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King Ludwig II’s Venus Grotto at Linderhof Palace, Bavaria.
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The incredible Linderhof Palace interior in Bavaria.
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RIP King Ludwig II of Bavaria
#I took the photo last year in june#ludwig ii#swan king#fairytale king#ludwig ii of bavaria#starnberger see
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Time Travel Question 30: Murder and
Disappearance Edition III
Given that Roanoke and the Dyatlov Pass Incident are credibly solved, though not 100% provable, I'm leaving them out in favor of things more mysterious. I almost left out Amelia Earhart from a previous edition, but the evidence there is sketchier.
No, I'm not doing JFK. I refuse.
Please add new suggestions below, if you have them, for future consideration.
#Lake Bodom Murders#Finland#Time Travel#Murder#Serial Killers#Ludwig II of Bavaria#Queer History#The Yuba County Five#Disappearances#Bowraville Murders#Australian History#King Erik V Klipping#Danish History#Hamlin#German History#Middle Ages#US history#European History#The Hinterkaifeck Murders#Bavaria#The Isdal Woman#Abe Reles#Organized Crime#Lizzie Borden#Edgar Allen Poe#Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr.
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King Ludwig II in his later years, because he was incredibly handsome and that fact never gets enough appreciation 🦢🌙
#captain’s log#King Ludwig II#I am reaching my breaking point with fatphobia and ableism when people talk about him#sorry that the very depressed man who had a dabiliting leg injury which left him genuinely physically impaired gained weight#sorry that ‘historians’ and primarily pop historians writing weird articles about him feel the need to take that personally#for some reason#the swan king#Bavaria
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King Ludwig II in Bavarian general's uniform with coronation mantle, painting by Ferdinand Piloty, 1865
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Ludwig's costume in movie Ludwig II (2012)
#ludwig ii#sabin tambrea#bavaria#germany#movie costumes#neuschwanstein castle#portrait#ludwig ii of bavaria#art#historical movies#when costume department slayed#where is this movie's oscar??#where is his oscar?#king ludwig ii#konig ludwig ii von bayern
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BAMBERG / GERMANY - King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
#Bamberg#Bayern#Bawaria#litografia#Bavaria#Ludwig II#king#pocztówka#post card#kartka#gruss aus#germany#niemcy#litho#Konig#król
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Drowning
Inspired by old illustrated fairytale books.
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On this day:
MAD KING OF BAVARIA
On June 12, 1886, "Mad" King Ludwig II of Bavaria was locked up in his Schloss Berg palace, declared insane by his cabinet and Prince Luitpold, his heir. When a commission went to arrest him, they were waylaid by forty quarts of beer, ten bottles of champagne, and a seven-course feast. Later, they were waylaid by loyal local police and peasants. King Ludwig was captured the next day. Psychiatrist Bernard von Gudden justified the arrest with evidence documenting how the monarch hid behind curtains at court balls, had moonlight picnics, danced strangely, pulled his beard when excited, bowed to a holy tree, and had an insane brother.
Little interested in state affairs, Ludwig was eccentric. He idolized and heavily financed the famous composer Richard Wagner. He reversed day and night, going on midnight mountain rides in a gilded sleigh pulled by four white horses. Extravagant theater productions were staged for his eyes only. He sent out a sofa to a sentry who appeared tired. Ludwig was briefly engaged to his cousin Sophie, but escaped marriage. Castle building became his obsession. Three castles were finished, and three more, including a Chinese palace and a Byzantine palace, entered the planning stages.
The day following the arrest, Ludwig and Gudden took two strolls around a lake. Two orderlies accompanied them on the first walk, but not the second. When they failed to return by dinnertime, an alarm was sent out, and castle staff, armed with torches, searched the grounds. Two umbrellas and a hat rested by a bench, and the king's jacket and overcoat were floating in the water. The bodies of King Ludwig II and Gudden were found, drowned, thirty yards offshore. The king's watch had stopped at 6:54 p.m. Speculation of what occurred includes government-sanctioned murder, suicide, and accident.
Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009
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This picture is really bad but I am watching a live stream of the Trachtenumzug that is happening rn and this is a repro of the carriage of our beloved Kini!
Here is a video about it https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvLzIwOTAzNmViLWM2MmItNGY0ZC1hYTJhLTQ1ZTY1OTZiNTcwMg
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"mad" as in he was a gay man with mental problems and a disinterest for current politics, unwillingly on the throne, choosing instead to commission pretty castles (and thereby draining the country's financial resources).
Of course he also believed in the divine right of kings and had little regard for the common people's problems, but that was not the reason his advisors eventually conspired to paint him as "insane" and eventually lead to his mysterious death in the Starnberg lake, effectively ending the monarchy in Bavaria.
Also he used to write passionate love letters to the composer Richard Wagner.

The Grotto of Venus built by Mad King Ludwig II, the perfect place to take a paramour.
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mirror mirror on the wall who is the most attention-starved of them all?



#what's up with ludwig ii of bavaria?#hey claus what are you doing backstage? - comparing myself to a king <3#and it is very useful to take pictures from all angles for this purpose#the only difference i can spot is that the king had more than one pair of torn jeans and two t-shirts just sayin#ok i'm done with joking. i really needed these and i'm always stupidly happy about new photos#thanks for attending my ted talk#cvw#cvw solo
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5:00 PM EST February 14, 2025:
Matmos - "Banquet For King Ludwig II Of Bavaria" From the album The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (May 8, 2006)
Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm
File under: Found Sound Digital Salad
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where is this portrait of king ludwig ii bavarian by ferdinand von piloty hanging today?

i cant find where it can be seen irl, except this link on virtual exhibtion.
anyone know pls let me know
#king ludwig ii bavarian#king ludwig ii#germany#bavaria#munich#history#art#neuschwanstein castle#fairytale king
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Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

The Castle
#Castles#Neuschwanstein#Neuschwanstein Castle#Bavaria#King Ludwig II#Mad King Ludwig#Bavarian Alps#Schloss Neuschwanstein#europe#Germany
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Munich - Propylaea, Glyptohek, Munich Residenz
Propylaea, Konigsplatz, Glyptohek, Munich Residenz, Siegestor were to be the order of the day; walking distance sites from Munich/München historical centre. Konigsplatz was an area I had walked past a few times before fully exploring. Large grey stout buildings purposefully and sparsely dotted around manicured gardens dissected by wide, yet quiet, roads. Without stretching the imagination, this…
#baroque#Dedicated to victory destroyed by war urging peace#Dem Sieg geweiht vom Kreig zerstört zum Freiden mahnend#Duke Albert IV#Glyptohek#King Ludwig I of Bavaria#Konigsplatz#München#Munich#Munich Residenz#Neoclassical#Otto of Greece#Propylaea#Renaissance#Siegestor#Stephen II#Wittelsbach
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