Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area 27,286 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jelgava
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Courland_mark
gptkbp:dissolved 1795
gptkbp:established 1562
gptkbp:firstDaimyo gptkb:Gotthard_Kettler
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Peter_von_Biron
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Baltic_region
present-day Latvia
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Courland_colonization_of_Gambia
gptkb:Courland_colonization_of_Tobago
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:German
gptkb:Latvian
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire_(nominally)
gptkbp:population ~200,000 (18th century)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Livonian_Order
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:House_of_Biron
gptkb:House_of_Kettler
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:vassalOf gptkb:Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4