Article: THE MAD KING OF BAVARIA // Ludwig left a legacy of mystery, Bayreuth and 3 fairytale castles

Mad King Ludwig
Archive Photos;  January 1, 1995 ;     284 words ...Archive Photos 01-01-1995 Mad King Ludwig Mad King Ludwig, King Ludwig II of Bavaria , in military dress. Ludwig II, succeeded to the throne in the 1860s, devoted ...

Article: Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria was 'murdered'.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  December 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ...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 ...

Article: The mad king of the castle The tragic and fantastic ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... And this musical is about the mad king who built it, and paid for ... Chitty Bang Bang, but King Ludwig II created a fantasy world ... later the troubled, reclusive Ludwig drowned in mysterious circumstances ... 400,000 people came to see Ludwig II - Longing for Paradise in ...

Article: A little piece of a fairy tale; A piece of paper Found near a ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  January 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... impressed with the grandeur of King Ludwig II's Versailles knock-off ... is a lasting tribute to King Ludwig II, who had an insatiable fascination ... throughout Bavaria. Known as the "Mad King," the extravagant Ludwig II spent his kingdom's entire ...

Article: Mad King Ludwig gets Portillo vote
The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 9, 2001 ;     414 words ... ... Portillo, 48, wants to make a documentary on Richard Wagner and his relationship with his patron, the somewhat camp King Ludwig of Bavaria, who drowned himself in June 1886 shortly after being declared insane. During the two years he spent away from ...

Article: Mad Ludwig lives on. (Bavaria's castles built by King ...
Europe;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... in his dreams - that's how king Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886) is ... of its most majestic castles. "Mad King Ludwig's" Schlosser (castles), some ... While the journey's highlights are Ludwig's magnificent palaces, the route ...

Article: Books: Mixed-up monarch King Ludwig liked Wagner but that ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The Mad King: The Life and Times of Ludwig II of Bavaria by Greg King Aurum ... murder of Rasputin) is persuaded that Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-86), contrary ... an attempt to rewrite the story of Ludwig's last hours - a demise which ranks ...