Germany
Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus was a dreamer who sat idle much of the time, then would burst into activity, only to abandon a project unpredictably. An alcoholic, debilitated by his disease, in his later years he barely stirred from his castle.
In a typical story, Wenceslaus met in 1398 with King Charles VI of France to end the Schism. The wags said that Wenceslas was only sober in the mornings and Charles was sane only in the afternoons, and consequently nothing was accomplished.
In his later years he was uninterested in and incapable of dealing with events outside Bohemia. His behavior eventually was such a disgrace that his nobles deposed him (1400). It was the first time the princes deposed an emperor, though they let him remain King of Bohemia since their authority as electors extended only to the King of the Romans. Wenceslaus naturally refused to recognize his deposition, but he was as ineffectual here as everywhere else in his life. He died in 1419, by which time the Hussite revolt was breaking out and Wenceslaus wasn't ruling Bohemia either.