Mitau. The name of Jelgava is believed to be derived from the Livonian word jālgab, meaning "town on the river." The origin of the German name Mitau is...

Palace (Latvian: Jelgavas pils) or historically Mitau Palace (Latvian: Mītavas pils, German: Schloss Mitau) is the largest Baroque-style palace in the Baltic...

later by Russian troops. Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler was born in 1692 in Mitau (now Jelgava) in the family of Friedrich Casimir and his second wife Elizabeth...

on an idea by Friedrich Wilhelm von Raison [de], it was established in Mitau, capital of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, by Duke Peter von Biron...

Lettische Grammatik. Handbuch der lettischen Sprachen (in German). Vol. 1. Mitau: Fr. Lucas’ Buchhandlung (Iwan Rochlitz). Bielenstein, August (1863). Die...

painting of his first altar painting in 1845 in Poznań, he was invited to Mitau to work as a drawing teacher at Jelgava Gymnasium, in addition to which...

In all, Kettler received nearly one-third of the land in the new duchy. Mitau (Jelgava) was designated as the new capital and a Landtag was to meet there...

establish that the birth took place in Mitau on the 23rd. Indeed, the notification that the Duke of Courland sent from Mitau on 24‑7‑1687 announces the birth...

1945-1975". Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project. Retrieved August 7, 2024. Mitau, G. Theodore (1955). "The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Schism of 1948"...

Gutsbesitzer zu Waldeck bei Mitau 14. Uwarowa Praskowja Gräfin; Präsidentin der Mosk. archäol. Gesellschaft 1. Allunan Peter Privatier in Mitau, Seestr. 15 2. Apsing...

making Courland a constitutional monarchy. In 1622, the duke's residence in Mitau was surrounded by the Swedish army, forcing Friedrich to move to Goldingen...

a number of important Russian military campaigns. Totleben was born at Mitau in Courland (now Jelgava, Latvia). His parents were of Thuringian descent...

1863–64) Bielenstein, Lettische Grammatik (Mitau, 1863) Bielenstein, Die Elemente der lettischen Sprache (Mitau, 1866), popular in treatment Ulmann and Brasche...

of the four major regions of the country. The German name for Jelgava is Mitau. Jews began settling in Jelgava in the early 16th century, which was the...

Robert Douglas and resulted in the Swedes occupying Courland, capturing Mitau and the Duke of Courland. The initial invasion only lasted a few months...

The Truce of Mitawa or Truce of Mitau, signed in November 1622 in Jelgava (Mitawa, Mitau), ended the Polish–Swedish War (1620–1622). The Polish–Lithuanian...

many peasants still lived and died unbaptized. He died on 17 May 1587 in Mitau (Jelgava), aged 70. His heirs ruled in Courland until 1737. On 11 March...

the province of Courland following the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Viceroyalty had its capital at Mitau (now Jelgava)....

Lithuanian-Livonian double-Denar with monogram of Grand Duke Stephen Báthory, coat of arms of Gotthard Kettler and the coat of arms of Lithuania, minted in Mitau, 1578...

August 31, 1981) was an entrepreneur, financier, and art collector. Born in Mitau, Latvia, the twelfth of thirteen children, Hirshhorn emigrated to the United...

made prior of the Kandava diocese (1780), then became main preacher of Mitau (in the Trinity Church) and superintendent of the duchy (1785). After graduating...

Benigna, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan (born 8 February 1781 in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia); died 29 November 1839 in Vienna, Austrian...

Dünamünde Komturei Ascheraden Komturei Dünaburg Komturei Bauske Komturei Mitau Komturei Doblen Komturei Goldingen Komturei Windau Urban, William (2005)...

his nephew in June 1795, relocated to Verona and then to Jelgava Palace, Mitau, where Charles' son Louis Antoine married Louis XVI's only surviving child...

(Düna) river, and retained only nominal control over Riga. The new truce in Mitau (Jelgava, Mitawa) was signed and lasted from November 1622 to March 1625...

served Worldwide Key people Mark W. Sheahan (President and CEO) Lee R. Mitau (Chairman) Products Fluid and Powder Handling Equipment Revenue US$2.19...

1903). The standard Russian biographies of Polevoi (1853; Ger. trans., Mitau, 1853); Rybkin (Moscow, 1874), Vasiliev (Vilna, 1899), Meshcheryakov and...

Sophia Amalia died in childbirth in Mitau on 15/25 November 1688 and was buried in the Reformed Church in Mitau on 16/26 December. From the marriage...

born in Jelgava (German: Mitau) into a German-speaking family. He was the son of the pastor and general superintendent of Mitau, Joachim Baumann. Baumann...

(Russian: Эдуард Иванович Эйхвальд, Eduard Ivanovich Eykhvald; 4 July 1795, in Mitau, Courland Governorate – 10 November 1876, in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic...