Ludwig I of Bavaria
King of Bavaria (1786-1868)
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Bavarian king who bankrolled railways and canals before getting swept out in the 1848 revolutions. Ludwig I went from industrializing his domain to dodging angry mobs in less than two decades.
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Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization, initiating the Ludwig Canal between the rivers Main and the Danube. In 1835, the first German railway was constructed in his domain, between Fürth and Nuremberg, with his Bavaria joining the Zollverein economic union in 1834. After the July Revolution of 1830 in France, Ludwig's previous liberal policy became increasingly repressive; in 1844, he was confronted during the Beer riot…
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