Once in Albania an acrobat became Emperor.

Otto Witte was a circus acrobat. At one of his performances, he noticed that he and the Sultan's nephew look really alike. Pursuing the idea, he convinced the troops that he is worthy to be emperor. Fearing that this could be true, on August 13th, 1913 the local troops proclaimed him Emperor and Otto started living an easy life. He was even bold enough to declare war on Montenegro. The act lasted for five days and only then the troops understood that this was an impostor. After stealing some of the treasure, Otto managed to run off without being captured.