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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 ...
One was called Schwanstein Castle. [nb 1] In 1832, Ludwig's father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria, bought its ruins to replace them with the comfortable neo-Gothic palace known as Hohenschwangau Castle. Finished in 1837, the palace became his family's summer residence, and his elder son Ludwig (born 1845) spent a large part of his childhood here.
The young king was so moved by Wagner's opera Lohengrin, based on the legend of the Swan Knight, that he named his castle "New Swan Stone," or "Neuschwanstein". It was King Ludwig's patronage that later gave Wagner the means to build a theatre for, compose and stage his epic cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung
Although Linderhof is much smaller than Versailles, it is evident that the palace of the French Sun-King Louis XIV (who was an idol for Ludwig) was its inspiration. The staircase, for example, is a reduction of the famous Ambassador's staircase in Versailles, which would be copied in full in Herrenchiemsee, another palace project by Ludwig that was designed less as a residential building than ...
Ludwig II King of Bavaria r. 1864–1886 "the Swan King" or "der Märchenkönig" (1845-1886) Otto I (VIII) King of Bavaria r. 1886–1913 deposed (1848–1916) Ludwig III Prince Regent, r. 1912–1913 King of Bavaria r. 1913–1918 abd. in pretence 1918–1921 (1845–1921) Maria Theresa of Austria-Este 1849–1919: Leopold, Fld. Mar. (1846 ...
Falkenstein Castle or Castrum Pfronten is the ruin of a castle in the Bavarian Alps, near Pfronten, Germany. At 1,277 metres (4,190 ft) above sea level, it is Germany's highest castle. [1] King Ludwig II of Bavaria purchased the ruin in 1883 and planned to construct a fairy tale castle, but the plans were abandoned upon his death in 1886.
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When King Ludwig II was deposed by his ministers on 10 June 1886, his uncle Luitpold took over the rule of the Kingdom of Bavaria and led the affairs of state in Ludwig's place as regent. Only three days later Ludwig II died under unknown circumstances, and Prince Otto succeeded him as King of Bavaria on 13 June 1886 in accordance with the ...