Ernst Johann von Biron (German: Ernst Johann von Biron; Russian: Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; 23 November [O.S. 13 November] 1690 – 29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1772)...

(German: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Courland, and his wife Benigna von Trotha. From 1730 until 1740, he and his...

Peter's younger brother. Karl von Bühren ∞ Catharina Hedwig von Raab genannt Thülen (1660-1740) Ernst Johann von Biron (1690–1772), duke of Courland and...

finished in 1768. Johann Michael Graff produced lavish stucco decorations for the palace during this time. Ernst Johann von Biron loved the palace and...

von Bassewitz. She is the mother of Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland, the current head of the House of Biron. Countess Herzeleide-Ina-Marie von...

de Biron (1524–1592), celebrated French soldier Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron (1562–1602), French marshal, son of Armand de Biron Ernst Johann von Biron...

The empress also declared that her longtime lover and advisor, Ernst Johann von Biron, duke of Courland, would serve as regent until Ivan came of age...

dukes from the House of Kettler with the exception of Ernst Johann Biron and his son Peter von Biron. Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order...

and adviser Ernst Johann von Bühren. The marriage was reportedly arranged by Anna in an attempt to conceal her own relationship with Biron. When Anna became...

III, in a private meeting, offered the throne of Courland to Ernst Johann von Biron. Biron was Anna's lover and had great influence on state affairs. Ferdinand...

but her enemies claimed she conducted a love affair with Duke Ernst Johann von Biron, a prominent courtier, for many years. In 1730, Tsar Peter II (grandson...

William the penultimate Duke of Courland, managed to place her lover, Ernst Johann von Biron, on the Ducal throne of Courland. Empress Anna died only three years...

von Biron of Courland (1727–1797) was a princess of Courland and a Russian courtier. She was the daughter of the Duke of Courland, Ernst Johann von Biron...

formerly sovereign reigning family in that duchy, the Biron descendants of Ernst Johann von Biron[citation needed]. Although the German Reichstag supported...

affairs, he was released of his duties. In 1734, by the reference of Ernst Johann von Biron he was sent to take the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) and after a prolonged...

arrested on charges of conspiracy and misconduct. Volynsky's archenemy Ernst Johann von Biron had him sentenced to death and beheaded on 27 June 1740. Artemy...

third wife of the 55-year-old, childless Duke Peter von Biron, son of the famous Ernst Johann von Biron. The couple had six children, two of whom died in...

the Duke of Courland Peter von Biron. Korf spent two years in Courland and arranged everything well. Ernst Johann von Biron did not like Korff and, seeing...

Gustaw von Loewenwolde Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin — before coronation Ernst Johann von Biron — official favourite Moritz Karl zu Lynar Julia von Mengden...

favourite Ernest Biron, Duke of Courland, as regent. Biron, however, had made himself an object of detestation to the Russian people. After Biron threatened...

Alexander Bezborodko Aleksandr Bibikov Ernst Johann von Biron Peter von Biron Otto von Bismarck Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov Boris...

Rastrelliesque Rundale Palace in Courland, formerly the seat of the House of Biron. He ended his days living in seclusion. His young widow, Thekla Walentinowicz...

portraits made of him twice, in 1784 and again in 1791, both times by Johann Baptist von Lampi and from an angle which disguised his injury. Potemkin was often...

and empresses 1700–1762 Anna Mons Maria Cantemir Mary Hamilton Ernst Johann von Biron Aleksey Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796...

died in 1737, she arranged for the Duchy to be given to her lover, Ernst Johann von Biron instead. The Duchy was one of the smallest European nations to colonize...

to Saint Petersburg in order to inform Ernst Johann von Biron that he had been elected Duke of Courland. Biron was so pleased with the news that he had...

and empresses 1700–1762 Anna Mons Maria Cantemir Mary Hamilton Ernst Johann von Biron Aleksey Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796...

of Courland from 1711 to 1730. The penultimate duke of Courland, Ernst Johann von Biron (r. 1737–1740 and 1763–1769), expanded the cultural aspects of Mitau...

(17 December 1712 – 13 September 1736) married Gustav von Biron, brother of Ernst Johann von Biron, and died in childbirth. Prince Alexander Alexandrovich...

a medieval castle belonging to the Livonian Order. Following Ernst Johann von Biron's fall from grace in 1740, all construction work was stopped, even...