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- Peter_von_Biron abstract "Peter von Biron (15 February 1724 – 13 January 1800) was the last Duke of Courland from 1769 to 1795.Peter was born in Jelgava (German: Mitau) as the son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Courland, and his wife Benigna von Trotha. When 16 years old, he was forced to follow his family into the Siberian exile. In 1769, Peter was given the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia by his father. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1771.In 1775, he founded Academia Petrina in Jelgava hoping that the school would grow into a university. He ceded the government in the Duchy and then its territory to the Russian Empire in 1795, and received in return a high appanage. This helped him to buy and refurbish for his purposes a palace in Berlin's street of Unter den Linden (Palais Kurland, bought in 1782). In 1785, he bought the park and palace in Friedrichsfelde (part of today's Tierpark Berlin), which he rebuilt in luxurious beauty. In April 1786, he purchased the Duchy of Sagan from the Bohemian Lobkovic family, then additionally using the title of Duke of Żagań. In 1795, Russia determined the further fate of Courland when with its allies it began the third division of Poland. Given a \"nice recommendation\" by Russia, Duke Peter von Biron gave up his rights to Russia. With the signing of the final document on 28 March 1795, the Duchy of Courland ceased to exist. Five years later, Peter died in Gellenau.".
- Peter_von_Biron activeYearsEndYear "1795".
- Peter_von_Biron activeYearsStartYear "1769".
- Peter_von_Biron alias "Duke of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron birthDate "1724-02-15".
- Peter_von_Biron birthPlace Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia.
- Peter_von_Biron birthPlace Jelgava.
- Peter_von_Biron birthYear "1724".
- Peter_von_Biron deathDate "1800-01-13".
- Peter_von_Biron deathPlace Germany.
- Peter_von_Biron deathPlace Jeleniów,_Lower_Silesian_Voivodeship.
- Peter_von_Biron deathYear "1800".
- Peter_von_Biron parent Benigna_Gottlieb_von_Trotha_gt_Treyden.
- Peter_von_Biron parent Ernst_Johann_von_Biron.
- Peter_von_Biron predecessor Ernst_Johann_von_Biron.
- Peter_von_Biron spouse Dorothea_von_Medem.
- Peter_von_Biron spouse Princess_Caroline_of_Waldeck_and_Pyrmont.
- Peter_von_Biron spouse Yevdokiya_Yusupova.
- Peter_von_Biron successor Catherine_the_Great.
- Peter_von_Biron thumbnail Peter_von_Biron.PNG?width=300.
- Peter_von_Biron title "Duke of Courland and Semigallia".
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- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageRevisionID "703997900".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Altenburger_Land.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Appanage.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Benigna_Gottlieb_von_Trotha_gt_Treyden.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Berlin.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Bohemia.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Calabria.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:1724_births.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:1800_deaths.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:18th-century_Latvian_people.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:18th-century_monarchs_in_Europe.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Baltic-German_people.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Baltic_nobility.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dukes_of_Courland.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:House_of_Biron.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Jelgava.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pretenders.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Recipients_of_the_Order_of_St._Andrew.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Catherine_the_Great.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Dino.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Dorothea_von_Medem.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Duchess_of_Courland.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Edmond_de_Talleyrand-Périgord.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Ernst_Johann_von_Biron.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Friedrich_Hermann_Otto,_Prince_of_Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Friedrichsfelde.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Friedrichsfelde_Palace.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Germany.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Herrschaft_(territory).
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink House_of_Biron.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink House_of_Lobkowicz.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Jeleniów,_Lower_Silesian_Voivodeship.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Jelgava.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Jelgava_Gymnasium.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Lutheranism.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Löbichau.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Náchod.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Poland.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Prague.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Prince_of_Belmonte.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Princess_Caroline_of_Waldeck_and_Pyrmont.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Princess_Dorothea_of_Courland.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Princess_Pauline,_Duchess_of_Sagan.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Princess_Wilhelmine,_Duchess_of_Sagan.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Society.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Russian_Empire.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Siberia.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Silesia.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Third_Partition_of_Poland.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Tierpark_Berlin.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Unter_den_Linden.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Yevdokiya_Yusupova.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink Żagań.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLink File:Biron_COA.png.
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Biron von Curland".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Duke Peter of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Duke Peter".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Duke of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter Biron, Duke of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter von Biron".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter von Biron, Duke of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter von Biron, Duke of Courland, and of Sagan".
- Peter_von_Biron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Peter".
- Peter_von_Biron alternativeNames "Duke of Courland".
- Peter_von_Biron birthDate "1724-02-15".
- Peter_von_Biron birthPlace Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia.
- Peter_von_Biron birthPlace Jelgava.
- Peter_von_Biron dateOfBirth "1724-02-15".
- Peter_von_Biron dateOfDeath "1800-01-13".
- Peter_von_Biron deathDate "1800-01-13".
- Peter_von_Biron deathPlace "Gellenau Palace, Gellenau, Germany".
- Peter_von_Biron father Ernst_Johann_von_Biron.