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6 mag 2024 · Jacob Kettler (German: Jakob von Kettler, Latvian: Hercogs Jēkabs Ketlers; 28 October 1610 – 1 January 1682) was a Baltic German Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1642–1682).
2 giorni fa · Although James and Jacob both derive from Hebrew Yaakov, the only places in Europe that have equivalents of the English name James are Ireland (Séamas), Scotland (Seumas), the Isle of Man (Jamys), Italy (Giacomo), and Iberia (Jaime). All the rest of Europe uses variants of Jacob, instead of James. (Jacob comes directly from Yaakov, James comes ...
6 giorni fa · Under the next duke, Jacob Kettler, the Duchy reached the peak of its prosperity. During his travels in Western Europe, Jacob became the eager proponent of mercantilist ideas. Metalworking and ship building became much more developed, and powder mills began producing gunpowder.
4 ore fa · Three years later, Peter would cite the inhospitable reception as one of the reasons for starting the Great Northern War). He met Frederick Casimir Kettler, the Duke of Courland. In Königsberg, the tsar was apprenticed for two months to an artillery engineer. (Decrees were issued on the construction of the first Ural blast furnace plants.)
20 mag 2024 · Under Duke Jacob Kettler (1642–1681), Libau became one of the main ports of Courland as it reached the height of its prosperity. In 1637 Couronian colonization was started from the ports of Libau and Ventspils (Windau). Kettler was an eager proponent of mercantilist ideas.
20 mag 2024 · Princess Mary of Great Britain. Religion. Lutheranism. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (11 September 1747 – 20 May 1837) was a younger member of the dynasty that ruled the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and a Danish general.
14 mag 2024 · Genealogy for Jacob Kettler (Ketler) (c.1725 - 1780) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
