[Steppes] King Ludwig of Bavaria

[Crandall]

He built an underground lake, with an island in the middle, and had himself rowed around the lake to the Wagner Cycle pieces done by an orchestra on the island. 

I used to visit his town home estate in Ludwigsburg when stationed in Kornwestheim, it was just down the road about 10 klicks. 

His Mistress' estate was there as well, along with a Grimm Fairy Tale park. 

He bankrupt the country, but the Neuschwanstein Castle was the inspiration for Disneyland. 

Crandall, Olde Phart 

"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong." -John Kenneth Galbraith


--- On Wed, 2/4/09, William Meriic <wmeriic at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> From: William Meriic <wmeriic at tx.rr.com>
> Subject: [Steppes] King Ludwig of Bavaria
> To: "'Steppes List'" <Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 10:30 PM
> Ludwig II (1845 - 1886) was the "Mad" King of
> Bavaria from 1864 until his
> death.
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> He was called the Swan King; obsessed with living life as a
> fairy tale -
> untouched by reality.  He built incredible castles of gold
> and silver in the
> beautiful Alps ornamented with scenes of virtue, might and
> magic. 
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> Why was he mad?  No matter how hard he tried, he would end
> up each day
> staring at yet another dirty shirt that had to be washed. 
> Hence the saying,
> "into every reign a little life must fall."
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> WM
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