The Fate of Ludwig II: Part One - The Fairytale King (A Royal Blood Mystery)

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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It's time again to enter the opulent and enigmatic world of royalty in another Royal Blood Mystery. Perhaps no story takes place in more sumptuously lavish setting or provides more mystery than that of Ludwig II of Bavaria, whose death in Lake Starnberg in 1886 remains a historical mystery. This is the story of a young German king with his head in the clouds, whose preoccupation with medieval romance led to his downfall. Pledge support on Patreon for additional content. Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the new show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness, or by signing up for a 2-week trial of The Great Courses Plus. Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Additional music, including "Seeker," "Nothing (Bonus Track)," "daedalus," "Mercy," "Salue," and "daemones," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.5	Cheers and have a safe tomorrow. Nushwanstein Castle, a grand, magical-looking castle of white spires, jutting above the benighted
1:22.2	Bavarian forests, was brightly illuminated at midnight, June 11, 1886, when the psychiatrist Bernard von
1:31.5	Guden arrived, along with some others, commissioned to take Ludwig II, the young fairy tale
1:38.2	king, into custody. Just the day before, it had been declared in Munich that the king was insane and unfit to govern,
1:48.6	and the regency of Ludwig's uncle, Louispold, was proclaimed.
1:53.6	Some officials had previously tried to take the king into custody, but they had been driven
1:58.7	away and jailed.
2:00.4	Now, however, the king was trapped within
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