Duke of Courland and Semigallia

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hereditary noble title monarchical office

The Duke of Courland and Semigallia was the hereditary ruler of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a semi-autonomous Baltic state under Polish–Lithuanian suzerainty in the early modern period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Courland and Semigallia canonical	2
Duke of Courland	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary noble title ⓘ monarchical office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Partitions of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1795 ⓘ
domainIncludes	ports on the Baltic Sea ⓘ vassal estates in Courland ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
firstHolder	Gotthard Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	hereditary duchy ⓘ
hasCapital	Jelgava NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHolder	Ernst Johann von Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferdinand Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Casimir Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthard Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ Jakob Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter von Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	nobility of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ towns of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
hasPower	collect taxes within duchy ⓘ conduct limited foreign policy ⓘ legislate within duchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ
inception	1561 ⓘ
languageUsed	German ⓘ Latvian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleRank	duke ⓘ
officeAbolishedDueTo	Third Partition of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth feudal hierarchy ⓘ
positionHeldBy	House of Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ Kettler dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Master of the Livonian Order in Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
replacedBy	Russian imperial administration in Courland Governorate ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Jelgava Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1561 ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Serene Highness ⓘ
subordinateTo	Grand Duke of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
underSuzeraintyOf	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Ernst Johann von Biron → positionHeld → Duke of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ

Ernst Johann von Biron → title → Duke of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Courland

Duchess of Courland → positionHeld → Duke of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick William, Duke of Courland