Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

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duchy former state vassal state

The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was a Baltic duchy and vassal state of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, notable for its relative prosperity, German-influenced nobility, and brief colonial ventures in the 17th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Courland 16
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia canonical 16

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
former state ⓘ
vassal state ⓘ
capital Mitau NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature griffin ⓘ
colonialPossession James Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Andrew Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialRegion Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gambia River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Courland thaler NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionCause Third Partition of Poland ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
endTime 1795 ⓘ
firstDuke Gotthard Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
historicalRegion Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor German-influenced nobility ⓘ
overseas colonies ⓘ
relative prosperity ⓘ
lastDuke Peter von Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislature Landtag of Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
modernName Jelgava NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes western Latvia ⓘ
nobilityCulture German ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
overlord Grand Duke of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of Poland ⓘ
partOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Livonian Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentIn Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1561 ⓘ
successor Courland Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
vassalOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick William, Duke of Courland → countryOfTitle → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Frederick William, Duke of Courland → monarchOf → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Frederick William, Duke of Courland → regionRuled → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Samogitia → neighboringRegion → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Ernst Johann von Biron → countryOfBirth → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Ernst Johann von Biron → countryOfDeath → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly → placeOfBirth → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Courland Peninsula → partOf → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Courland Peninsula → historicalRegion → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Ventspils → locatedIn → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Duchess of Courland → ruledTerritory → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna of Russia
Jelgava → historicalRegion → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Liepāja, Latvia → locatedIn → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
subject surface form: Liepāja
this entity surface form: Courland
Liepāja, Latvia → historicalRegion → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
subject surface form: Liepāja
this entity surface form: Courland
Livonia → borderedBy → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Governorate of Courland → namedAfter → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Governorate of Courland → predecessor → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Governorate of Courland → contains → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz → birthPlace → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz → citizenship → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Livonia, a historical region in Europe → borderedBy → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
subject surface form: Livonia
this entity surface form: Courland
Latvian Jews → mainTerritory → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Occupied Enemy Territory East → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Rundāle Palace → builtFor → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Jelgava Palace → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland
Jelgava Palace → locatedInFormerPoliticalEntity → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Dutch Tobago (intermittently) → competingColonialPowers → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch Tobago
this entity surface form: Courland
Livonian Confederation → followedBy → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
History of Latvia → includesEntity → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Duchy of Livonia → borderedBy → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Samuel Skavronsky → residence → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
Livonian people → historicalSettlementArea → Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Courland