Ernst Johann von Biron
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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.
Staircase in Rundale Palace, Biron's residence in Rundale, Latvia.
Peter von Biron
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Peter von Biron was the last duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1769 to 1795, when it was annexed by the Russian Empire.
Ernst Johann von Biron
…confidant, but also during his two decades of exile to Siberia after her death, which Benigna shared with Biron. They had three children together, a son, Peter, prince of Courland, a son Karl Ernst von Biron (1728–1801) and a daughter, Hedvig Elizabeth. In 1730, Anna was elevated to the Russian throne. Biron…
Jesters of empress Anna Ioannovna. Duke Peter is sitting in the middle in a blue suit with a stick. Painting by Valery Jacobi (1872)