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    eastern Semigallia portion. Born in Mitau in 1574, Wilhelm Kettler was the youngest son of Gotthard Kettler and his wife, Anna of Mecklenburg. After their...
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    Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also Godert, Ketteler; German: Gotthard Kettler, Herzog von Kurland; Latvian: Gothards Ketlers; Latin: Gothardus, etc...
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    duchy was occupied by Swedish and later by Russian troops. Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler was born in 1692 in Mitau (now Jelgava) in the family of Friedrich...
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    Jacob Kettler (German: Jakob von Kettler; Latvian: Hercogs Jēkabs Ketlers; 28 October 1610 – 1 January 1682) was the duke of Courland and Semigallia from...
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    emigrated due to conflicts with the nobility. Friedrich Kettler was born to Gotthard Kettler and his wife, Anna of Mecklenburg. The first of two sons...
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    Johanna Magdalene of Saxe-Weissenfels in 1730. Ferdinand Kettler was the son of Jacob Kettler and Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. He was introduced to...
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    this plan failed and only later did Wilhelm Kettler regain this district. Like the other members of the Order, Kettler was German and set about establishing...
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    Frederick Casimir Kettler (German: Friedrich Casimir Kettler; 6 July 1650 – 22 January 1698) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1682 to 1698. Frederick...
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    Prussia, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. She was courted by Wilhelm Kettler, son of Gotthard Kettler of Courland and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Their marriage...
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    Magdalena of Pomerania, no issue. Wilhelm Kettler (1574–1640); married in 1609 Sophia of Brandenburg-Prussia: Jacob Kettler; succeeded as Duke of Courland...
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