date of death At the inauguration in 1842, a total of 96 busts were arranged, in two rows, in chronological order (by year of death), beginning with Henry the Fowler (d. 936) and ending with Goethe (d. 1832). The upper row comprised 70 busts, beginning with Henry the Fowler and ending with Maria Theresa. The lower row comprised a total of 26 busts of modern scholars, beginning with Lessing and ending with Goethe. Upper Row Busts to the left of the statue of Ludwig I 1. Henry the Fowler – Duke of Saxony and King of the Germans (1809) 2. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (Schadow, 1809) 3. Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (Schadow, 1809) 6. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (Schwanthaler, 1838) 7. Henry the Lion (d. 1195) – Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (Schadow, 1811) 8. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250) – Stupor mundi (Tieck, 1814) 9. Rudolf I of Habsburg (d. 1291) – German king (Tieck, 1832) 15. Erwin von Steinbach – architect of the Straßburger Münster (Ohmacht, 1811) 16. Johannes Gutenberg – inventor of movable type (Matthiä, 1835) 17. Jan van Eyck (d. 1441) – Flemish painter (Tieck, 1817–1842) 18. Frederick I, Elector Palatine – the Victorious, Elector of the Palatinate (Lossow, 1842) 24. Johannes Müller Regiomontanus (d. 1476) – astronomer and mathematician (Lossow, 1842) 25. Nicholas of Flüe (d. 1487) – Swiss hermit, ascetic and mystic (Tieck, 1812) 26. Eberhard I. of Württemberg – Duke of Württemberg (Wagner, 1830) 27. Hans Memling (d. 1494) – Flemish painter (Woltreck, 1841) 28. Johann von Dalberg (1455–1503) – Bishop of Worms (second bust by Lossow, added after 1867) 29. Hans von Hallwyl (1433–1504) – Swiss commander at the Battle of Morat (Christen, 1812) 35. Berthold von Henneberg – Elector and Archbishop of Mainz (Mayer, 1824) 36. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (P. Kaufmann, 1811) 37. Johannes von Reuchlin – German philosopher and humanist (Imhof, 1835) 38. Franz von Sickingen – leader of the knighthood in Rhineland and Swabia (von Bandel, 1827) 39. Ulrich von Hutten – German knight and Renaissance humanist (Kirchmayer, 1811) 40. Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) – printmaker and painter (Rauch, 1837) 41. Georg von Frundsberg – Knight and leader of Landsknechts (Widnmann, 1841) 47. Peter Vischer the Elder – German sculptor (F. Müller, 1839) 48. Johannes Aventinus (Johann Georg Turmair) – Bavarian scholar and historian (Horchler, 1841) 49. Wolter von Plettenberg – German Master