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Friedrich Kettler

1569 - 1642

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Friedrich Kettler (Latvian: Frīdrihs Ketlers, 25 November 1569 in Mitau (now Jelgava) – 17 August 1642) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia (Latvian: Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste, now part of Latvia) from 1587 to 1642. He was the son of Gotthard Kettler, the first Duke of Courland. Until 1617, he ruled only the eastern Zemgale (Semigallia) portion of the duchy, while his younger brother, Wilhelm Kettler, ruled the western Courland portion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Kettler has received more than 33,752 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Friedrich Kettler is the 472nd most popular nobleman (down from 446th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Friedrich Kettler ranks 472 out of 842. Before him are Richard, Duke of Burgundy, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Igor Svyatoslavich, Henriette of Cleves, and Berthold, Duke of Merania. After him are Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Heinz Brandt, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Antoinette de Mérode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Friedrich Kettler ranks 7. Before him are Jahangir, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Giambattista Marino, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha. After him are Frans Pourbus the Younger, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, and Geoffrey Keating. Among people deceased in 1642, Friedrich Kettler ranks 10. Before him are Guido Reni, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Safi of Persia, Dmitry Pozharsky, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, and Pieter van Laer. After him is Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Friedrich Kettler ranks 38 out of 284. Before him are Jānis Čakste (1859), Rainis (1865), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Abraham Isaac Kook (1865), and Jukums Vācietis (1873). After him are Solomon Mikhoels (1890), Laimdota Straujuma (1951), Valdis Zatlers (1955), Oswald Külpe (1862), Friedrich Zander (1887), and Ferdinand Kettler (1655).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Latvia

Among noblemen born in Latvia, Friedrich Kettler ranks 2. Before him are Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761). After him are Maria Amalia of Courland (1653) and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802).

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