Courland Duchy

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Duchy
gptkbp:area approximately 30,000 km²
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:nobility
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jelgava
Mitau
gptkbp:coat_of_arms Duchy coat of arms
gptkbp:cultural_influence Baltic German culture
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Duchy_thaler
gptkbp:diplomatic_relations with Russia
with Poland
with Denmark
with Sweden
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1795
gptkbp:established 1561
gptkbp:flag Duchy flag
gptkbp:founded_by gptkb:Duke_Gotthard_Kettler
gptkbp:government_type gptkb:Duchy
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Treaty_of_Vilnius
gptkb:Treaty_of_Nystad
gptkb:Treaty_of_Riga
gptkb:Treaty_of_Tartu
gptkb:Treaty_of_Jassy
gptkb:Treaty_of_St._Petersburg
gptkb:Treaty_of_Oliva
gptkb:Treaty_of_Kars
gptkb:Treaty_of_Kėdainiai
gptkb:Treaty_of_Stockholm
gptkbp:historical_period Early Modern Period
gptkbp:historical_region gptkb:Courland
gptkbp:historical_significance Trade and agriculture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Courland Duchy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Swedish_Empire
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latvian
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Latvia
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:The_Courland_colonization_of_Tobago
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Duke_Friedrich_Wilhelm
gptkb:Duke_Jacob_Kettler
gptkb:Duke_Ernst_Johann_von_Biron
gptkb:Duke_Gotthard_Kettler
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:population around 200,000 in the 18th century
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Livonian_Order
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:ruler gptkb:Duke
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:territory Counties
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_of_the_Courlanders
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8