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Feb 1, 2016 · During the Austro-Prussian war in 1866, Luitpold was commander of the 3rd Royal Bavarian Division and represented Bavaria in the German General Staff during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871. It was in this role that, on December 3, 1870, he delivered the so-called Kaiserbrief written by Ludwig II stating his support for the creation of the ...
May 23, 2024 · Maximilian I (born May 27, 1756, Mannheim, Palatinate [Germany]—died October 13, 1825, Munich, Bavaria) was the last Wittelsbach prince-elector of Bavaria (1799–1806) and first king of Bavaria (1806–25). His alliance with Napoleon gained him a monarch’s crown and enabled him to turn the scattered, poorly administered Bavarian holdings ...
Bavaria is recreated as a constituent part of the new federal Germany and its future fortunes would be tied to this new political creation. Hereditary Kings of Bavaria AD 1918 - Present Day. The head of the Wittelsbachs remained the titular successor to the kings of Bavaria, although they were reduced in rank to dukes.
The Bavarian dynasty was those kings of the Lombards who were descended from Garibald I, the Agilolfing duke of Bavaria. They came to rule the Lombards through Garibald's daughter Theodelinda, who married the Lombard king Authari in 588. The Bavarians ( Italian: Bavarese) were really a branch of the Agilolfings, and were themselves two branches ...
Nov 14, 2016 · On October 18, 1921, King Ludwig III, the last king of Bavaria and last ruler of the House of Wittelsbach died. His body was brought back to Munich on November 5, 1921 and, despite fears of a movement to restore the monarchy, a state funeral was held with an estimated 100,000 spectators. He was buried in the Frauenkirche in the center of Munich.
Nov 1, 2016 · Otto was then promoted to captain on his eighteenth birthday on April 27, 1866 when he began active military service in the Royal Bavarian Infantry Guards. In this role, the Prince participated in both the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and later as colonel in the fateful Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. When King Maximilian II died on March 10 ...
Jan 1, 1970 · 3.85. 85 ratings15 reviews. Tall, handsome, romantic, with a pronounced taste for Schiller and Wagner, 'Mad' Ludwig II of Bavaria appeared in 1846 to his people like an eighteen-year-old Lohengrin. In June 1886, corpulent and toothless, he was declared insane by his ministers and imprisoned. Five days later the bodies of Ludwig and his warder ...
