Friday, 5 November 2010
Ludwig/Louis/Luiz (Part 1)
Louis Philippe, King of France
Born: 6 October 1773, Paris
Son of: Joseph, Duke of Orleans
Married: Amelie of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866)
Children: Ferdinand, Louise, Marie, Louis, Francoise, Clementine, Francois, Charles, Henri, Antoine
Deposed 1848
Died: 26 February 1850, Claremont House
Ludwig of Austria-Tuscany, Prince Imperial
Born: 13 December 1784, Florence
Son of: Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (1747-1792) & Maria Luisa of Spain (1745-1792)
Died: 21 December 1864, Vienna
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria
Born: 1786
Son of: King Maximilian Joseph (1756-1825) & Wilhelmine of Hesse
Married: Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)
Children: Maximilian, Mathilda, Otto, Theodolinde, Luitpold, Alexandrine + 2 others.
Abdicated: 1848
Died: 29 February 1868, Nice
(Of his affair with Lola Montez): “Ludwig the otherwise so independent strong Ludwig…ruled by a charming girl! What about the example you’re setting? The world forgives this type of thing in young men, but in old men…think of your subjects…Brother, have mercy on your soul, your country and on me for writing this to you. but I want to be able to look at you with pride - release her hand from you, fill it, give her money, lots of it if necessary, as long as she leaves. Each word of this letter pains me…Use your mind, use your will! I pray to God to help you…!” (Charlotte of Austria)
“I am using a mild expression when I say the King is most unpopular with the mass of People.” (Palmerston)
Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and By Rhine
Born: 1806
Son of: Ludwig II (1777-1848) & Wilhelmine of Baden (1788-1836)
Married: 1) Mathilda of Bavaria (1813-1862)
2) Magdalene of Hickstadten (1846-1917)
Died: 13 June 1877, Seeheim
“He is most kind. He has a warm heart…and takes warm interest in all my brothers and sisters.” (Princess Alice)
Louis of Orleans, Duke of Namours
Born: 1814
Son of: Louis Philippe (1773-1850) & Amelie of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866)
Married: Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1822-1857)
Children: Gaston, Ferdinand, Marguerite, Blanche
Died: 1896
Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Baden
Born: 1824
Son of: Karl Leopold (1790-1852) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)
Died: 1858
Louis of Bourbon Sicily, Count of Aquila
Born: 19 July 1824, Naples
Son of: Francis of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830) & Isabella of Spain (1789-1848)
Married: Januaria of Brazil (1822-1901)
Died: 5 March 1897, Paris
Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Baden
Born: 1829
Son of: Karl Leopold (1790-1852) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)
Married: Maria of Leuchtenberg
Died: 1897
Ludwig, Prince of Bavaria
Born: 1831
Son of: Maximilian & Ludovica in Bavaria (1808-1892)
Married:
Children: Marie
Died: 1920
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Born: 1837
Son of: Karl (1809-1877) & Elizabeth of Prussia
Married: Alice of Great Britain (1843-1878)
Children: Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene, Ernst Ludwig, Frederick, Alix, May
Died: 15 March 1892
“He has a very nice, good, open face, like his mother.” (Queen Victoria 1860)
“I admire and respect him for his true-hearted, generous, unselfish and just nature!...if only you knew how excellent he is! I wish I were good like him, for he is free from any selfish, small or uncharitable feelings…you should see how is beloved by all his people; our servants adore him.” (Princess Alice)
“What have I done to deserve that warm, ardent love, which my darling Louis ever shows me. I admire his good and noble heart more than I can say.” (Princess Alice)
Louis, Count of Trani
Born: 1838
Son of: Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies & Theresa of Austria
Married: Matilde of Bavaria (1843-1925)
Children: Maria Theresa
Died: 1886
Luiz I, King of Portugal
Born: 31 October 1838
Son of: Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary (1816-1885) & Maria II de la Gloria
Married: Marie Pia of Savoy (1847-1911)
Children: Carlos, Alfonso
Died: 19 October 1889
“ [He]...showed neither strength of character or courage on the occasion. He absolutely stopped all the faithful troops who had been sent for and told them not to come – as he wished no disturbance lest it should wake the Queen!! [Maria Pia] (Probably out of fear at being scratched and beaten by her – which has often been the case.)” (Queen Victoria)
Louis Philippe of Orleans, Comte de Paris
Born: 24 August 1838
Son of: Ferdinand (1810-1842) & Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858)
Married: Isabella of Spain (1848-1919)
Children: Amelie, Louis Philippe, Helene, Charles, Isabelle, Jacques, Louise, Ferdinand
Died: 8 September 1894
Ludwig Victor, Archduke of Austria
Born: 15 May 1842, Vienna
Son of: Franz Karl, and Sophie of Bavaria
Died: 18 January 1919, Salzburg
Louis Philippe of Orleans, Prince of Conde
Born: 1845
Son of: Henri Aumale (1822-1897) & Caroline of Bourbon-Sicily (1822-1869)
Died: 1866
Ludwig III, King of Bavaria
Born: 1845
Son of: Luitpold (1821-1912) & Auguste of Austria (1825-1864)
Married: Theresa of Austria (1849-1919)
Children: Rupert, Adelgunde, Maria, Karl, Franz, Mathilde, Wolfgang, Hildegard, Notburga, Wiltrud, Helmtrud, Dietlinde, Gunelinde
Died: 1921
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