A government commission including Holnstein and von…

A government commission including Holnstein and von Gudden arrives at Neuschwanstein to formally deliver the document of deposition to the king and place him in custody at 4 a.m. on June 10, 1886.

Tipped off an hour or two earlier by a faithful servant, his coachman Fritz Osterholzer, Ludwig orders the local police to protect him, and the commissioners are turned back at the castle gate at gunpoint.

In an especially famous sideshow, the commissioners are attacked by forty-seven-year-old local Baroness Spera von Truchseß, who flails at the men with her umbrella and then rushes to the king’s apartments to identify the conspirators.

Ludwig then has the commissioners arrested, but after holding them captive for several hours, has them released.

The same day, the Government publicly proclaims Luitpold as Prince Regent.

The king’s friends and allies urge him to flee, or to show himself in Munich and thus regain the support of the people.