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Encyclopedia > Ludwig

Ludwig may refer to:


In Bavarian royalty:

In Germany: King Louis I of Bavaria. ... Ludwig (Louis) II, King of Bavaria, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm; sometimes known in English as Mad King Ludwig and as the Märchenkönig (Fairy-tale King) in German. ... Ludwig III of Bavaria Ludwig III, HM Ludwig III Leopold Joseph Maria Aloys Alfred King of Bavaria, (7 January 1845 - 18 October 1921) was briefly Prince Regent of Bavaria and was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918. ...

In music: Ludwig IV (Louis) of Thuringia, son of Landgrave Hermann, and Duchess Sophia, daughter of Otto de Wittlesbach, Duke of Bavaria, ascended to the throne at the age of 16 upon his fathers death in 1216. ...

  • Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist
  • Ludwig-Musser, manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments

In other fields: 1820 portrait by Karl Stieler Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced ) (baptized December 17, 1770[1] – March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. ... It has been suggested that Mod orange be merged into this article or section. ...

  • Ludwig (film), a 1972 film by Luchino Visconti about Ludwig II of Bavaria
  • Ludwig Bemelmans, American author and children's book writer and illustrator
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary philosophy
  • Ludwig, a 1970s surreal children's animated cartoon
  • Ludwig von Koopa, one of the 8 koopalings, and is based on Beethoven.

Ludwig is a 1972 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti about the life and death of Ludwig II of Bavaria, mostly known today for his blind admiration for Richard Wagner and his commissioning of many palaces in Bavaria such as Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee. ... Ludwig Bemelmans (April 27, 1898 - October 1, 1962) is the Austrian-born author of a enchanting series of books whose main character is a little girl named Madeline. ... Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (IPA: ) (April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. ... Ludwig was a surreal 1970s British-made childrens cartoon animation about a magical egg-shaped robot who lived in a forest. ... Larry, the youngest of the brood, shows off the Koopa Kids trademark upright hairdo. ...

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King Ludwig II of Bavaria (3275 words)
Ludwig's instinct was to try and avoid engagement in such affairs altogether-to the disgust of the public at large, he fled for a time to a solitary retreat at Castle Berg, 15 miles to the southwest of the capital.
Ludwig contributed substantially to Wagner's vast undertaking, including a 100,000-gulden loan (Bavaria was at this time in the process of converting its currency, the gulden, to the Prussian mark) which was not repaid until long after Ludwig and Wagner were both dead.
Ludwig and Wagner quarreled in late 1880 over a performance of the Parsifal prelude and did not meet again, though when Wagner died in 1883 Ludwig commanded that every piano in his castles should thereafter be draped in fl as a monument to the composer.
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