Top 8 Strange Royal's and Their Strange Deaths

Top 8 Strange Royal's and Their Strange Deaths Long have died the kings, and not always in such graceful ways befitting their regality. Take Richard III, a king of England (and inspiration for Shakespeare), who died in a battle, and who was then buried, then lost, and then found recently beneath a parking lot. But Richard isn't the only royal or ruler who came to a strange if not just plain funny—end. Here's a list of his fellow ill-fated brethren: