Sentence examples for king Ludwig from inspiring English sources

In the mid-19th century Munich was transformed for King Ludwig I of Bavaria by architects Leo von Klenze and Friedrich von Gärtner into a major cultural capital.

She later starred as a more mature Sissi once again in Luchino Visconti's 1972 film Ludwig about the life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Lola Montez was the mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria, not "mad king" Ludwig II as we said in the article above.

The museum, founded by the avid art collector and Bavarian king Ludwig I, opened in 1836 and soon became a widely imitated model throughout Europe for housing and displaying art.

The second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended the newly created throne of Greece while still a minor.

He was then lavishly supported in Munich by the 'Mad King' Ludwig II of Bavaria, until the king's ministers objected.

(IFC, $24.95, not rated) LUDWIG Luchino Visconti's exhaustive 1972 biography of "the mad king of Bavaria," Ludwig II (Helmut Berger), here presented in its 237-minute Italian-language version with English subtitles.

That there are so many important Greek Revival buildings in Germany is largely due to Ludwig I, king of Bavaria, whose son was king of Greece.

Ludwig became king in 1864 when he was 18, but also at the point when the crown's power had pretty much dwindled away.

TS Eliot immortalised this dreamy lake in The Waste Land, and Ludwig II, the "mad king" known for flamboyant palaces, had a summer residence here.

Even Mad King Ludwig and the Sun King himself would be impressed.