When was the king who was the subject of Siegfried Obermeier's "The Secret Diaries of Ludwig II of Bavaria" born?
Ludwig II of Bavaria Ludwig II (German: "Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm" ; English: Louis Otto Frederick William ; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King, Mad King Ludwig or der Märchenkönig (the 'Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia, and Duke in Swabia.
Helene Kottanner Helene Kottanner (née Wolfram; Hungarian: "Kottaner Ilona" ; c. 1400 – after 1470) was a Hungarian courtier and writer. Her last name is spelled variously as Kottanner, Kottanerin, or Kottannerin. She is primarily known to history as the author of memoirs about the years 1439 and 1440, when king Albert II of Germany died and his son Ladislaus the Posthumous was born. Kottanner, who dictated her life story in German, was a kammerfrau to Queen Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442). She also assisted Queen Elisabeth in a royal succession plot.