Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1898 — Violent Deaths Among Royalty. [ARTICLE]

Violent Deaths Among Royalty.

The world has had 2,550 kings or emperors, of whom records are known, and Who have reigned over seventyfour peoples. Of these rulers 300 were ' overthrown, sixty-four were forced to abdicate, twenty-eight committed suicide, twenty-three became mad or imbecile, 100 were killed in battle, 123 were captured by the enemy, twentyfive were tortured to death, 151 were assassinated and 108 were executed.