Ludwig I of Bavaria
| Ludwig I | |
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Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1825
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| King of Bavaria | |
| Reign | 13 October 1825 – 20 March 1848 |
| Predecessor | Maximilian I |
| Successor | Maximilian II |
| Born |
25 August 1786 Strasbourg, France |
| Died | 29 February 1868 (aged 81) Nice, France |
| Burial | St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich |
| Spouse | Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
| Issue |
Maximilian II Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Otto, King of Greece Princess Theodelinde Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria Archduchess Adelgunde of Austria-Este Archduchess Hildegard of Austria Princess Alexandra of Bavaria Prince Adalbert |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria |
| Mother | Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Ludwig I (also rendered in English as Louis I; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.
Born in Hôtel des Deux-Ponts in Strasbourg, he was the son of Count Palatine Maximilian Joseph of Zweibrücken (later Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria) by his first wife Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. At the time of his birth, his father was an officer in the French army stationed at Strasbourg. He was the godson and namesake of Louis XVI of France.
On 1 April 1795 his father succeeded Ludwig's uncle, Charles II, as duke of Zweibrücken, and on 16 February 1799 became Elector of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Arch-Steward of the Empire, and Duke of Berg on the extinction of the Sulzbach line with the death of the elector Charles Theodore. His father assumed the title of King of Bavaria on 1 January 1806.
Starting in 1803 Ludwig studied in Landshut where he was taught by Johann Michael Sailer and in Göttingen. On 12 October 1810 he married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792–1854), the daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The wedding was the occasion of the first-ever Oktoberfest.
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