The Princess who Swallowed a Glass Piano

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2013

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria was part of the House of Wittelsbach. The princess was frail, and she exhibited unusual behavior. She told her parents that she had swallowed a glass piano as a child, and was afraid that she would shatter.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from hashtuffworks.com.
0:45.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:47.7	I am Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.
0:50.7	And today we're going to talk about a very curious case of a delusion that doesn't really exist anymore.
0:56.7	Princess Alexandra Amalia of Bavaria was part of the House of Vittlesbach,
1:01.7	which ruled Bavaria for more than 700 years until the early 20th century.
1:07.7	She was born on August 26th, 1826, and was one of nine children.
1:12.7	Most of these were pretty notable royal people,
1:15.7	and she has plenty of relatives who were a lot more famous,
1:18.7	or maybe infamous than she was.
1:20.7	One of them that jumps out is her nephew, Lutthich II,
1:24.7	who was also called Mad King Lutthich.
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