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Article: Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria was 'murdered'.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- December 7, 2007
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Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria was 'murdered'
London, Dec 7 (PTI) For over a century, Mad King Ludwig's mysterious death has been ruled a suicide. But, now there's a new twist to the theory -- the Bavarian monarch, who built the fairytale castles in southern Germany, was "killed".
King Ludwig's body was found on June 13, 1886, in the knee-deep waters of a lake not far from Neuschwanstein Castle, his most fanciful creation. After a cursory investigation, the death was declared suicide by drowning -- a verdict protected by his successors who have forbidden any further probe.
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