Was Tsar Ferdinand of the Bulgarians (grandson of King Louis-Philippe of the French) an opera lover? The reason for my asking is that according to the documentary ("Confessions of Winifred Wagner"), he visited Wahnfried (the Wagner estate, site of the Bayreuth Festival).
That place had been built thanks to a handsome financial donation by the kooky King Ludwig II of Bavaria. High-profile people who move in high circles, even if non-royal, certainly have many connections (it's no stretch that they're all connected within six degrees of separation). It's no surprise that the Wagner's descendants, like the man himself, have encountered royalty. The Bulgarian king could hardly have been an exception, over the years ...
How exactly was he related to the Bavarian king, anyway?
King Ferdinand of the Bulgarians and King Ludwig II of Bavaria was fourth cousins through a common descent from Duke Ferdinand Albrecht II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel and his wife, Antoniette Amalie of Brunswick-Blakenburg. See https://www.genealogics.org/relationship.php?altprimarypersonID=&savedpersonID=&secondpersonID=I00022439&maxrels=1&disallowspouses=0&generations=7&tree=LEO&primarypersonID=I00015147
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