King Ludwig II of Bavaria
This contemporary painting depicts King Ludwig II of Bavaria walking in Schloss Berg on Lake Starnberg aboard his paddle steamer Tristan. Ludwig II drowned in 1886 in the Wuermsee, today Lake Starnberg. After his deposition on June 9, 1886, his uncle Luitpold took over, as Prince Regent, the governmental affairs of the Bavarian kingdom. Due to his activity as builder of many well-known Bavarian castles, King Ludwig II received the nickname Fairy Tale King
Picture No
13319103
Media ID
48349789
Size
4960px x 3464px
(2.6MB)
Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - SZ Photo
Date
1870
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Bavarians Berg Builder Castles Depicts Deposition Drowned Governmental Luitpold Nickname Paddle Schloss Starnberg Tristan Wittelsbach
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