Ernst Johann von Biron information

Ernst Johann von Biron (German: Ernst Johann von Biron; Russian: Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; (German: Bühren); 23 November [O.S. 13 November] 1690 – 29 December [O...

(German: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Courland, and his wife Benigna von Trotha. From 1730 until 1740, he and his...

Peter's younger brother. Karl von Bühren ∞ Catharina Hedwig von Raab genannt Thülen (1660-1740) Ernst Johann von Biron (1690–1772), duke of Courland and...

dukes from the House of Kettler with the exception of Ernst Johann Biron and his son Peter von Biron. Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order...

The empress also declared that her longtime lover and advisor, Ernst Johann von Biron, duke of Courland, would serve as regent until Ivan came of age...

and adviser Ernst Johann von Bühren. The marriage was reportedly arranged by Anna in an attempt to conceal her own relationship with Biron. When Anna became...

III, in a private meeting, offered the throne of Courland to Ernst Johann von Biron. Biron was Anna's lover and had great influence on state affairs. Ferdinand...

but her enemies claimed she conducted a love affair with Duke Ernst Johann von Biron, a prominent courtier, for many years.[citation needed] In 1730...

Gustaw von Loewenwolde Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin — before coronation Ernst Johann von Biron — official favourite Moritz Karl zu Lynar Julia von Mengden...

von Biron of Courland (1727–1797) was a princess of Courland and a Russian courtier. She was the daughter of the Duke of Courland, Ernst Johann von Biron...

arrested on charges of conspiracy and misconduct. Volynsky's archenemy Ernst Johann von Biron had him sentenced to death and beheaded on 27 June 1740. Artemy...

the Duke of Courland Peter von Biron. Korf spent two years in Courland and arranged everything well. Ernst Johann von Biron did not like Korff and, seeing...

favourite Ernest Biron, Duke of Courland, as regent. Biron, however, had made himself an object of detestation to the Russian people. After Biron threatened...

to Saint Petersburg in order to inform Ernst Johann von Biron that he had been elected Duke of Courland. Biron was so pleased with the news that he had...

favorite Ernst Johann von Biron that she persuade Anna to refuse a marriage to Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick in favor of Peter von Biron, a task she...

his Rastrelliesque Rundale Palace in Courland, formerly the seat of the Biron ducal dynasty. He ended his days living in seclusion. His young widow, Thekla...

died in 1737, she arranged for the Duchy to be given to her lover, Ernst Johann von Biron instead. The Duchy was one of the smallest European nations to colonize...

and empresses 1700–1762 Anna Mons Maria Cantemir Mary Hamilton Ernst Johann von Biron Aleksey Razumovsky Ivan Shuvalov Elizaveta Vorontsova 1762–1796...

a medieval castle belonging to the Livonian Order. Following Ernst Johann von Biron's fall from grace in 1740, all construction work was stopped, even...

portraits made of him twice, in 1784 and again in 1791, both times by Johann Baptist von Lampi and from an angle which disguised his injury. Potemkin was often...

of Courland from 1711 to 1730. The penultimate duke of Courland, Ernst Johann von Biron (r. 1737–1740 and 1763–1769), expanded the cultural aspects of Mitau...

Poland, Empress Anna's lover, Ernst Johann von Biron, became the new duke. He was succeeded by his son Peter von Biron, but he abdicated under pressure...