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Ludwig I of Bavaria. Mother. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Signature. Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig, Prince Regent of Bavaria (12 March 1821 – 12 December 1912), was the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, as regent for his nephews, King Ludwig II and King Otto. His regency arose due to his nephews' mental incapacity.
Luitpold (born March 12, 1821, Würzburg, Bavaria—died Dec. 12, 1912, Munich) was the prince regent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, in whose reign Bavaria prospered under a liberal government and Munich became a cultural centre of Europe. The third son of King Louis (Ludwig) I, Luitpold chose a military career and fought on Austria’s side ...
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Monarchs of Bavaria Ducal Bavaria (also known as the "Old Stem duchy") Agilolfing dynasty. Around 548 the kings of the Franks placed the border region of Bavaria under the administration of a duke—possibly Frankish or possibly chosen from amongst the local leading families—who was supposed to act as a regional governor for the Frankish king.
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. Prince Luitpold of Bavaria served as Prince Regent from 1886 until his death in 1912. He was born Prince Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig on March 12, 1821, at the Wurzburg Residence, a palace in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, now in Bavaria, Germany, the third son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Wittelsbach. Father. Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. Mother. Princess Irmingard of Bavaria. Religion. Roman Catholic. Luitpold Rupprecht Heinrich Prinz von Bayern (born 14 April 1951) is a member and second in line of succession to the headship of the House of Wittelsbach, which reigned as Kings of Bavaria until 1918, [1] and the head of König ...
Prince Regent Luitpold is considered one of the most important representatives of Bavarian kingship. There are “Prinzregentenstrassen” and monuments in almost every major city in Bavaria. In Munich, Café Luitpold even named its restaurant after him. Opened in 1888, in the day it was the city's most modern and magnificent café, and ...
Bavaria became a part of the Holy Roman Empire in the 10th century. During that period Bavaria was constantly ravaged and all but depopulated by the Hungarians. At the Battle of Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia), on July 4, 907, the Hungarians inflicted a disastrous defeat on the Bavarians, but Hungarian ambitions in Bavaria were checked permanently in 955 by Otto I at the Battle of ...
