1. Scotland’s King Alexander III insisted one night on making a solo trek
to return to his wife, Yolande, after a time away. Unfortunately for all parties
involved, he was thrown from his horse and instantly killed.
苏格兰国王亚历山大三世离家一段时间后，一天晚上坚持要独自回去找他妻子。对所有人来说不幸的是，他从马上摔了下来，当场毙命。
2. While out hunting with a group of his peers, King William II, son of
William The Conquer, was accidentally shot and killed by his friend who was
clearly a lackluster huntsman. Everyone panicked, with the friend taking off,
and his other compatriots fled back to the castle. William rotted for several
days until they came back.
3. King George V was dying slowly from pulmonary failure. When the end was
near, his doctor killed him by injecting him with cocaine and morphine. His
reason for offing the leader of the nation? It was all about timing — if the
king died in the morning, his death would feature in the morning papers, not the
evening ones.
4. King James II of Scotland was killed by his own cannon, which he decided
to stand close to and fire to impress his lady love. His thigh was cut right in
half and he bled out immediately.
5. William the Conquer conquered all sorts of things, like the Saxons. But
while on the battlefield, his horse stopped abruptly, jamming the king’s innards
against his saddle and rupturing his guts. Yes, he was murdered by his
horse.
7. King John’s greatest contribution to history was being the architect of
the Magna Carta in 1215. His second greatest achievement was eating a barrel of
peaches while lost in the woods and defecating himself to death.
8. King James I’s death at first glance seems incredibly noble — he died
after being attacked by a bevy of stab-happy assassins. But a little research
makes his death slightly more cringeworthy. Yes, he was stabbed to death by
assassins… who chased him into the feces-filled sewer where he had decided to
hide in his pajamas.
10. Henry VIII is known as the despotic ginger-haired, heavy-set monarch
who loved a good wedding. But in his prime, the man was an avid sportsman and
considered to be quite dashing. Towards the end of his life, that was not the
case. He weighed over 400 lbs and had a permanently leeching leg ulcer, bed
sores, and all manner of other ailments. His coffin was lined with lead, but
that did not prevent his corpse from imploding and leaking out kingly juices
onto the streets.
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