Ludwig I of Bavaria
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| Ludwig I | |||||
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 Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1825 | |||||
| King of Bavaria | |||||
| Reign | 13 October 1825 – 20 March 1848 | ||||
| Predecessor | Maximilian I Joseph | ||||
| Successor | Maximilian II | ||||
| Born | 25 August 1786 Strasbourg, Kingdom of France | ||||
| Died | 29 February 1868 (aged 81) Nice, Second French Empire | ||||
| Spouse | Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||
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| House | Wittelsbach | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Signature | .PNG) | ||||
Ludwig I or Louis I (born 25 August 1786 – died 29 February 1868) was the King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions. He was born in the Hôtel des Deux-Ponts in Strasbourg, his father Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria was an officer in the French army at Strasbourg.
Crown prince[change | change source]
Crown Prince Ludwig, 1807 by Angelica Kauffman
Maximilian I became the Elector of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine on 16 February 1799 and the King of Bavaria on 1 January 1806.
Ludwig succeeded his father on the throne in 1825.
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Maximilian I JosephKing of Bavaria
1825–1848Succeeded by
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