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13 October 1825. In the time of Maximilian I Joseph, Bavaria was much larger than it is today. It encompassed parts of modern Austria around Salzburg and Tyrol, and even parts of northern Italy and eastern Switzerland. The first King of Bavaria, Maximilian I Joseph from the Wittelsbach dynasty, died on this day in 1825.
The Bavarian-Salzburgian state exhibition “Die Bajuwaren. Von Severin bis Tassilo 488–788” (“The Bajuwaren. From Severinus to Tassilo 488–788”) in 1988 marked a temporary end to an intense debate on the Early History of the Baiern in years before. It conveyed an image of the beginnings of Baiern that has been widely received by the public […]
Nov 15, 2021 · In 1805, Elector Maximilian IV Joseph elevated Bavaria from an electorate to a kingdom; he served as King of Bavaria from 1 January to 1 August 1806 when Bavaria seceded from the Holy Roman Empire.
Dec 24, 2018 · I am Sunday’s child, a child of the sun. Her golden rays she wove into my throne. With her glow, she wove my crown. It is in her light that I live. – Sisi. The future Empress Elisabeth of Austria was born on 24 December 1837 in the Herzog Max Palais in Munich as the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
In the Peace of Pressburg of 1805, Further Austria was dissolved and the formerly Habsburg territories were assigned to Bavaria, Baden, and Württemberg, and the Fricktal to Switzerland. By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Frederick V's son, Charles Louis, was restored to the Lower Palatinate, and given a new electoral title, but the Upper ...
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
Ludwig failed through his desire to anchor his illusions and dreams in reality. From 1885 on foreign banks threatened to seize his property. The king's refusal to react rationally led the government to declare him insane and depose him in 1886 – a procedure not provided for in the Bavarian constitution. Ludwig II was interned in Berg Palace.
