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Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (left) with his parents and his younger brother, Prince Otto, 1860. Born at Nymphenburg Palace, [5] which is located in what is today part of central Munich, he was the elder son of Maximilian II of Bavaria and Marie of Prussia, Crown Prince and Princess of Bavaria, who became King and Queen in 1848 after the abdication of the former's father, Ludwig I, during ...
Ludwig II joined an alliance with Prussia in 1870 against France, which was seen by Germans as the greatest enemy to a united Germany. At the same time, Bavaria increased its political, legal, and trade ties with the North German Confederation. In 1870, war erupted between France and Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War.
His early years were partly spent at the court of his grandfather, Charlemagne, whose special affection he is said to have won.When the emperor Louis the Pious divided his dominions between his sons in 817, Louis was made the ruler of the Duchy of Bavaria, [7] following the practice of emperor Charlemagne of bestowing a local kingdom to a close family member who then would serve as his ...
Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811–1864) Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886) Otto of Bavaria (1848–1916) Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813–1863), married Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806-1877) without issue; Prince Otto of Bavaria, later King of Greece, (1815–1867), married Princess Amalia of Oldenburg (1818–1875) without issue
Arms of the House of Wittelsbach (14th-century). Arms of Louis IV as Holy Roman Emperor. Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
Ludwig Ferdinand’s mother was Infanta Amalia of Spain, a sister of Paz’s father King Francisco, and she was also a first cousin of Queen Isabella. Infanta Amalia wanted to marry her son to Infanta Paz, her goddaughter, and with this in mind, she wrote to her brother and her sister-in-law, who agreed to the project.
Christian Ludwig (on right) with his mother and his elder brother (1918) The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess with their children in 1925. From left to right: Duke Christian Louis, Grand Duke Frederick Francis, Duchess Thyra, Grand Duchess Alexandra, Duchess Anastasia and Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz.
A grotesque face in the main courtyard of the Hotel de Beauvais, reputedly a portrait of Catherine Bellier. Catherine-Henriette Bellier, baroness de Beauvais (French pronunciation: [katʁin ɑ̃ʁjɛt bɛlje]; Poitou, 1614 – 7 June 1689 in Arrou), was a French courtier, best remembered as the first mistress of King Louis XIV of France.