Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
Born: 28 August 1845, Munich
Son of: Maximilian II (1811-1864) & Marie of Prussia (1825-1889)
Died: drowned himself 12 June 1886, Berg
“He was mentally gifted in the highest degree, but the contents of his mind were totally stored in a totally disordered fashion…I was struck by the way in which every now and then, just when his whole demeanour seemed to show contentment, he would suddenly straighten up and - looking around him with a serious, even stern expression - would reveal something dark in himself that was a complete contrast to the youthful charm of a moment ago.” (Eduard Bomhard)
“He has done the maddest things lately – dining with his horse in his room and having a golden crown put on the horse’s head, and then looking out of the window with his horse!” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)
“It is a pity the king’s talents are lying fallow and that he confines himself more and more to the bad company of the horsebreak Hornig [his 26 yr old lover - Richard Hornig]” (Prince Hohenlohe)
“Poor young man (for 41 is still young), how full of promise, how gifted, talented and handsome he was when he came to the throne….[He] was is many ways clever, and he was not bigoted or narrow-minded, which I fear his uncle Luitpold is. “ (Queen Victoria)
Ludwig Augustus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary
Born: 1845
Son of: Augustus (1818-1881) & Clementine of Orleans
Married: Leopoldina Teresa of Brazil (1847-1871)
Children: Peter, Augustus Leopold
Died: 1907
Louis, Prince of Tuscany
Born: 1847
Son of: Leopold II (1797-1870) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898)
Died: 1915
Louis, Prince of Battenberg
Born: 24 May 1854
Son of: Alexander of Hesse (1823-1888) & Julia von Haulke (1825-1895)
Married: Victoria of Hesse (1863-1850)
Children: Alice, Louise, George, Louis
Died: 1921
Louis, Prince Imperial
Born: 1856
Son of: Napoleon III & Eugenie Montijo
Killed in action with the British army: 1879, Natal
“The child, they say is a very fine engaging one -and so like the Empress - quite the same look.” (Queen Victoria 1859)
“What a darling he is! I think he is the prettiest most interesting child I ever saw. With very regular features, a beautiful complexion, most sweet expression and fine large blue eyes with a fringe of black eyelashes and black hair…he seems very forward and intelligent.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)
“Good, exemplary, brave but alas! far too daring young man.” (Queen Victoria 1879)
Ludwig Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria
Born: 22 October 1859, Madrid
Son of: Adalbert ((1828-1875) & Amelie of Spain (1834-1905)
Married: Maria de la Paz of Spain (1862-1940)
Children: Ferdinand, Adalbert, Pilar
Died 23 November 1949
He was a doctor of medicine.
Louis Napoleon
Born: 1864
Son of: Napoleon (1822-1891) & Clotilde of Sacvoy (1843-1911)
Died: 1922
Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Baden
Born: 1865
Son of: Frederick I (1826-1907) & Louise of Prussia (1838-1923)
Died: 1888
Louis Philippe, Prince of Orleans
Born: 1869, Twickenham
Son of: Louis Philippe, Comte de Paris (1838-1894) & Isabella of Spain (1848-1919)
Married: Dorothea of Austria (1867-1932)
Died: 1926
Ludwig, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Born: 1870
Married: Mathilde of Bavaria (1877-1906)
Children: Antonius, Maria Immaculata
Died: 1942
Louis, Duke of Abruzzi
Born: 1873
Son of: Amadeus of Aosta (1847-1890) & Maria della Cisterna
Died: 1933
Luiz, Prince of Orleans & Braganza
Born: 26 January 1878, Petropolis
Married: Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1878-1973)
Died: 26 March 1920, Cannes
Luiz Felipe of Portugal, Prince of Beira
Born: 23 March 1887, Lisbon
Son of: Carlos I (1863-1908) & Amelie of Orleans (1865-1951)
Murdered by a terrorist: 1 February 1908, Lisbon
Louis Charles, Prince of Bourbon-Parma
Born: 5 December 1899, Schwarzau
Son of: Roberto I (1843-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)
Married: Maria of Savoy (1914-2001)
Children: Guy, Remy, Chantel, Jean
Died: 4 December 1867, near Cannes
Louis (‘Dickie’), Prince of Battenberg, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Born: 25 June 1900, Frogmore, Windsor
Son of: Louis (1854-1921) & Victoria of Hesse (1863-1950)
Married: Edwina Ashley (1901-1960)
Children: Patricia, Pamela
Murdered by I.R.A.: August 1974, Sligo, Ireland
Ludwig Philipp, Prince of Thurn & Taxis
Born: 1901
Son of: Adalbert (1867-1952) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)
Died: 1933
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
Born: 9 November 1907, Postdam
Son of: Crown Prince Wilhelm (188201951) & Cecile of Mecklnburg-Schwerin (1886-1954)
Married: Kira of Russia (1909-1967)
Children: Frederick William, Michael, Marie Cecile, Kira, Louis Ferdinand, Christian Sigismund, Xenia
Died: 29 September 1994, Bremen
Ludwig, Prince of Hesse and By Rhine
Born: 1908
Son of: Ernst Ludwig (1868-1937) & Eleaonore of Solms-Hohensolmes-Lich (1871-1937)
Married: Margaret Geddes (1913-1997)
Died: 1968
Many members of his family were killed in a plane crash on the way to his wedding.
Ludwig, Prince of Bavaria
Born: 1913
Son of: Franz (1875-1957) & Isabella von Croy (1890-1982)
Married: Irmingard of Bavaria (1923- )
Louis, Prince Napoleon
Born: 1914
Son of: Victor Napoleon (1862-1926) & Clementine of Belgium (1872-1955)
Married: Alix of Foresta (born 1926)
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