Bizarre Deaths of History PT. II

Death is often called, "The Great Equalizer". Many people spend millions of dollars each year to turn back the clock. We've even seen a few people frozen after death, in the hopes that cures, and resurrection advancements will be made someday. The old world however, saw no such escapes. Life was hard, and full of irony.
He are a few of those cases:

Sigurd the Mighty 892 AD
Sigurd of Orkney found himself victorious in battle. After presumably removing his enemies head, he strapped the head of his foe to his horse's saddle. During the long trip, the tooth of his fallen enemy rubbed against him as he rode. The rubbing action caused the infection that killed him.
BEYOND THE GRAVE WIN!

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford 1322 AD
Humphrey was fatally speared through the buthole by a pikeman hiding under the bridge during the Battle of Boroughbridge. The guy basically stirred his guts like Top Ramen. Only instead of Tom Ramen, it was his intestines, and instead of using a fork, or chop sticks, the pikeman used a spear. That's a nasty way to go.

Edward II of England 1327 AD
Yet another unlucky guy , King Edward part 2 found himself in a jail cell getting violated with a red hot poker.
The worst part was that he was put there by his wife, who was having an affair. He must have thought, "Where did I go wrong?"
It's like history took all of it's execution notes from the diagram of Chinese Hell.


George Plantagenet 1478 AD
Duke of Clarence is the only guy on this list today who did it in style. He was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine at his own request. That is dedication to your alcoholism at it's finest.
ALCOHOL FAIL, or WIN? ... If it's a movie that stars Nicolas Cage, then maybe.



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