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< p > Have you heard of < a href = "https://open.spotify.com/album/3NtcDdgDLlnptu72CWBxWM" target = "_blank" > Lohengrin< / a > ?
It is a German Opera written and composed by
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner" target = "_blank" > Richard Wagner< / a >
in 1850. I happen to think that German Opera is more
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entertaining than Italian Opera, but enough about me.< / p >
< h3 > King Ludwig II< / h3 >
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< p > Which brings me to
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria" target = "_blank" > King Ludwig II of Bavaria< / a > .
If I understand correctly,
King Ludwig was very fond of Lohengrin, and built
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle" target = "_blank" > Neuschwanstein Castle< / a >
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as a private world for himself where he could live alone in a fantasy
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inspired by the
< em > < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_of_the_Swan" target = "_blank" > Knight of the Swan Legend< / a > < / em > ,
on which Lohengrin is based.< / p >
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< p > But don't judge King Ludwig II too harshly: he was after all a cigar connoisseur,
drove a smoking-hot golden carriage, and Neuschwanstein Castle is
an excellent place to take selfies. You really should visit the
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< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marstallmuseum" target = "_blank" > Marstallmuseum< / a >
at < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphenburg_Palace" target = "_blank" > Nymphenburg Palace in Munich< / a > and see the
< a href = "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Dress_Coach_of_King_Ludwig_II.jpg" target = "_blank" > golden carriage< / a > .< / p >
< p > Needless to say, Lohengrin is quite different from the
< a href = "https://open.spotify.com/album/2g12QZ0wXFoyOyDo8nUUsM" target = "_blank" > Strauss Operas< / a >
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that your great-great-great Grandmother used to listen to on
her smartphone in the bathtub.< / p >
< h3 > Lohengrin< / h3 >
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< p > So what happens in Lohengrin?
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler" target = "_blank" > King Henry the Fowler< / a >
fights the < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarians" target = "_blank" > Magyars< / a > .
This means we have to talk about the Magyars, King Henry's Son
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target = "_blank" > King Otto I< / a > ,
the < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lechfeld" target = "_blank" > Battle of Augsburg< / a >
which is sometimes called the Battle of Lechfeld,
and the < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols" target = "_blank" > Mongols< / a > !< / p >
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< h3 > Magyars< / h3 >
< p > Ok, the Magyars are descended from a nomadic-steppe-people who settled on
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the < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hungarian_Plain" target = "_blank" > Hungarian Plain< / a > ,
which is sometimes called the Carpathian Plain.< / p >
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< p > Unfortunately for them, the Hungarian Plain was not quite vast
enough to support a prosperous nomadic lifestyle. And so for some hundreds
of years, the Magyars raided and pillaged all over Europe. It should be noted that
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Hungary considers 1896 to be the 1000th anniversary of the Magyars entering the Carpathian Plain,
and in that year many memorials, monuments, and museums were
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Budapest#19th_century" target = "_blank" > built in Budapest< / a > .< / p >
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< p > As stated above, the Magyars came into conflict with King Henry the Fowler
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who was the King of
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Francia" target = "_blank" > East Frankia< / a > .
East Frankia evolved from the Eastern Parts of the
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_Empire" > Carolingian Empire< / a >
that was originally put together by
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne" target = "_blank" > Charlemagne< / a > .
Indeed, there is today a region of Bavaria called
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia" target = "_blank" > Franconia< / a > , which has
< a href = "https://www.vgn.de/en/tickets/all-day-ticket-plus/" target = "_blank" > excellent regional passenger trains< / a >
connecting innumerable picturesque little cities and towns
which are perfect for taking < a href = "https://photos.app.goo.gl/odqMdaJvpB528WaQ8" target = "_blank" > selfies< / a >
and < a href = "https://photos.app.goo.gl/vLCGa7c8xAqEJ15D8" target = "_blank" > drinking the local bier< / a > .
But I digress.< / p >
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< h3 > Battle of Lechfeld< / h3 >
< p > The Magyars were finally defeated by King Henry the Fowler's son King Otto I
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near Augsburg in 955, < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg" target = "_blank" > Augsburg< / a >
being an ancient city in Bavaria that goes all
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the way back to the Roman Empire.< / p >
< p > King Otto I of East Frankia was the greatest King since Charlemagne, and the
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Battle of Lechfeld was equal in importance to the
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings" target = "_blank" > Battle of Hastings in 1066< / a > ,
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in the context of European History, but deeper analysis of that is above my
pay grade. (This is a free blog post)< / p >
< h3 > Recommended< / h3 >
< p > Anyway, the Magyars gave up their raiding, became Christianized, and adopted
a more agrarian lifestyle on the Hungarian Plain where they founded the Nation
of Hungary around the year 1000. In the 13th Century, the Mongols invaded Hungary,
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< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Mongol_invasion_of_Hungary" target = "_blank" > but were never able to advance beyond Hungary into Western Europe< / a > .< / p >
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< p > For more riveting entertainment about the Mongols, I recommend Dan Carlin's Hardcore
History Podcast, in particular the subseries < em > Wrath of The Khans< / em > .< / p >
< p > Thanks for reading, I'm fresh out of cigars.< / p >
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