Comments on: TINY TYRANTS http://weeklyworldnews.com/politics/7948/tiny-tyrants/ The World's Only Reliable News Sat, 26 May 2012 08:18:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Smith_N_Wesson http://weeklyworldnews.com/politics/7948/tiny-tyrants/comment-page-1/#comment-13659 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:47:19 +0000 http://weeklyworldnews.com/?p=7948#comment-13659 Whoah! Slow down buddy! I didn't come here to learn shit!

]]> By: signofthetimes http://weeklyworldnews.com/politics/7948/tiny-tyrants/comment-page-1/#comment-13134 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:28:10 +0000 http://weeklyworldnews.com/?p=7948#comment-13134 Actually it only SEEMED that the children ruled, usually there was a group of elders either royal or church, stately advisors, or other such people that told the child what to do. For example, Ivan the Terrible who's father died young and who's mother was poisoned when he was just 8 and then of course left to rule, but contrare mon frere! It was the Boyars that guided him until his great victory as a teen at the Battle of Vaslui.

Then because they'd been such great teachers the Boyars found out what a tyrant they'd created when the boy czar returned a man and a full-on ruler.

To me, real history really is much more interesting sometimes as it really happened such as Ivan the Terrible killing his own 1st born son, Ivan Ivanovich (by accident?) over nothing more than parting his hair wrong (or was it because he wouldn't divorce his wife and marry another for political reasons? The story is gray -we may never know).

But yes, it does seem that the rulers who began their reigns at an early age were destined for the greatest fates and most interesting lives compared to those who took over in later years.

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