In June 1886, the Bavarian government decided to depose the king, who was living in Neuschwanstein at the time.

On June 9, 1886, the king was declared incapacitated and forced to leave the palace. On June 13, Ludwig II died under unexplained circumstances in the shallow waters of Lake Starnberg near Berg Castle in Upper Bavaria.

Ludwig II spent only 172 days at Neuschwanstein.