Historedia
Person

King Ludwig II

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1876

Every event in Historedia whose sources name King Ludwig II, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Inaugural Bayreuth Festival opens under Richard and Cosima Wagner

    1876

    Role: Patron and Funder

    1. 13 August 1876 · Bayreuth FestspielhausInaugural Performance

      The festival opened with Beethoven's Choral Symphony followed by Das Rheingold, starting the Ring cycle as intended.

Sources

  1. Bayreuth Festival Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-17
  2. Richard Wagner Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19