The last days of his life saw him lose the throne in favor of the regent Luitpold, soon after which he drowned with his physician in the Starnberger Lake near his castle at Berg.
The last days of his life saw him lose the throne in favor of the regent Luitpold, soon after which he drowned with his physician in the Starnberger Lake near his castle at Berg. The son of Maximilian II, his early reign saw him join Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War, but he soon began leaving more and more of his political duties to his prime minister, Chlodwig, so that he could spend his time patronizing Wagner and building a series of elaborate castles. FTP, who was this king of Bavaria, known as * "the Mad"?
The last days of his life saw him lose the throne in favor of the regent Luitpold, soon after which he drowned with his physician in the Starnberger Lake near his castle at Berg.
Ludwig II or Louis II (accept Ludiwg the Mad until *)