Call for king to be exhumed

Bonn - Author Peter Glowasz, who contends "mad" King Ludwig II of Bavaria was murdered and did not commit suicide in 1886 said…

Bonn - Author Peter Glowasz, who contends "mad" King Ludwig II of Bavaria was murdered and did not commit suicide in 1886 said yesterday his remains should be exhumed to solve the mystery.

Ludwig was arrested by court officials and declared insane and unfit to rule. His body was dredged up from Starnberg Lake three days later with that of his doctor.

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