Princess Joanna of Courland
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Johanna Katharina von Biron, Princess of Courland and Duchess of Acerenza was a German princess from the ruling family of Courland and Semigallia and a Duchess of Acerenza as the third daughter of Pet
Johanna of Courland by Moritz Michael Daffinger, c. 1820
Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino, was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the rulin
Princess Joanna of Courland
…palace in Żagań, which was the center of the Biron estate in Silesia, known as the Duchy of Żagań. Joanna and her three sisters: Wilhelmine, Pauline and Dorothea were raised without the participation of their parents, under the care of governesses and servants. At the age of 16, she fell in love with an Italian…
Portrait by Robert Lefèvre, 1815
Princess Dorothea, c. 1810 (aged 17)
Dorothée, duchesse de Dino, c. 1830