Louis Ier of Bavaria
Louis Ier of Bavaria , born the August 25th 1786 with Strasbourg, dead the February 29th 1868 with Nice, was king de Bavière of 1825 with 1848.
Biography
Wire of Maximilien I {{er}} of Bavaria and Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, it had as a godfather Louis XVI of France. He acquires very young person a taste for arts, and accomplishes many voyages in Italy. He initially takes share with the Napoleonean wars in the troops of Napoleon, before lining up, following the policy change of his father, Maximilien Ier of Bavaria, with dimensions of the coalition anti-Frenchwoman in 1813. He married in 1810 Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The festivities at the time of the weddings are at the origin of the first Oktoberfest.
Eight children come from this union:
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Aldegonde of Bavaria (1823 - 1914), in 1842 it married the duke François V of Modena.
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Hildegarde of Bavaria (1825 - 1864), in 1844 it married the duke Albert de Teschen.
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Alexandra of Bavaria (1826 - 1875).
It reaches the capacity dead of his father (1825), and continues the policy of patronage then started whereas he was only crown prince. Admiror of Goethe, it acquires works that this one particularly appreciated with the Bevilacqua palate of Vérone, as well as the Tête of Jellyfish of the marquis Rondanini, described with enthusiasm in the Italianische Reise . In 1812, it had also bought the sculptures of the temple of Aphaïa with Égine, discovered little time before. It also succeeds in buying the Faune Barberini during the dispersion of the collections Barberini.
To shelter its collections, it makes build with Munich the Glyptothèque, the Staatliche Antikensammlungen as well as the Alte and the Neue Pinakothek. It also transfers to Munich, its capital, the university then located at Landshut. Thus making Munich more shining and the most important artistic and university center German.
It supports the independence of the Greece and its second wire, Othon, will become the first king of Hellènes in 1832. After the French revolution of the Glorious Three, it modifies its policy in a repressive direction. Become unpopular because of its connection with Lola Assemble, it is constrained to abdicate the March 20th 1848 in favor of his/her son Maximilien.
Louis Ier of Bavaria was buried with the Saint-Boniface abbey in Munich.
Predecessor : Maximilien Ier of Bavaria (1799-1825)
Successor : Maximilien II of Bavaria (1848-1864)
Internal bonds
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Maximilien Ier of Bavaria
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