2018 - Germany - Munich - König von Bayern Ludwig I
Odeonsplatz statue of König von Bayern Ludwig I by sculpture Max von Widnmann was erected in 1862.
Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.
Ludwig patronised the arts as principal of many neoclassical buildings, especially in Munich. He transformed Munich from a provincial backwater into one of the artistic capitals of Europe.
Ludwig had several extramarital affairs and was one of the lovers of Lady Jane Digby, an aristocratic English adventuress.
Another affair was the Italian noblewoman Marianna Marquesa Florenzi.
Ludwig also became tainted with scandals associated with Lola Montez, another of his mistresses. It seems likely that his relationship with her contributed greatly to the fall from grace of the previously popular king.
2018 - Germany - Munich - König von Bayern Ludwig I
Odeonsplatz statue of König von Bayern Ludwig I by sculpture Max von Widnmann was erected in 1862.
Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.
Ludwig patronised the arts as principal of many neoclassical buildings, especially in Munich. He transformed Munich from a provincial backwater into one of the artistic capitals of Europe.
Ludwig had several extramarital affairs and was one of the lovers of Lady Jane Digby, an aristocratic English adventuress.
Another affair was the Italian noblewoman Marianna Marquesa Florenzi.
Ludwig also became tainted with scandals associated with Lola Montez, another of his mistresses. It seems likely that his relationship with her contributed greatly to the fall from grace of the previously popular king.