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Maria Amalia of Courland

1653 - 1711

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Princess Maria Amalia of Courland (Maria Anna Amalia Kettler; 12 June 1653 – 16 June 1711) was a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by her marriage to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was a daughter of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. Her eldest son was King Frederick I of Sweden. One of her daughters was the most recent common ancestor of all the currently reigning monarchs of Europe from 1939 to 1941 and 1943 to 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Amalia of Courland is the 641st most popular nobleman (down from 558th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Maria Amalia of Courland ranks 641 out of 1,415. Before her are Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Amalric, Lord of Tyre, Prince Albert of Prussia, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg, and Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After her are Otto I, Duke of Merania, Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Sigrid of Sweden, Sittişah Hatun, Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves, and Anna of Cleves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, Maria Amalia of Courland ranks 11. Before her are Claude Louis Hector de Villars, André-Hercule de Fleury, Prince George of Denmark, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, and Georg Muffat. After her are Caspar van Wittel, Carlo Ruzzini, Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg, and John Benbow. Among people deceased in 1711, Maria Amalia of Courland ranks 7. Before her are Louis, Grand Dauphin, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Louis-François de Boufflers, and Frederick William, Duke of Courland. After her are Vladimir Atlasov, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Joseph Vaz, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Eusebio Kino, and Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Maria Amalia of Courland ranks 52 out of 323. Before her are Daina Taimiņa (1954), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Juris Hartmanis (1928), Elya Baskin (1950), and Pēteris Stučka (1865). After her are Aspazija (1865), Friedrich Kettler (1569), Max Weinreich (1894), Gustavs Zemgals (1871), Philippe Halsman (1906), and Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Latvia

Among noblemen born in Latvia, Maria Amalia of Courland ranks 1. After her are Friedrich Kettler (1569), and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802).

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