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Louise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jacob of Courland (1610-1662) from his marriage to Charlotte Louise (1617-1676), eldest daughter of Elector George William of Brandenburg. On 23 October 1670 in Cölln, she married the later Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg, the famous Prince of Homburg.
Luisa Isabel de Curlandia (en alemán, Luise Elisabeth von Kurland; Mitau, 12 de agosto de 1646-Weferlingen, 16 de diciembre de 1690) fue una princesa de Curlandia de la familia Kettler por nacimiento y landgravina de Hesse-Homburg por matrimonio.
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Kettler was born in Goldingen (now known as Kuldīga). He was the son of Wilhelm Kettler and Duchess Sophie of Prussia, a daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and was a godson of King James I of England. While his father was exiled from the duchy, Jacob lived in the courts of Stettin and Berlin. He studied in Rostock and at the University ...
Under Kettler's rule, the duchy traded with the Netherlands, Portugal, England, France, and other nations. He started large scale reforms of the duchy's economy, improved its agriculture, opened many manufactures and started a shipbuilding industry. He founded the Fleet of Courland and Semigalla, a navy and merchant fleet. During his reign, the duc...
The duke was taken prisoner by the Swedes from 1658 to 1660, during the Northern Wars. Together with his family, he was held captive in Riga and later in Ivangorod. During this time, his colonies were attacked and lost and his fleet destroyed. After the war ended, he rebuilt the duchy's fleet and retook the island of Tobago from the Dutch. For the ...
Kettler is remembered as a fair ruler who gave opportunities to the local Latvian peasants and even knew the Latvian language.
Kettler married Princess Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617–1676), the daughter of George William, Elector of Brandenburgand had issue:
Heinz Mattiesen (1974), "Jakob Kettler", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 10, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 313–315; (full text online)Theodor Schiemann (1881), "Jakob Kettler", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie(in German), vol. 13, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 540–546La calvinista Louise Elisabeth jugó un papel importante en el asentamiento de hugonotes y valdenses desplazados en Friedrichsdorf y Dornholzhausen, así como en la formación de congregaciones calvinistas en Weferlingen y Bad Homburg.
Louise Elisabeth of Courland was Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Introduction Louise Elisabeth of Courland Life
Duchess Amalie Louise of Courland (23 July 1687 – 18 January 1750), German: Amalia Luise Herzogin von Kurland, official titles: Herzogin in Livland, zu Kurland und Semgallen, Fürstin zu Pilten, was a duchess from the House of Kettler and through marriage Fürstin of Nassau-Siegen.
Luise Elisabeth Prinzessin von Kurland von Kurland (12 Aug 1646 - certain 16 Dec 1690)
