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Pretender (s) Franz, Duke of Bavaria. The Crown of Bavaria. The King of Bavaria ( German: König von Bayern) was a title held by the hereditary Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria in the state known as the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1805 until 1918, when the kingdom was abolished. It was the second time Bavaria was a kingdom, almost a thousand years ...
In 817, Louis bestowed Bavaria upon his other son, Louis the German, who took charge of the province in 826, as King of Bavaria. Louis the German: King of Bavaria: 826: 876: In 826, Louis started to rule as King of Bavaria, subordinate to his father, until the latter's death in 840. From 843, Bavaria was merged in Louis the German's Kingdom of ...
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 ...
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.
Short biography. Born on 25th August 1845 in Schloss Nymphenburg. King of Bavaria 1864–1886. Died on 13th June 1886 in Lake Starnberg. King Ludwig II in Bavarian general's. uniform with coronation mantle, painting by Ferdinand Piloty, 1865. Photo: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung/Schwenk.
May 14, 2024 · Title / Office: king (1864-1886), Bavaria. House / Dynasty: House of Wittelsbach. Louis II (born August 25, 1845, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich—died June 13, 1886, Starnberger See, Bavaria) was an eccentric king of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886 and an admirer and patron of the composer Richard Wagner. He brought his territories into the newly ...
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The Museum of the Kings of Bavaria is located in Hohenschwangau at the base of the mountain where Ludwig II’s castle stands. PHOTO: Hyde Flippo. Ludwig, not yet 19 years old, ascended the Bavarian throne upon the death of his father in 1864. In faraway America a long, bitter Civil War was approaching its end.
