>born with a deformed Habsburg jaw >severely afflicted with gout >fought three simultaneous conflicts with France, Turks, and Protestants >Struggled his entire reign trying to hold the empire together >Abdicated the throne to live in a monastery where he spent the rest of his life building clocks >Trying to synchronize all of these clocks together because he never had enough time. >Died after a few years in the monastery
Are there any other cases of Monarchs/rulers giving up their power to live simple, sad lives such as Charles V did? I'm quite familiar with Diocletian and his cabbages already.
>sad lives The life in the monastery would be pretty comfy
Jacob Hernandez
dude was surrounded by celebite wierdos and so badly ravaged by gout he could barely walk
Dylan Rivera
>born with a deformed Habsburg jaw
Its still astonishing that they didnt notice that their family was getting worse and worse from all that interbreeding, even after Charles II. How did they not realise that if you put two deformed and sickly people together they're going to produce even more deformed and sickly offspring. I know feudal rules of inheritance were in place, but, were they so strict that you had to risk your son and heir being a mutant imbecile that couldnt rule anyways?. The episode of the capetians invoking salian law in their favor proved that law could be missused or turned upside down if it favored a powerful group of people.
Caleb Hill
you're surrounded by incel wierdos right now
Jaxson Miller
>Are there any other cases of Monarchs/rulers giving up their power to live simple, sad lives such as Charles V did?
Diocletian retired to farm cabbages.
Robert Miller
>I'm quite familiar with Diocletian and his cabbages already.
Zachary Robinson
>implying people on Veeky Forums are weird.
Most people on this entire site, even /b/ is pretty normal.
Jacob Hill
*are
Nathan Young
Whoops.
Nathan Wilson
The difference is the monks are celebite by choice.
Blake Gutierrez
What really fucked them was reformation, limiting their marital opportunities to only few catholic families
Joseph Watson
That's only because being normal and traditional is edgy now.
Benjamin Martinez
>The 11th king of Nanzhao established Buddhism as the state religion. Ten of the 22 kings of Dali gave up the throne and became monks.
Maybe if you cunts could start posting names along with the obscure historical paintings, I could learn something new about a person I don't know.
Landon Peterson
>Charles V If he's obscure to you, then you REALLY need to read up on the time period. It surprises me that guy isn't as famous as Caesar, Charlemagne and Napoleon, considering his achievements put him in the same ballpark.
Jaxson Roberts
How do you know what time period to study of no fucker bothers to give the name? Should people just search Google for "guy with a beard in black armour with orange trim" and hope for the best?
Aaron Howard
I just gave you a name.
Jayden Martinez
YOU did, 15 replies in. The guyo point is that noone posts the name with the picture in the OP, leaving everyone else to guess.
Aiden Davis
>can't image search
die newfag
Mason Smith
It literally says his name in the OP. Read the last couple of lines next time retard
Gabriel Wood
>clocks Was it autism?
Liam Murphy
Babby needs to be spoonfed.
Angel Murphy
I guess you could say Pedro II since he just gave up on Brazil after a quiet, non-violent coup and died as a poor and sad old man in France.
Isaac Torres
His achievement of being born from right mother and father?
Tyler Martinez
Are you fucking retarded? Read the OP
Mason Cooper
>he ate alone because of his weird jaw ;_;
I'd eat with you Charles
Brayden Myers
Is there a better monarch than Pedro II? Maybe Augustus...
Justin Ortiz
Boris from Bulgaria(the one who introduced Christianity)went a monastery, but it was a happy ending. He did go back to remove one of his sons from the throne.
Hudson Young
redpill me on pedro ii
Sebastian Adams
>his achievements
Brody Williams
>plus France
Yeah, an absolute powerhouse in its own right. This cute little meme picture also forgets to mention the invading Ottomans and the Barbary pirates.
Logan Flores
Didn't Tiberias basically do that?
Elijah Perez
>father achieves Brazilian independence, incredibly idealistic but shitty education >gives Pedro II the best education in the Western World >abolished the slave trade >beat Argentina >oversaw Brazil as a stable power in a turbulent region with a quickly growing economy >worked with democratic government to pass laws, not violating the sovereignty of the legislature but still being an active force in the government >patron of arts and sciences in a huge way >would often tour the country, meeting with individual citizens >financed infrastructure >traveled the world >exiled at the end of his life
He was something between an Enlightened Despot and a well-meaning social reformer. By far the best leader Brazil (or any South American country) has ever had.
Christian Wright
Also Nietzsche sucked his dick in a train.
3rd best economy 2nd best navy.
Levi Reed
This. Monks are basically 4channers. NEETs Celibates Hold meme ideology/religion Shit post all day every day
Jordan Cooper
Cincinnatus. He was voted as a Roman dictator multiple times to deal with wars, and always put Rome on top. As soon as the wars were over, he always relinquished his powers and went home to be a farmer. He was loved so much by the Roman people he could have easily been the first serious Emperor if he wanted too.
Camden White
His name is in the last fucking line of the OP
Nolan Hill
>and the turks >and the Italians >and the Dutch (at least half of them anyway)
Julian Ortiz
I think it was quite common for old rulers to retire, abdicate and become monks. Either if they felt weak/tired, or were persuaded by the nobility (because stepping down is better than death)
Leo Young
Cincinatus is pretty much the gold standard for Romans willingly stepping down from emergency dictatorial powers. He went to chill in a farm, twice.