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Early life Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (left) with his parents and his younger brother, Prince Otto, in 1860. Born at Nymphenburg Palace, 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 ...
Franz Karl was convinced to give up his rights to the Austrian throne, and therefore it was their son Franz Joseph who became the next Emperor with Sophie holding power behind the scenes. At the time Sophie was known as ‘the only man at court’ hinting at the great power she held over her husband and son. In 1854, Franz Joseph was married ...
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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.
Suddenly, when King Ludwig was just 18, he was forced onto the throne. His father died quickly, and most unexpectedly, of sepsis; and the young Ludwig was thrust into becoming King Ludwig II of Bavaria with very little preparation or forewarning. Ludwig became king in 1865, and experienced a terrible defeat two years later, aged just 20.
He was the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in 1914 sparked World War I. Through his son Archduke Otto Franz , Archduke Karl Ludwig was also the grandfather of Austria's last Emperor, Charles I .
Sisi was born in 1837 as Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria as the fourth child of Duke Max Joseph in Bavaria and his wife Princess Ludovika. Her mother was the daughter of the Bavarian king and her father an unconventional but very wealthy man.
Her parents were Duke Max Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika Wilhelmine, who in turn was the daughter of the Bavarian King Maximilian I and the aunt of the Austrian Emperor. Sisi was shaped by her parents, who lived very unconventionally and this was also reflected in her upbringing.
