Frederick William, Duke of Courland

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German prince duke member of the House of Kettler nobleman

Frederick William, Duke of Courland, was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Kettler who briefly ruled the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and is chiefly remembered for his dynastic marriage to the future Empress Anna of Russia.

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Label Occurrences
Frederick William, Duke of Courland canonical 4
Duke of Courland and Semigallia 2

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German prince ⓘ
duke ⓘ
member of the House of Kettler ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
countryOfTitle Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
dynasty Kettler dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Friedrich Wilhelm ⓘ
surface form: Frederick William
governmentFormOfRealm duchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Baltic region ⓘ
languageOfCulture German ⓘ
marriageType dynastic marriage ⓘ
monarchOf Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Kettler ⓘ
nobleRank duke ⓘ
nobleStatus hereditary ruler ⓘ
notableFor marriage to the future Empress Anna of Russia ⓘ
positionHeld Frederick William, Duke of Courland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Courland and Semigallia
regionRuled Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
surface form: Courland

Semigallia ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
rememberedFor connection between Courland and the Russian imperial court ⓘ
shortDescription 18th-century German prince and Duke of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ
spouse Anna of Russia ⓘ
Anna Ivanovna of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Empress Anna of Russia
spouseFutureTitle Empress of Russia ⓘ
spouseHouse House of Romanov ⓘ
title Frederick William, Duke of Courland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Courland and Semigallia

Referenced by (6)

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

Anna of Russia → spouse → Frederick William, Duke of Courland ⓘ
Frederick William, Duke of Courland → title → Frederick William, Duke of Courland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Courland and Semigallia
Frederick William, Duke of Courland → positionHeld → Frederick William, Duke of Courland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Courland and Semigallia
Duchess of Courland → spouse → Frederick William, Duke of Courland ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna of Russia
Anna → spouse → Frederick William, Duke of Courland ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna of Russia
Empress Anna of Russia → spouse → Frederick William, Duke of Courland ⓘ