Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm

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Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm, better known as Ludwig II of Bavaria, was the 19th-century Bavarian king famed for commissioning extravagant fairy-tale castles like Neuschwanstein and for his patronage of composer Richard Wagner.

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Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
king ⓘ
member of royalty ⓘ
monarch of Bavaria ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ludwig II ⓘ
Ludwig II of Bavaria ⓘ
birthDate 1845-08-25 ⓘ
birthName Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
Nymphenburg Palace ⓘ
burialPlace St. Michael's Church, Munich ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Munich ⓘ
causeOfDeath drowning (disputed circumstances) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Confederation ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
deathDate 1886-06-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Bavaria ⓘ
Lake Starnberg ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
father Maximilian II of Bavaria ⓘ
givenName Ludwig ⓘ
knownFor commissioning fairy-tale castles ⓘ
extravagant architectural projects ⓘ
patronage of Richard Wagner ⓘ
romantic medievalism ⓘ
monarchFrom Bavaria ⓘ
mother Marie of Prussia ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
nobleTitle King of Bavaria ⓘ
Prince of Bavaria ⓘ
notableWork Herrenchiemsee Palace ⓘ
Hohenschwangau Castle (restoration and use) ⓘ
Linderhof Palace ⓘ
Neues Schloss Linderhof (Linderhof Castle) ⓘ
linked to: Linderhof Palace

Neuschwanstein Castle ⓘ
patronOf Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
Richard Wagner ⓘ
positionHeld King of Bavaria ⓘ
predecessor Maximilian II of Bavaria ⓘ
reignEnd 1886-06-13 ⓘ
reignStart 1864-03-10 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
sibling Otto of Bavaria ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Majesty the King of Bavaria ⓘ
successor Otto of Bavaria ⓘ

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Ludwig II of Bavaria → fullName → Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm ⓘ
Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm → birthName → Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm ⓘ