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Ludwig II was King of Bavaria between 1864 and 1886: while his reign did not see military success, he left behind an incredible architectural and artistic legacy. He lived an eccentric life but one that remains shrouded in mystery. An intense history. At just 19 years old, Ludwig II of Bavaria succeeded to the throne.
Ludwig grew up detached and a loner, left to live in his own imagination. As a little prince, Ludwig spent much of his life staying at Hohenschwangau Castle – a modern, mock-castle, built by his father King Maximilian. It meant that, quite literally, he was a real little prince growing up in a real little castle.
Ludwig I King of Bavaria. (1786 –1868) Succeeding his father, Maximilian I, he was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. His wedding in 1810 was the occasion of the first-ever Oktoberfest. Ludwig’s rule was strongly affected by his enthusiasm for the arts and women and by his overreaching royal ...
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.
Open to the public since 1886, just weeks after King Ludwig's death, these days the Castle receives around 10,000 visitors a day in high season, reaching over 1.4 million visits per year. Located on a dramatic hill above the village of Hohenschwangau around 80 miles, or 130 km, from Munich's city center, Neuschwanstein makes for the perfect day trip from Munich.
28 de ago. de 2022 · In 1864 at the age of 18, Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm became King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Ludwig II (also known as the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King) was King of Bavaria until his death in 1886. During his reign, he used all his private money for his artistic and architectural projects. He built three castles in Southern Germany that are now ...
22 de mar. de 2024 · Louis II, 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 founded German Empire (1871) but concerned himself only intermittently with affairs of state, preferring a life of increasingly morbid seclusion and developing a mania for extravagant building projects.
