Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1825) Königreich Baiern Kinereich Baiern (1825–1918) Königreich Bayern Kinereich Bayern
1806–1918
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: In Treue fest ("Steadfast in loyalty")[1]
Anthem: Bayerische Königshymne (German)[2] "Bavarian Royal Hymn"
The Kingdom of Bavaria in 1914, as part of the German Empire
Status	Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire (1806) State of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813) State of the German Confederation (1815–1866) Federal State of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Capital and largest city	Munich
Common languages	Bavarian, Upper German dialects
Religion	Majority: Roman Catholicism Minorities: Lutheranism Calvinism Judaism
Government	Constitutional monarchy
King
• 1806–1825	Maximilian I Joseph
• 1825–1848	Ludwig I
• 1848–1864	Maximilian II
• 1864–1886	Ludwig II
• 1886-1913	Otto
• 1913–1918	Ludwig III
Prince Regent
• 1886–1912	Luitpold
• 1912–1913	Ludwig
Minister-President
• 1806–1817	Maximilian von Montgelas
• 1912–1917	Georg von Hertling
• 1917–1918	Otto Ritter von Dandl
Legislature	Landtag
• Upper Chamber	House of Councillors
• Lower Chamber	House of Representatives
Historical era	Napoleonic Wars Franco-Prussian War World War I
• Proclamation of the kingdom	1 January 1806
• Established	26 December 1806
• Treaty of Ried	8 October 1813
• Treaty of Paris	30 May 1814
• Unification of Germany	18 January 1871
• German Revolution	9 November 1918
• Anif declaration	12 November 1918
Area
1910[3]	75,865 km2 (29,292 sq mi)
Population
• 1910[3]	6,524,372
Currency	Bavarian gulden (1806–1873) German gold mark (1873–1914) German Papiermark (1914–1918)
Preceded by Succeeded by Electorate of Bavaria Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg Imperial County of Ortenburg People's State of Bavaria Bavarian Soviet Republic
Today part of	Germany

The Kingdom of Bavaria (German: Königreich Bayern [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈbaɪɐn]; Bavarian: Kinereich Bayern [ˈkɪnəraɪ̯x ˈb̥ajɛɐ̯n]; spelled Baiern until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingdom became a federated state of the new empire and was second in size, power, and wealth only to the leading state, the Kingdom of Prussia.^[4]

The polity's foundation dates back to the ascension of Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach as King of Bavaria in 1806. The crown continued to be held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom came to an end in 1918. Most of the border of modern Germany's Free State of Bavaria were established after 1814 with the Treaty of Paris, in which the Kingdom of Bavaria ceded Tyrol and Vorarlberg to the Austrian Empire while receiving Aschaffenburg and Würzburg.

In 1918, Bavaria became a republic after the German Revolution, and the kingdom was thus succeeded by the current Free State of Bavaria.