Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria

About this eBook

Author

Tschudi, Clara, 1856-1945

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany

Subject

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, 1845-1886

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48578

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48578

Release Date

March 24, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.Descent and Education
4. 4.Fundamental Traits of Ludwig’s Character
5. 5.“Le Roi est mort! Vive le Roi!”
6. 6.A Plan of Marriage
7. 7.King Ludwig and Richard Wagner
8. 8.Ludwig’s First Visit to Switzerland—Richard Wagner leaves Munich
9. 9.The Political Situation—The Schleswig-Holstein Question—The War of 1866
10. 10.The King makes the Tour of his Kingdom
11. 11.Ludwig’s Betrothal
12. 12.The King goes to Paris—Disharmonies between the Engaged Couple—Ludwig meets the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Eugénie in Augsburg—The King breaks his Promise of Marriage
13. 13.After the Parting with Sophie—Episodes from the King’s Excursions in the Highlands
14. 14.The Empress of Russia visits Bavaria—The Duchess Sophie’s Engagement and Marriage—An Unexpected Meeting with the Duchesse d’Alençon—A Last Attempt to forge the Links of Hymen around Ludwig
15. 15.Ludwig and the Artistes of the Stage—Josephine Schefzky
16. 16.Prince Hohenlohe—Political Frictions
17. 17.A Meeting between Bismarck and Ludwig
18. 18.Outbreak of the War with France
19. 19.During the War—The German Empire is Proclaimed
20. 20.The Bavarian Troops Return to Munich—King Ludwig and the Crown Prince of Germany
21. 21.A Visit from the Emperor Wilhelm—Ludwig Withdraws more and more from the World
22. 22.Prince Otto’s Insanity—The King’s Morbid Sensations
23. 23.The Review of the Troops in 1875—Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia
24. 24.King Ludwig and the Empress Elisabeth
25. 25.King Ludwig and Queen Marie
26. 26.State and Church—Ignaz von Döllinger—Ludwig’s Letters to his old Tutor
27. 27.Ludwig II. in Daily Life
28. 28.Ludwig and Richard Wagner—The King’s Visit to Bayreuth
29. 29.King Ludwig and the Artists of the Stage and Canvas
30. 30.Private Performances at the Hof Theater at Munich
31. 31.King Ludwig and his Palaces
32. 32.King Ludwig’s Friendships
33. 33.The Actor Kainz
34. 34.A Journey to Switzerland
35. 35.King Ludwig and his Servants
36. 36.The Mad King
37. 37.The Last Meeting between Mother and Son
38. 38.Pecuniary Distress
39. 39.Plots
40. 40.Preparations to Imprison the King—The Peasantry Assemble to his Rescue
41. 41.A Friend in Need—Ludwig’s Proclamation
42. 42.The King’s Last Hours at Neuschwanstein
43. 43.Schloss Berg—The King’s Death
44. 44.Conclusion
45. 45.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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