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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 ...
The East Frankish Kingdom. Louis the German [a] (German: Ludwig der Deutsche; c. 806 [3] [4] /810 [2] – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany (German: Ludwig II. von Deutschland), [b] was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.
Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), sometimes known as "Mad King Ludwig" and in German as the Märchenkönig (Fairy-tale King), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death; Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845–1921) was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918
King Ludwig II did not attach importance to representative requirements of former times, in which the life of a monarch was mostly public. The interior decoration with mural paintings, tapestry , furniture and other handicraft generally refers to the King's favourite themes: the grail legend , the works of Wolfram von Eschenbach , and their ...
Ludwig I or Louis I (German: Ludwig I.; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization, initiating the Ludwig Canal between the rivers Main and the Danube.
His Majesty Ludwig, King of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Son of Maximilian II Joseph. Ludwig II was called the Märchenkönig (fairy-tale king). He acceded to Bavaria becoming a state of the German Empire in 1871, he was declared insane in 1886. [1] Otto I: King of Bavaria 1886: 1913 Wittelsbach
Ludwig's uncle, Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, the later Prince Regent (1886–1912), on 3 December 1870 personally handed over the Imperial Letter to the Prussian king. Ludwig II gave the impetus to the emperor's proclamation of William I in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles with this letter, which the Prussian King William I proposed to the ...
Louis the German (804–876), king of East Francia; Louis the Stammerer (846–879), Louis II of France; Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (1506–1526) Louis II of Holland (1804–1831) Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), "Mad King Ludwig" Louis XIII, also known as Louis II of Navarre (1601–1643)