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Prince Karl Christian Joseph of Saxony - in English, Charles of Saxony - (13 July 1733 – 16 June 1796) was a German prince of the House of Wettin and Duke of Courland and Semigallia. Born in Dresden, he was the fifth son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria.
The part of Latvia between the west bank of the Daugava River and the Baltic Sea became the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. It was ruled by the dukes from the House of Kettler with the exception of Ernst Johann Biron and his son Peter von Biron .
Prince Karl Christian Joseph of Saxony - in English, Charles of Saxony - (13 July 1733 – 16 June 1796) was a German prince of the House of Wettin and Duke of Courland and Semigallia. Born in Dresden, he was the fifth son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria.
Apr 26, 2010 · Prince Karl Christian Joseph of Saxony (13 July 1733 – 16 June 1796) was a German prince from the House of Wettin and Duke of Courland. Born in Dresden, he was the fifth but third surviving son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria.
- "Carl von Sachsen"
- Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- July 13, 1733
- June 16, 1796 (62)Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Apr 19, 2021 · In June 1657, Friedrich Wilhelm, “Great Elector” of Brandenburg, received a letter from his sister, Duchess Luise Charlotte of Courland, where she expressed her frustration at current events in the Baltic region.
- John Freeman
- 2021
Anna Ivanova is widely acknowledged as the regent of Courland following the death in 1711 of her husband, the former Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Courland. Upon her accession to the Russian throne, she places her own candidate in Courland.
A site of intense imperial contestation, North-eastern Europe had once again descended into war as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth struggled to dispel attacks from Russia and an alliance of Sweden, Brandenburg-Prussia, and Trans-ylvania.
