There is a famous line in Hong Kong dramas: "The friend you are talking about is not yourself", and the bitter lord of this word often has the unspeakable secret of a man. In history, the unspeakable secret of the king is not a private problem, the Wanli Emperor who cannot manage the lower body is chased and scolded by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and xianfeng, who has problems with the lower body, has also been repeatedly whipped, so there are some monarchs in Chinese and foreign history who have been watched by ministers and executed by the whole people. China's monarchs are familiar to everyone, so let's talk about the unfortunate monarchs of Europe.
The mainstream view of the European royal family is that only children born in wedlock (illegitimate children such as William and others are rare exceptions) can inherit the throne, and once a legitimate child is born in wedlock, the royal family even has to go abroad to find an heir. In feudal monarchy, infertility could not produce legitimate sons, which meant that the entire kingdom would be in turmoil. The king's bed is not good, it is also a reason for divorce, so the king and queen have no right to privacy at all, they have been watched from the beginning of marriage, yes, that is, you think, how the kings' fighting power in bed is sometimes recorded.
During the Crusades, Philip II and Richard the Lionheart were both brutally watched, and Richard was in a better situation. Philip II's second wife was the Danish princess Ingeborg, and according to Philip II's own account, his wedding night was very painful, because Ingeborg used witchcraft to make his "little brother" lose his fighting power and wanted to see a doctor. Philip II had no problem at all, he lived with his lover Agnes of Melania, and had several illegitimate children together. His father died a long time ago, the power in the country is monopolized, there is no situation of persecution by others, the biggest possibility is that the Danish princess herself has a "defect", so angry that Philip II wants to return it. So he did not hesitate to expose himself and divorce himself.
Engelborg was so angry that he publicly declared that the two had lived married that night and firmly disagreed with the divorce. At that time, the Nordic royal family could only send thousands of infantry and hundreds of knights, and the naval ships were also behind the times, and they had long lost the prestige of the 11th century in Europe, and the biggest patron of the Danish princess became the pope. Pope Innocent III was determined to keep the danish princess's marriage and not give Philip II the freedom to cheat. Philip II, the scumbag, was furious and threw the Danish princess into captivity, leaving her with mud and enjoying the treatment of a witch. In the end, the Pope and Philip II each took a step back, Philip II divorced smoothly, and the Danish princess was set free.
Philip II's marriage was a far cry, no less than that of his father and ex-wife. His father Louis IX's ex-wife was Eleanor, and after Eleanor remarried king Henry II of England, the son he gave birth to was Richard and others. Richard is most loved by his mother Eleanor, but Richard's marriage is also the most worrying for Eleanor. Richard was a top master of single-handedness and group beatings, and was also good at writing knight songs, and was a hormonal king who walked in the Middle Ages. But Richard's relationship with the woman was terrible, and Richard's fiancée was Philip II's sister Iris. Iris first had an affair with Richard's father, Henry II, and then had an illegitimate child with Richard's nephew Henry II, Count of Champagne (who was Eleanor's grandson, and from her mother's generation, she was also called Aunt Iris), making her a household name in the European aristocracy.
Richard used this as an excuse to retire from marriage, but he did not have a difficulty for his nephew, not only did not duel with his nephew, but after the Crusade, he arranged for his nephew Henry II to marry the princess of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Eleanor looked at the younger generation of the family and was upset, and she also had to find a wife for her son. Eleanor followed her son on a crusade, and before the crusade, he set up Princess Berengaria of Navarre. In 1191 Eleanor also took Berengaria across the Alps and across the wary Italian peninsula, sending the bride to Richard's barracks on 20 March. Because it was in the barracks, the only person who was qualified to watch was the Empress Eleanor. According to Eleanor, the two were in a round house at the time, but richard and Beren Gallia never had any children after their marriage. Whether Richard is a "comrade" is very controversial, anyway, he let his mother be a witness to the marriage, many people are not convinced.
In addition to the two brothers above, King Henrique IV of Castile in Spain also became a famous victim of the newlywed onlookers. His first wife was Blanca, princess of Aragon, and on their wedding night, Blanca's father, King Juan II of Aragon, stood outside the door listening in public, frightening the fifteen-year-old Enrique IV into panic, fearing that the fierce uncle would rush in and beat him. Enrique IV never gave birth to a man and a half a woman with his cousin Blanca, and in order to prove that the mistake was not in himself, Enrique IV suddenly found two young ladies and proved in front of the priest that he was "still majestic".
The hapless Blanca became a scapegoat, and she was divorced for using witchcraft. The second wife of Henrique IV was The Portuguese Princess Juana, and their marriage was again watched, and after the new marriage, a group of court officials gathered to see the bloodstained sheets, but the result was that "everyone was not satisfied". Enrique IV was physically fine, and his marriage went wrong because he didn't like women, but liked... Enrique left no heirs, and the throne passed to Isabella, who financed Columbus's voyage, which was a good thing for Spain.
Royal marriage values the bloodline inheritance, so the Western royal family also has a tradition of bystanders, do not think that they respect privacy.