# Which Historical Lunatic are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479 "2006-12-17T05:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/21 "2006-12-17T09:07:30Z")
I am Charles the Mad. > [@](#): > > At a royal masquerade, you and your courtiers dressed as wild men, ending in tragedy when four of them accidentally caught fire and burned to death. You were saved by the timely intervention of the Duchess of Berry’s underskirts. Been there, done that. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/22 "2006-12-17T09:16:50Z")
I am the _real_ Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton – and all you pretenders will be dealt with appropriately. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/23 "2006-12-17T09:57:10Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] No, I’M Charles VI of France! 😛 [/QUOTE] No, I am Charles VI of France. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/24 "2006-12-17T10:58:56Z")
No, [_I_](http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/lunatics/) am Charles VI of France! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/25 "2006-12-17T11:33:41Z")
[QUOTE=various] I am Joshua Abraham Norton, first and only Emperor of the United States of America. [/QUOTE] No you’re not - I am!! Now get out of my Empire! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/26 "2006-12-17T11:36:33Z")
Tesla? Damnit, I was hoping for Herman Kahn! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/27 "2006-12-17T11:40:45Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Over your dead bodies! _I’m_ the _only_ Pope Stephen in this thread! 😛 [/QUOTE] I’m Stephen, and so is my wife! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/28 "2006-12-17T11:50:12Z")
I am Ludwig II, the Swan King of Bavaria. A bit ostentatious, but I’ll take it. Death by drowning doesn’t sound pleasant, though… ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/29 "2006-12-17T13:07:24Z")
Another Ludwig II reporting in…now where’s my sea-shell boat? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/30 "2006-12-17T14:47:45Z")
Will the _real_ Emperor Norton please stand up? _stands up_ Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/31 "2006-12-17T14:57:36Z")
I’m Emperor Norton too. Please meet [my wife](http://www.qx.net/jeff/gaylex/jose.htm). Seems the lunatic database has some pretty severe limitations. You’d think with all the lunatics in recorded human history there’d be a little bit wider of a (butterfly) net being cast here. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/32 "2006-12-17T15:12:24Z")
Another Caligula here. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/33 "2006-12-17T15:34:17Z")
Heh. I got Charles the VI of France, too, but some of my answers directly contradicted getting Charles so I think that’s messed up. I think I’ll try again and change my answers on the questions I was undecided about. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/34 "2006-12-17T15:41:43Z")
Caligula, also. You have to love this: “Although you only reigned for four years, brief even by Roman standards, you still managed to garner a reputation as a cruel, extravagant and downright insane despot.” Does it get any better? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/35 "2006-12-17T15:42:12Z")
Joshua Abraham Norton here. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/36 "2006-12-17T16:12:41Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I’m Emperor Norton too. Please meet [my wife](http://www.qx.net/jeff/gaylex/jose.htm). Seems the lunatic database has some pretty severe limitations. You’d think with all the lunatics in recorded human history there’d be a little bit wider of a (butterfly) net being cast here. [/QUOTE] Yeah, no kidding. How come no-one here is Van Gogh, or Nietzsche, or [anybody listed here?](http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/madmon.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/37 "2006-12-17T16:16:45Z")
There’s so many of us Pope Stephen VII…or possibly VI’s here, we should form a club. Of course, after I eliminate you all, I’ll be the only member!!! What am I gonna do with all these fingers? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/38 "2006-12-17T16:26:53Z")
[QUOTE=LouisB] No, I am Charles VI of France. [/QUOTE] No, _I_ am Charles VI of France. (Guy drilled holes in his head. What’s not to love?) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/39 "2006-12-17T16:30:22Z")
I’m Charlery the Sixth, I am. Charlery the Sixth, I am, I am. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/40 "2006-12-17T16:34:51Z")
Another Caligula here. I’m sure my students would agree with the assessment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479.md?page=3)