Ludwig I of Bavaria
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Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's in
Portrait of Ludwig I by Joseph Stieler, 1826
Ludwig I of Bavaria, c. 1830
Portrait of Lola Montez by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1847
Ludwig I of Bavaria, c. 1860
Maximilian II of Bavaria
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Maximilian II reigned as King of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864.
Ludwig I of Bavaria
…1848, he faced increasing protests and demonstrations by students and the middle classes. On 20 March 1848, he abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Maximilian. Ludwig lived another 20 years after his abdication and remained influential. An admirer of ancient Greece and the Italian Renaissance, he patronized…
Albert, Joseph König Maximilian II. von Bayern
Maximilian II by Julius Zimmermann
Maximilian II (1860, photo by Franz Hanfstaengl)
Monument of King Max II, Maximilianstrasse in Munich