Ludwig I of Bavaria
| Ludwig I | |||||
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| King of Bavaria | |||||
 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 | ||||
| Issue | Maximilian II, King of Bavaria Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Otto I, King of Greece Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria Adelgunde, Duchess of Bavaria Hildegard, Duchess of Modena Princess Alexandra Prince Adalbert | ||||
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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
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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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Media related to Ludwig I of Bavaria at Wikimedia Commons
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Louis I. of Bavaria". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Ludwig I of Bavaria Born: 25 August, 1786 Died: 29 February, 1868
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| Preceded by Maximilian I Joseph |
King of Bavaria 1825–1848 |
Succeeded by Maximilian II |
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