Duchess of Courland
House of Kettler, 1561–1737
House of Biron, 1737–1740
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Council of the Duke, 1740–58
House of Wettin
The House of Wettin () is a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its ori ...
, 1758–1763
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House of Biron, 1763–1795
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Spouse
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Ernst Johann von Biron
Ernst Johann von Biron (german: Ernst Johann von Biron; russian: link=no, Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; (german: link=no, Bühren); ) was a Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1737–1740 and 1763–1769) and briefly regent of the Russian E ...
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Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Caroline Louise of Waldeck and Pyrmont (14 August 1748 – 18 August 1782), was a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont by birth and Duchess of Courland by marriage.
Early life
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Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Karl August Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 September 1704 – 29 August 1763) was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Commander of the Dutch forces in the War of Austrian Succession.
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Waldeck-Pyrmont
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Peter von Biron
Peter von Biron (15 February 1724 – 13 January 1800) was the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, from 1769 to 1795.
Life and reign
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Yevdokiya Borisovna Yusupova
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Dorothea von Medem
Countess Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (3 February 1761 – 20 August 1821) was born a Gräfin (Countess) of the noble German Baltic Medem family and later became Duchess of Courland. Popularly known as Dorothea of Courland after her marria ...
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Count Friedrich von Medem
The Medem is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Elbe, into which it flows near Otterndorf.
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Medem
The Medem is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Elbe, into which it flows near Otterndorf.
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Courland
Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...
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