Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominal vassal state of...
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The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was the name for a proposed client state of the German Empire during World War I which did not come into existence...
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The Duchy of Courland, Semigallia and Pilten was a short-lived unrecognized client state of the First French Empire in the Baltics, mostly comprising...
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third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland[citation needed] as they were formerly held...
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loss of the Courland Governorate. After an attempt to reestablish the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia as a client state of the German Empire, Courland was...
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creation of a Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and of a Duchy of Estonia and Livonia, which would be in personal union with the Kingdom of Prussia. During...
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The Curonian colonization of the Americas was performed by the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (now Latvia), which was the second-smallest state to colonise...
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of Semigallia belonged to the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a vassal duchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, until the Third Partition of Poland...
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Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1698 to 1711. Frederick Wilhelm was the son of Friedrich Kasimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Princess...
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Curonian colonisation (redirect from Colonies of Courland)
of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia), a vassal duchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Small, but wealthy, the Duchy took...
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Ernst Johann von Biron (redirect from Ernst Johann, Duke of Courland Biron)
December] 1772) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1737 to 1740 and again from 1763 to 1769. He was also briefly the regent of the Russian Empire in...
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Terra Mariana (category States and territories established in 1207)
Commonwealth – as the Duchy of Livonia and the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The island of Saaremaa became part of Denmark. Since the beginning of the 20th century...
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Colonization attempts by Poland (redirect from Colonies of Poland)
such territories was indirectly through the actions of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish nobility...
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Jelgava (redirect from History of Jelgava)
southwest of Riga. It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795)...
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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia is a duchy in the Baltic region that existed from 1562 to 1791 as a vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later...
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unofficial symbol of the region of Courland in Northern Europe, and historically served as the symbol of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. Today, it has...
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Baltic Governorates (category Governorates-General of the Russian Empire)
of the Russian Empire set up in the territories of Swedish Estonia, Swedish Livonia (1721) and, afterwards, of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1795)...
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(1783–1907) British West Indies Belize New Courland (Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago) (1654–1689); Courland is now part of Latvia Dano-Norwegian West Indies (1754–1814)...
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colonization Couronian colonization of the Americas Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Kingdom of Livonia Livonian Brothers of the Sword The Latvians: A Short...
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Livonian Order (redirect from Order of Livonia)
order and converted to Lutheranism. In the southern part of the Brothers' lands he created the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia for his family. Most of the...
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Council of Vidzeme. Courland was occupied by Germans, who increasingly supported idea of creating a puppet Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in order...
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1565, the coat of arms of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was combined of four parts and included the coat of arms of Semigallia, an elk on blue...
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Gotthard Kettler (category Dukes of Courland)
Vilnius (28 November 1561), he created the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia as a vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was soon merged into the...
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Liepāja (redirect from Libau, Courland)
shallow for easy navigation, and development of the city declined. In 1560, Gotthard Kettler, first Duke of Courland and Semigallia, loaned all the Grobiņa...
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Baltic Germans (category Demographics of Estonia)
basis of Baltic nobility. The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia existed as a German-speaking country until 1795, while the northern part of Duchy of Livonia...
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Duchy of Livonia and Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. Some enclaves in the Hungarian area of Spisz were also part of Poland...
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sovereign) duchies have disappeared. Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Duchy of Estonia (disambiguation) Duchy of Livonia United Baltic Duchy Duchy of Lithuania...
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elements of the coats of arms of Polish and Swedish Livonia and of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. Thus, the coat of arms combines symbols of Latvian...
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Kandava (category Cities and towns in Latvia)
the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Kandava became the centre of Hauptmannshaft Candau. Kandava received village rights in 1625. During the reign of duke...
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Peter von Biron (category Dukes of Courland)
Biron (15 February 1724 – 13 January 1800) was the last duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1769 to 1795, when it was annexed by the Russian Empire....
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