tier was. in
III us u'stot ted vision, an attempt upon n !
NE, and his suspic ons were always re-
Icved by the de. tn of the suppos d o.
lender. AT one time he labored under
enc idca That the peopl, OF Novgorod
hau entered into ploi 10 del yer Their
city and the surround ny country to the
hlng OF Poland. A. punishm Mt for
ms mag nary off n~c he issued a uk,se
mat condemned to deaf sixty thousand
lnh"b iants of the unfortunate q IL
from the advices received concern no
the cond on Of q c resent Gar one
won u infer that in his suspicious he
souewha resembles his remote anceS-
Toy. lvn the Cruel
In The seve teen n century we find
mat tie strain of mental d formitv i,
th' family Of the Cars had become 20
tirong that Of the four sons of Alexis
only icter. afierward called the Gre,t
was Of sound m nj. Aud even the nm
mainly Of the latter could not wholly
atone for his numerous acts Of cruelty
lie was unfOrgiyin0 To such deere
mat he ordered the execution OF SOW,
son. AicNei. and puni~he with imp'aoa-
Die fury all who had been implicated in
me treaso1able plots Of the vo no
Frnce His life. too. IL is stated. wa
brought 10 mi.erabIe end bv hab tual
dissipation and eXces es.
Catherine H.. he last OF the four
10 ers IN the female line. while not An
im eclle. was 50 weak-m nded that she
gave up the ent re control of the Rms.
sian Government 90 Lgr schemiug favor.
ne. Gregory Potemkin. Her son PauI
VINO ascendcd ihe throne in 1925. was
always weak in intellect. and after
~ guinG iFe years Boz anne 10 derau ged
thai D subjects -trang 81 him in order
~ kei 81 Of him Alexander T. who
was crowned atter The aS-a -ination Of
ia. ner' was ~ such humane and
benevolent disposition that h wa.
siF'rd ''the Northern Telomague. but.
ac'' rdIhg 10 There, even him were
I3und traces of hereditary insanity.
IT'S brother Constant ne as afierward
exc uIed rom the throne on account Of
"a pred -pO .tiOn 10 insanity.
The cause Of the tendency Of the CIR.
toward nhrmlty Of mind g not readily
discovered. Whether 10 produced bv
-'n-e Of the danger. with which fbev
are ~ at time. cncomp1ssed through
plots and intrigues or whether 10 q Inc
result ~ unlimited authority. .s uncer-
tam, II is a cur Gus fact. however
That 90 same "a nt may b. found the
ruling fam lies Of all absolute mon
ch o. u was apparent in The ac-
ons Of th Kings 81 anc ent Assvr'a.
Do the crue.t O.. ~ the Gmperors
o. Rome. and in the i'm ec tv
Of ccrian ol The p noes of Ind a.
hlng saul was man 81 ability and
jul mcni when plac over the Iera.l
is but power made m madt.ap
and ied b m TO dies ruct on. King Neb.
uehadno lar Ua- At tho head Of ono Of
Tue most absolute gcfeTnmone known