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Dukes of Courland
When the Livonian order united with Poland-Lithuania 1562
its last grand master Gotthard Kettler became duke of Courland and Zemgallia
under Polish-Lithuanian supremacy.
House of Kettler
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1562-1587
1587-1642
1587-1616
1642-1682
1682-1698
1698-1711
1701-1709
1711-1737 |
Gotthard
Friedrich
Wilhelm
Jakob
Friedrich Kasimir
Friedrich Wilhelm
Occupied by Sweden
Ferdinand |
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House of Bühren (Biron)
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1737-1741
1741-1758 |
Ernst Johann
Interregnum (Russian rule) |
House of Wettin
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1758-1763 |
Karl |
House of Bühren (Biron)
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1763-1769
1769-1795 |
Ernst Johann (restored)
Peter |
Courland is transformed into a
Russian province after the third partition of Poland 1795.
It is then
united with the new state of Latvia in 1918. |
