MAD KING DEAD
OTTO OF BAVARIA
(Ranter's Telegram.) Copenhagen, October 12. Otto, tho mad King of Bavaria, is dead. ■ , ["The mad' King ..Otto" was the cousin of tho present King Ludwig (Louis) 111, and 'was' deposed about throe years ago'by- the general desire ot the Bavarian: Government, Press,
and people, :bbing 'succeeded by his
. regent on November o, 1913.' Ho was •' .tho son of the ; ]ate King-Maximilian 11, '.'and •succeeded his brother tothe throne 'in June, 1886,; but.as.'he had been mad ■J since:'lß73, actually reigned. 'His ' brother vacated, "the' throne for . committing suicide, being ajmost as mad as. Otto. The' . late King's physical health was goodj and ho.was r strong jman for.his years. The more disease ;topK possession of his brain, the moro'itvseenieckto avoid' his body. Not. long ago: it .As expected that he would outlive his cousin, Ludwig, who himself is 67 years old. The next Bavarian heir-is Ludwig's son, Rupprecht, who was born iii 1869, and is married to a: Dncliess of Bavaria. Rupprecht's father
and grandfather are both zioted for . their physical and mental soundness. ■V .-.--Rupprecht' is, of course, in-ithe field A- ' ''is' an army' commander.]''
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2902, 14 October 1916, Page 10
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190MAD KING DEAD Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2902, 14 October 1916, Page 10
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