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- A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at age 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music; from his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world. An epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur.
- King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig's prison-castle.
- Dan Cruickshank narrates a documentary showing 3 beautiful castles of gothic fantasy that were built during the reign of King Ludwig II. The walls of the castles were painted with scenes of romanticized chivalry and battles. This takes place in Germany.
- TV Series"Ludwig II.0" is a true crime series on DasErste.
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, suffering from the mental illness that runs in the family, shows no interest in matters of state, but flees into a world of fantasies, spending state funds building fantastic castles where he can spend time in solitude away from the bustle of Munich.
- 1995–20047.8 (14)TV Episode
- 2017–TV Episode
- 2017–TV Episode
- Episode: (2018)2016–Podcast Episode
- 2016–Podcast Episode
- 2017–Podcast Episode
- King Ludwig II mounted the Bavarian throne at 19 at his father's death. His political ambition was to maintain Bavaria as truly sovereign member of the German League of 39 states established after the Vienna Congress. To resist the aggressive Prussian expansion of chancellor Bismarck, he had to side with Habsburg Austria, but was defeated on the battle field and reduced to a Prussian protectorate and forced to join the war against Napoleon III's France, which lead to the Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty being declared German emperors. Ludwig withdrew in wild plans, as an absolutist island realm on Tenerife, and a crushingly expensive fantasy world of staged luxury, championed by castles such as Neuschwanstein and the Wagner theatre, soon running up a huge debt guaranteed by the treasury. The government ended up interning him as mentally incapacitated. His castle lake drowning, aged 40, with his psychiatrist, possibly a suicide related to his gay frustration, remains the stuff of legends.
- 2016– 38mPodcast Episode
- 2016– 35mPodcast Episode
- 2017– 1h 41mPodcast Episode
- 2018–Podcast Episode
- 2021– 54mPodcast Episode
- 2021– 59mPodcast Episode
- 2019–TV Episode
- 1982–TV Episode
- 1982–TV Episode
- 1994–TV Episode
- Episode: (2023)2020– 45mPodcast Episode
- What happened to King Ludwig II, the extravagant Mad King of Bavaria, whose affinity for the finer things in life and megalomaniac fairytale architecture brought the economy of his country to its knees.
- 2017–TV Episode
- 2017–TV Episode