Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria by Clara Tschudi

Author:Clara Tschudi [Tschudi, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Classics, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Fiction & Literature
ISBN: 4064066202088
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

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1

The so-called Bavarian clause. ↑

2

Frau Louise von Kobell, from whose memoirs I have taken these details. ↑

CHAPTER XIX

A Visit from the Emperor Wilhelm—Ludwig Withdraws more and more from the World

Ludwig II. and the Crown Prince of Germany had been mutually displeased with one another. Nevertheless, Friedrich had hardly left the Bavarian capital before information was received that his father, the aged Emperor, desired to meet the King. The last-named, doubtless, was, in his heart, not particularly delighted at the prospective visit; but he put a good face on the matter, and received his guest on Bavarian soil with all the courtesy and amiability that could be desired.

His people gave the Emperor a hearty greeting. The two Monarchs drove together amid hearty cheers into Ratisbon, where a banquet was held at the hotel “Goldenes Kreuz.” Contrary to what had taken place during the Crown Prince’s visit, the meeting between the young King and the “victorious old man” passed off in the most satisfactory manner, and not even the shade of any unpleasantness was to be traced.

Ludwig returned to Berg the same evening. The Emperor remained the night at the hotel, and the next morning continued his journey to Gastein, where he was going to take the baths.

On his return he again visited the royal family of Bavaria. The visit was this time chiefly to his cousin, the Queen-mother. She was residing at Hohenschwangau, and received him there with both her sons. The weather was splendid. In the evening the picturesquely situated castle was brilliantly illuminated; and the intercourse between the royal kinsfolk was gay and hearty. Wilhelm remained at the castle till the following day. Ludwig and the Emperor talked confidentially together for a long time, and parted with mutual assurances of friendship. The meeting between the Princes was commented on by the whole of the European press. “Now it is King Ludwig’s turn to pay a return visit to Berlin,” said a friend to Secretary Eisenhart. “The King is not very fond of official journeys,” remarked Eisenhart. “Nor is it necessary,” answered his friend; “for, according to what I heard in Berlin, the Emperor does not require any return visit. He judges the King of Bavaria by quite a different standard from the other German princes in view of the sacrifices he has made for Prussia. The Crown Prince is said to be of another opinion; when he ascends the throne he will certainly show this!”1

The Emperor Wilhelm was one of the few princes who saw and talked with Ludwig II. As a rule, the Bavarian King avoided the visits of his compeers. A number of royal personages came to Munich during his reign, and the greater number of them wished to pay him their respects; but, as a rule, he excused himself from receiving the august travellers on the plea of indisposition. The King and Queen of Saxony, the Queen of Würtemberg, the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, and many other princes and princesses, never even saw a glimpse of him.

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