Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The...
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The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Latin: Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; German: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; Latvian: Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste;...
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The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded...
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Courland Governorate, also known as the Province of Courland or Governorate of Kurland, and known from 1795 to 1796 as the Viceroyalty of Courland, was...
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Council of the Duke, 1740–58 None, although Charles of Saxony was morganatically married with the Polish countess Franciszka Korwin-Krasińska....
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Army Group Courland (German: Heeresgruppe Kurland) was a German Army Group on the Eastern Front. It was created from remnants of the Army Group North,...
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Courland is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Courland may also refer to: Political entities Bishopric of Courland, an ecclesiastical...
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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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Courland Bay may refer to: Great Courland Bay also known as Turtle Beach, near Fort Bennett (Tobago) 11°12′52″N 60°47′02″W / 11.21444°N 60.78389°W...
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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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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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Ernst Johann von Biron (redirect from Ernst Johann, Duke of Courland Biron)
13 November] 1690 – 29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1772) was a Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1737–1740 and 1763–1769) and briefly regent of the Russian...
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The Courland Cuff Title, or Courland Cuff Band, (German: Ärmelband Kurland) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to Wehrmacht servicemen...
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The Bishopric of Courland (Latin: Episcopatus Curoniensis, Low German: Bisdom Curland) was the second smallest (4500 km2) ecclesiastical state in the Livonian...
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The Courland Viceroyalty was one of the Baltic administrative regions of the Russian Empire. In 1796, the Viceroyalty had its name changed to the Courland...
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Curonian colonisation (redirect from Courland colonisation)
Curonian colonisation refers to the colonisation efforts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia), a vassal duchy of the Polish–Lithuanian...
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The Courland Peninsula (Latvian: Kurzemes pussala, German: Kurland) is a historical and cultural region in western Latvia in the north-western part of...
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Swedish expedition to Courland may refer to: Swedish expedition to Courland (854) Swedish occupation of Courland in 1625, during the Polish–Swedish War...
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capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795) and was the administrative center of the Courland Governorate (1795–1918). Jelgava...
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Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino...
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June 1796), was a German prince of the House of Wettin. He was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1758 to 1763. Born in Dresden, he was the fifth son...
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Alexander of Courland (German: Alexander von Kurland) (18 October 1658 – 28 June 1686), nicknamed "Alexander the One-armed", was a Baltic German prince...
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acquiring such territories was indirectly through the actions of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish...
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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Polish vassal) were created. The last Master of the Order Gotthard Kettler became the first Duke of Courland and converted...
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the Bishopric of Riga (an archbishopric from 1255); the Bishoprics of Courland, Ösel-Wiek, and Dorpat, where Albert's brother Hermann established himself...
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1711) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1698 to 1711. Frederick Wilhelm was the son of Friedrich Kasimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia...
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Liepāja (redirect from Libau, Courland)
mentioning Līva village (Villa Liva) is a treaty between the bishop of Courland and the master of the Livonian Order dated 4 April 1253. In 1263, the Teutonic...
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Curonian Lagoon (redirect from Courland Lagoon)
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; Prussian: Kursjanmari, Lithuanian: Kuršių marios, Russian: Куршский залив) is a freshwater lagoon separated from the...
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Marie 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...
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The Invasion of Courland (1658) (Swedish: Invasionen av Kurland) was a Swedish campaign against the Duchy of Courland in 1658. It was led by Robert Douglas...
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