Duchess of Courland explained

Duchess of Courland

House of Kettler, 1561–1737

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Anna of MecklenburgAlbrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg)
14 October 15333 November 156617 May 1587
husband's death
4 July 1602 Gotthard Kettler
Elisabeth Magdalena of PomeraniaErnst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania
(Pomerania)
14 June 1580 14 March 160017 August 1642
husband's desposition
23 February 1649Friedrich Kettler
Sophia of PrussiaAlbert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
31 March 1582 22 October 16094 December 1610Wilhelm Kettler
Louise Charlotte of BrandenburgGeorge William, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
13 September 1617 9 October 1645 29 August 1676Jacob Kettler
Sophie Amalie of Nassau-SiegenHenry of Nassau-Siegen
(Nassau-Siegen)
10 January 1650 25 October 1675 1 January 1682
husband's death
25 December 1688Friedrich Casimir Kettler
Elisabeth Sophie of BrandenburgFrederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
5 April 167429 April 1691 22 January 1698
husband's death
22 November 1748
Anna Ivanovna of RussiaIvan V of Russia
(Romanov)
7 February 169311 November 1710 21 January 1711
husband's death
28 October 1740 Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler
Johanna Magdalene of Saxe-WeissenfelsJohann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
(Wettin)
17 March 170820 September 17304 May 1737
husband's death
25 January 1760Ferdinand Kettler

House of Biron, 1737–1740

House of Wettin, 1758–1763

House of Biron, 1763–1795

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Benigna Gottliebe von Trotha genannt TreydenWilhelm von Trohta Truiden15 October 170325 February 1723 1763
husband's restoration
1769
husband abdication
5 November 1782Ernst Johann von Biron
Caroline of Waldeck and PyrmontKarl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(Waldeck-Pyrmont)
14 August 1748 15 October 1765 1769
husband's restoration
1772
divorce
18 August 1782Peter von Biron
Yevdokiya Borisovna YusupovaPrince Boris Grigorievich Yusupov
(Yusupov)
16 May 17436 March 1774 1778
divorce
19 July 1780
Dorothea von MedemCount Friedrich von Medem
(Medem)
3 February 1761 6 November 1779 28 March 1795
Duchy abolished
20 August 1821