Louis II (of Bavaria), in German, Ludwig II (1845-1886), King of Bavaria (1864-1886), son and successor of King Maximilian II, born in Nymphenburg. He aided Austria against Prussia in the Seven Weeks' War in 1866 but assisted Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. In 1871 he consented to the inclusion of Bavaria in the German Empire. A notable patron of art and music, he subsidized the early career of Richard Wagner, and was also was responsible for the construction of many imaginative buildings. In 1886 Louis was declared insane, and his uncle, Prince Luitpold, became regent. Less than a week later he was found drowned, together with his personal doctor, in a lake near his home.
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