Category: Herzöge von Kurland und Semigallia

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The Duchy of Kurland and Semigallia (Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen was a duchy and vassal state in the region of modern-day Latvia which existed between 1561 and 1795. It was annexed to the Russian Empire during the Third Partition of Poland.

The Dukes of Kurland are as follows:

• 1561–1587 Gotthard von Kettler
• 1587–1595 Friedrich von Kettler
• 1595–1616 und 1617–1618 Friedrich von Kettler (in Semgallen)
• 1595–1616 Wilhelm von Kettler (in Kurland)
• 1618–1642 Friedrich von Kettler (again)
• 1642–1681 Jakob von Kettler
• 1681–1698 Friedrich Kasimir von Kettler
• 1698–1711 Friedrich Wilhelm von Kettler
• 1711–1730 Anna (Regent)
• 1726–1729 Hermann Moritz (elected, but did not reign)
• 1730–1737 Ferdinand
• 1737–1758 Ernst Johann von Biron
• 1758–1763 Karl Christian Joseph von Sachsen
• 1763–1769 Ernst Johann von Biron (again)
• 1769–1795 Peter von Biron

Johann Eberhardt Blaese abt 1782 Mitau, Herzöge von Kurland und Semigallia, Polen-Litauen

Jakob (Courland) Kettler 28 Oct 1610 Kuldīga, Latvia - 01 Jan 1682

Friedrich Kasimir (Kettler) von Kettler 06 Jul 1650 Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia - 22 Jan 1698

Friedrich Wilhelm (Kettler) Courland 19 Jul 1692 Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia - 1711

Gotthard (Kettler) Kettler von Koerland 1517 - 17 May 1587

Wilhelm Kettler 20 Jul 1574 Mītava, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia - 20 Apr 1640

Ernst von Biron 23 Nov 1690 Kalnciems, Semigallia, Courland and Semigallia - 29 Dec 1772

Peter von Biron 15 Feb 1724 Mitau, Kurland - 13 Jan 1800

Karl (Wettin) von Sachsen 13 Jul 1733 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany - 16 Jun 1796

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