Was George III mad?
George III was the third monarch in the line of royalty known as the House of Hanover, which finished with the famous rule of Queen Victoria. Unlike many kings, George arranged his own political marriage and even kept a diary which has been kept in Windsor Castle. The marriage he arranged was to Charlotte of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, together they produced fifteen children, two of which become kings of England and one was also the father of Queen Victoria. However the genius of a monarch is best known as being an insane man who lost America! But was he really mad? Certainly during his later years, King George III experienced several incidents where he went slightly crazy and the country had to be ruled by his greedy son, George (IV), the Prince of Wales; but the key question that has been studied by many people of society is: was he mad and if so, why? Because there are medical reports from the times of his illness, which began to show in 1765, we can assume he was me...