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Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690)

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Ernst Johann von Biron

Duke of Courland (r. 1737–1740; 1763–1769)

Ernst Johann von Biron was the duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1737 to 1740 and again from 1763 to 1769. He was also briefly the regent of the Russian Empire in 1740.
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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

1561–1795 Polish–Lithuanian vassal state in the Baltics

The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominal vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently made part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom from 1569 to 1726 and incorporated…
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December 29

Day of the year

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.
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