History Hit Miscellany of Facts, Figures and Fascinating Finds’ by Dan Snow


MORBID OBSESSION

For the last five years of his life, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I
(r. 1508-19) travelled everywhere with his coffin. In 1501 he fell from his horse and badly injured his leg. Some historians have suggested he was 'morbidly' depressed as a consequence of the accident.

Source ~ ‘ History Hit Miscellany of Facts, Figures and Fascinating Finds’ by Dan Snow 

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