When was the king who was the subject of Siegfried Obermeier's "The Secret Diaries of Ludwig II of Bavaria" born?
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Siegfried Obermeier Siegfried Obermeier (Munich, 21 January 1936 - Oberschleißheim near Munich, 21 January 2011) was a German author of historical novels and popular history books. He was editor of The Secret Diaries of Ludwig II of Bavaria 1976. In 1978 he issued his first novel, initially under the penname Carl de Scott, a novelisation of the second life of Judas Iscariot. His Jesus in India book "Starb Jesus in Kaschmir?" made it to the Year Bestseller List of the Spiegel in 1983.
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Ludwig II of Bavaria Ludwig II (German: "Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm" ; English: Louis Otto Frederick William ; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King, Mad King Ludwig or der Märchenkönig (the 'Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia, and Duke in Swabia.
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Frederick William I of Prussia Frederick William I (German: "Friedrich Wilhelm I" ) (14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the 'Soldier King,' was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death, as well as the father of Frederick the Great. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the principality of Neuchâtel.
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Prince Nicholas of Romania Prince Nicholas of Romania (Romanian: "Principele Nicolae a României" ; 5 August 1903 – 9 June 1978), later known as Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the fourth child and second son of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his wife Queen Marie.
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Ferdinand II of Portugal "Dom" Ferdinand II (Portuguese: "Fernando II") (29 October 1816 – 15 December 1885) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and King of Portugal "jure uxoris" as the husband of Queen Maria II, from the birth of their son in 1837 to her death in 1853.
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Otto of Bavaria Otto (German: "Otto Wilhelm Luitpold Adalbert Waldemar" ; 27 April 1848 – 11 October 1916), was King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913. However, he never actively reigned due to severe mental illness; his uncle, Luitpold, and cousin, Ludwig, served as regents. Ludwig deposed him in 1913 a day after the legislature passed a law allowing him to do so, becoming king in his own right.
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2nd Royal Bavarian Uhlans The 2nd Royal Bavarian Uhlan Regiment (German: Königliche Bayerische 2. Ulanen Regiment "König" ) was a Bavarian Army Cavalry Regiment formed in 1863 in Ansbach. From 6 July 1864 it was nominally commanded by King Ludwig II of Bavaria until he was succeeded by King Otto of Bavaria on 13 June 1886.
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Princess Augusta of Bavaria Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (German: "Augusta Amalia Ludovika von Bayern" ) (Strasbourg, 21 June 1788 – Munich, 13 May 1851) was the second child and eldest daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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Prince Georg of Bavaria Prince Georg of Bavaria (German: "Georg Franz Joseph Luitpold Maria Prinz von Bayern" ) (April 2, 1880 – May 31, 1943) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Catholic priest.
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Frederick V of the Palatinate Frederick V (German: "Friedrich V." ; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and served as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in Bohemia earned him the derisive nickname of "the Winter King" (Czech: "Zimní král"; German: "Winterkönig").
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Henry the Friendly Henry of Austria, known as Henry the Friendly (15 May 1299-3 February 1327) was the son of King Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol.
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Prince Konrad of Bavaria Prince Konrad of Bavaria (German: "Konrad Luitpold Franz Joseph Maria Prinz von Bayern" ; 22 November 1883 – 6 September 1969) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.
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Helene Kottanner Helene Kottanner (née Wolfram; Hungarian: "Kottaner Ilona" ; c. 1400 – after 1470) was a Hungarian courtier and writer. Her last name is spelled variously as Kottanner, Kottanerin, or Kottannerin. She is primarily known to history as the author of memoirs about the years 1439 and 1440, when king Albert II of Germany died and his son Ladislaus the Posthumous was born. Kottanner, who dictated her life story in German, was a kammerfrau to Queen Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442). She also assisted Queen Elisabeth in a royal succession plot.
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Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904) Prince Heinrich of Prussia, (German: "Heinrich Viktor Ludwig Friedrich" ; 9 January 1900 – 26 February 1904), was the haemophiliac third son and youngest child of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and thus a grandson of Frederick III, German Emperor on his father's side and a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through both his mother and father. He died aged four.
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Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (German: "Franz-Josef Michael Maria Ignatius Prinz von Bayern" ) (born 21 September 1957) is a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict.
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Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria Duchess Sophie in Bavaria (German: "Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria Herzogin in Bayern" ); 22 February 1875 in Possenhofen, Bavaria – 4 September 1957 in Kreuth, Germany).
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Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Louis Ferdinand Victor Edward Albert Michael Hubert, Prince of Prussia (German: "Louis Ferdinand Viktor Eduard Albert Michael Hubertus Prinz von Preußen"; 9 November 1907 – 26 September 1994) was a member of the royal House of Hohenzollern and pretender to the abolished German throne. He was also noteworthy as a staunch opponent of the Nazi Party, a businessman, and a patron of the arts.
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Marie of Prussia Marie of Prussia (German: "Marie Friederike Franziska Hedwig von Preußen" ; October 15, 1825 – May 17, 1889) was Queen of Bavaria and the mother of Kings Ludwig II and Otto of Bavaria.
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Princess Antonia of Luxembourg Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (Antoinette Roberte Sophie Wilhelmine; 7 October 1899 – 31 July 1954) was a member of the Luxembourgish House of Nassau-Weilburg and the last Crown Princess of Bavaria as the wife of Crown Prince Rupprecht.
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Prince Leopold of Bavaria Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf, Prinz von Bayern (9 February 1846 – 28 September 1930) was born in Munich, the son of Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821–1912) and his wife Archduchess Augusta of Austria (1825–1864). He was a Field Marshal ("Generalfeldmarschall") who commanded German and Austro-Hungarian forces on the Eastern Front in World War I.
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Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria Sigismund of Bavaria (26 July 1439 – 1 February 1501) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He ruled as Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1460 to 1467, and then as Duke of Bavaria-Dachau until his death.
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Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (German: "Mathilde Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte von Bayern" ) (Augsburg, August 30, 1813 – Darmstadt, May 25, 1862) was the second child and eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.