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Peter von Biron

1724–1800 · 18th century · Also known as Peter, Duke of Courland

Peter von Biron was the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, ruling from 1769 to 1795. The son of Ernst Johann von Biron, he quarrelled constantly with the Courland nobility. In 1786 he bought the Duchy of Sagan in Silesia. After the Third Partition of Poland he ceded Courland to Russia in 1795 in return for a pension, and he died at Gellenau in Silesia.

Peter von Biron
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Duchy of Żagań

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