But life for the king was far from idyllic. George's first attack of madness --actually the rare blood disorder porphyria ... In 1820, George III died at the age of 82, blind, deaf, and delusional.

The monarch, who has been coined as the "Mad King Who Lost ... believe that George III's mental instability was a result of a hereditary physical disorder called porphyria, others now suggest ...

King George III ruled over Great Britain and Ireland ... In the 1960s, psychologists theorised his mental illness may have been due to porphyria, though this diagnosis has been challenged by ...

George III, king of Great Britain and its colonies at the time of the American Revolution, has been maligned unfairly. As a scholar of early America, I believe, however, that George III has gotten ...

Porphyria and King George III The British monarch at the time of the American Revolution is generally believed to have been insane. In the light of modern knowledge it seems that he suffered from ...