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Peter von Biron
The last Duke of Courland (1724-1800)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 15 February 1724, 1724
- Died
- 13 January 1800, 1800
- Place of birth
- Jelgava
- Place of death
- Jeleniów
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- von Biron
- Father
- Ernst Johann von Biron
- Spouse
- Princess Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess Eudoxia Borisovna Yusupova, Dorothea von Medem
- Child
- Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan, Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan, Princess Dorothea of Courland, Princess Johanna of Courland, Henriette Friederike, Gräfin von Wartenberg, Peter von Gerschau
- Field of work
- art patronage
- Occupation
- politician, patron of the arts
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society, Order of the Black Eagle, Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Order of St. Andrew
- allegiance
- Russian Empire
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok, Russian Biographical Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Polish Biographical Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- family
- Biron
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- Royal Society
- name in native language
- Peter von Biron
- noble title
- Imperial Count
- place of burial
- Żagań
- social classification
- noble
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