I'm bored

Who is your favorite past European monarch?

I've enjoyed reading about some of the battles in which Gustavus Adolphus was a military commander on the Protestant side. He's certainly no Napoleon, Scipio, or Genghis Khan, but how can you not like someone who looks like (an arguably considerably less rotund version of) Baron Harkonnen?




Actually, there's another Adolph(us), also a Swedish monarch, who may have been a more suitable choice for an IRL version of the Baron:

The king [Adolph Frederick] died on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish school children as "the king who ate himself to death."

Mine is probably Ludwig II of Bavaria.

He managed to keep his title even after German unification and he built extremely interesting castles. Plus his death is still a fascinating subject as what really happened still remains to be unknown.

Henry VIII

Married six times

I forget which monarch it was, but I remember reading about a guy who was married eight times. I think he and Henry could have been pals.

I know I'm related to one of the king Louis of france....

Henry the VIII.