Ludwig II

Young Ludwig


Courtesy: Hermann Historica

Must say that when I think of a lookalike  to Ludvig ,  I think of his cousin.. Elizabeth !
somehow they look similar...

I'd never thought of that, but the last posted picture sure shows the resemblance, IMO.
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It is completely impossible, I must be completely insane--I have that sword.

i liked this one



 

Interesting one... is he representing some teatrical or mithological character?

Look a bit as Lohengrin

Here a caricature of Ludwig as him

It is 125 years to the day,june 13th,today that King Ludwig died in the Starnberger See under circumstances still not
clearly solved to this day.Maybe the family archives could shet a better light on what caused his death.....

The Wittelsbacher doesn´t want this. I´m sure. I think they are afraid that something will come out. Yesterday came a docu and one Wittelsbach Prince said "it could have been better handled". But not something like "the government broke rules and they are criminals" because they were IMO. The way they overthrowed Ludwig was according to Bavarian law forbidden.

The Wittelsbacher doesn´t want this. I´m sure. I think they are afraid that something will come out. Yesterday came a docu and one Wittelsbach Prince said "it could have been better handled". But not something like "the government broke rules and they are criminals" because they were IMO. The way they overthrowed Ludwig was according to Bavarian law forbidden.

It was,as was the families conduct in the overtrow and killing,or murder of Ludwig,if you wish.

The Wittelsbacher doesn´t want this. I´m sure. I think they are afraid that something will come out. Yesterday came a docu and one Wittelsbach Prince said "it could have been better handled". But not something like "the government broke rules and they are criminals" because they were IMO. The way they overthrowed Ludwig was according to Bavarian law forbidden.

It was,as was the families conduct in the overtrow and killing,or murder of Ludwig,if you wish.

In German only:

http://www.wdr.de/themen/kultur/stichtag/2011/06/13.jhtml

click on image to enlarge pls.

Maybe that  accounts for  the documentaries I saw on German TV yesterday Sunday.
The story of his life  ( was it the Phoenix channel ? )
 I can get many of the German channels  here in the UK  via satellite.
 There was  lots of filming inside the Royal Palaces  esp Schloss Neuschwanstein of course.

 You cant be anything but impressed by the wonderful paintings...  and murals ....
in there.
You d think there d be a site somewhere on the web with   a full photographic record
of the paintings and rooms  in  HQ  so we could get hold of them.

You'd also think that  Ludvig would have set aside a room as a shrine to his great
friend and mentor... Wagner,  with paintings and  sculptures.... but I did nt see anything.

It must have been a great thrill for Ludvig,  to watch his dream take shape over the years...
no doubt he visited Neuschwanstein as the murals were being painted and the rooms decorated.

Sad to think that  in such a short time after Neuschwanstein's completion ... ( 18 months ?)  he was dead !


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The Wittelsbacher doesn´t want this. I´m sure. I think they are afraid that something will come out. Yesterday came a docu and one Wittelsbach Prince said "it could have been better handled". But not something like "the government broke rules and they are criminals" because they were IMO. The way they overthrowed Ludwig was according to Bavarian law forbidden.

The Family was present at the Mass,TRH Duke Franz,Duke Max in Bayern,Prince Poldi and Princess Ursula,all,Berg,june 13th:

http://www.br-online.de/bayern/menschen-und-geschichten/koenig-ludwig-ii-gedenkmesse-starnberger-see-ID1307970176085.xml

 

The Wittelsbacher doesn´t want this. I´m sure. I think they are afraid that something will come out. Yesterday came a docu and one Wittelsbach Prince said "it could have been better handled". But not something like "the government broke rules and they are criminals" because they were IMO. The way they overthrowed Ludwig was according to Bavarian law forbidden.

There was quite a crowd to remember the ""Kini",good:Video of the ceremony at Berg:

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFMediathek/beitrag/video/1359620/Hunderte-erinnern-an-der-Maerchenkoenig

The Wittelsbacher doesn´t want this. I´m sure. I think they are afraid that something will come out. Yesterday came a docu and one Wittelsbach Prince said "it could have been better handled". But not something like "the government broke rules and they are criminals" because they were IMO. The way they overthrowed Ludwig was according to Bavarian law forbidden.

There was quite a crowd to remember the ""Kini",good:Video of the ceremony at Berg:

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFMediathek/beitrag/video/1359620/Hunderte-erinnern-an-der-Maerchenkoenig

End of july 2011 Bavaria Film GmbH starts the fim-shoot in Bavaria and Austria of a new,obviously..,movie on the life of Ludwig II
with Sabin Tambrea in the leading role.It wasn't easy to find someone with the late Kings stature,being a tall man at 1.90mtr,
certainly in his day and time.

Ah, Ludwig, my favourite king.

I went to all his castles, and he really was a bit nuts.

He had a stone dinner table outside in his gardens.  He had pluming shoot water up his guests' bums as a joke.

And, he had this room full of clocks.  He was really into engineering and mechanics.  And, he was so paranoid, he had a bed he could raise off the floor.  I never got to see that one, so I do not understand if the floor recoiled or if the bed actually rose--in any case, the man was a genius and they really were out to get him.

The question is, Why were they really out to get him?  The most logical two explanations I have ever heard are 1) He was making his family and country poor with his non-strategic castle building and 2) the man was completely depraved in his private time.

As an aside, Was Ludwig the head of some Fraternity called "the Seven Gay and Galloping Chivilric Geese?" or Serindipitous Swans?  I have heard of these kinds of orders, but, by the time real information trickled out about them to an American audience during WWI, they had evidently been debased in to extremely depraved college drinking clubs.