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- Born:
- April 27, 1848, Munich
- Died:
- Oct. 11, 1916, Schloss Fürstenreid, near Munich (aged 68)
- Title / Office:
- king (1886-1913), Bavaria
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Otto
king of Bavaria
Otto (born April 27, 1848, Munich—died Oct. 11, 1916, Schloss Fürstenreid, near Munich) was an insane king of Bavaria, the younger son of King Maximilian II.
Otto fell insane in 1872 and, from 1880 onward, had to be kept under strict surveillance. When his elder brother, King Louis II, likewise insane, died in 1886, he became king under the regency first of his uncle Luitpold, the heir apparent, and then (1912) of Luitpold’s son Louis, who made himself king, as Louis III, on Nov. 5, 1913, even though his cousin Otto was still alive.
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