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Duchess Sophie
Duchess consort of Courland and Semigallia
Tenure
22 October 1609 - 4 December 1610
Born
(1582-03-31)31 March 1582 Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia
Died
24 November 1610(1610-11-24) (aged 28) Goldingen, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Spouse
Wilhelm Kettler
(m. 1609)
Issue
Jacob Kettler
House
House of Hohenzollern (by birth) Kettler family (by marriage)
Father
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
Mother
Marie Eleonore of Cleves
Duchess Sophie of Prussia (c. 31 March 1582 – c. 24 November 1610) was a German princess of the Duchy of Prussia, a fief of Kingdom of Poland and a member of the House of Hohenzollern.
Sophie was the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of 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 contract was signed in Königsberg on 5 January 1609. Sophie died on 24 November 1610, four weeks after the birth of her only son, Jacob, who later succeeded his paternal uncle Friedrich Kettler as Duke of Courland.[1]
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