Paul Maximilian Lamoral, Prince of Thurn and Taxis, was the third child of Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his second wife Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettin
Created Herr von Fels by King Ludwig II on 19 June 1868
Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis as Lohengrin.
Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis.
Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis (top) together with his family at the occasion of the silver wedding anniversary of his parents on 24 January 1864.
Ludwig II of Bavaria
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Ludwig II, also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King, was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886.
Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis
…junior lieutenant in the 2nd Bavarian artillery regiment (military registry no. KA OP 69 547) and was assigned as orderly officer of then Crown Prince Ludwig on 1 May 1863. Ludwig and Paul became close friends after spending three weeks together in Berchtesgaden in September 1863. After Ludwig's accession…
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Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (left) with his parents and his younger brother, Prince Otto, 1860
Crown Prince Ludwig (left) with his mother, Queen Marie and his younger brother Otto, c. 1863. Otto would become King of Bavaria after his older brother's death in 1886, although he would never actively rule due to his mental health problems.
Ludwig II just after his accession to the throne of Bavaria in 1864