Who married Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg?
Jacob Kettler married Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg on . Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg was 28 years old on the wedding day (28 years, 0 months and 26 days). Jacob Kettler was 34 years old on the wedding day (34 years, 11 months and 11 days). The age gap was 6 years, 10 months and 16 days.
The marriage lasted 30 years, 10 months and 20 days (11282 days ). The marriage ended on .
Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg: Marriage Status Timeline
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Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg
Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (13 September 1617 – 28 August 1676), was a Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Duke Jacob Kettler of Courland.
She was born to George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.
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Jacob Kettler
Jacob Kettler (German: Jakob von Kettler; Latvian: Hercogs Jēkabs Ketlers; 28 October 1610 – 1 January 1682) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1642 to 1682. Under his rule, Courland and Semigallia became more independent of its Polish suzerain, reached its peak in wealth, and even engaged in its own overseas colonization, making it one of the smallest, but fastest growing states in the world at that time.
Yet, in the end the results of his rule failed in the confrontation with much stronger powers both directly in the Baltic (Sweden) and overseas (Dutch Republic). A ruler "too rich and powerful to be a duke but too small and poor to be a king" could not, with his small ancestral territory and very limited resources, play the powerful role he sought in European politics of that time.
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