16 Bizarre Facts About King Ludwig Ii, The Most Extreme Fanboy Of All Time 💎

European history is littered with eccentric royals whose wild behavior is almost too crazy to believe. King Ludwig II of Bavaria had a reputation for weird royal habits. As one of the most infamous European royals who met a mysterious end, Ludwigs life is full of fascinating and tragic facts, stories, and anecdotes.Though strange Ludwig II stories have shaped modern perceptions about this fairytale king, his life was more complicated than supposed fits of madness. He ruled Bavaria when his kingdom lost its autonomy, thanks to the unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire. He was probably unsuited to royal life, preferring to dream up fantastic, storybook castles thango about the practical work of ruling a kingdom in transition.Part of the mystique and tragedysurroundingLudwig stems from hisappearing as a kingout of time, in some ways. He was backward-looking, falling hard for the mythical operas of Richard Wagner and conjuring up medieval castles to which he could retreat from the demands of modern life. His untimely, violent death in 1886 anticipated the end of the 19th century, when a world came crashing down a few decades later duringWorld War I.Of all the bizarre European royals and Asian rulerswhofill the pages of history, Ludwig II of Bavaria was perhaps the most tragic.Photo: Metaweb/CC-BY 0:00 - Intro 0:00:08 - His Castle Projects Actually Provided Jobs For Poor Bavarians 0:00:18 - He Liked Chatting With Country Folk, Who Adored Him 0:00:32 - He Was BFFs With His Beautiful Cousin, Who Also Suffered A Tragic Death 0:01:25 - He Never Married And Was Probably Gay 0:02:17 - Conspirators Used His Eccentric Behavior As Evidence Of Madness 0:02:33 - He Loved His Castles So Much He Threatened Suicide If Any Creditor Tried To Possess Them 0:02:44 - He Was More Interested In The Arts Than In Ruling, And Was Known As A Dreamer King 0:02:54 - He Developed A Fascination With Reincarnation And Considered Himself a Louis 💎Music DreamHeaven -    / @dreamheaven   💎Subscribe    / @topster2056   💎About Us Topster is a place where you can find everything, really everything, ratings of anything! So come to us, new tops every day, learn a lot of interesting things!