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Giacomo Kettler (Kuldīga, 28 ottobre 1610 – Jelgava, 1º gennaio 1682) fu Duca di Curlandia e Semigallia dal 1642 al 1682. Sotto il suo governo, il ducato raggiunse il suo picco massimo di prosperità ed avviò il processo di colonizzazione in America e in Africa.
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). Under his rule, Courland and Semigallia became more independent of its Polish suzerain, reached its peak in wealth, and even engaged in its ...
Giacomo Kettler fu Duca di Curlandia e Semigallia dal 1642 al 1682. Sotto il suo governo, il ducato raggiunse il suo picco massimo di prosperità ed avviò il processo di colonizzazione in America e in Africa.
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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). Under his rule, Courland and Semigallia became more independent of its Polish suzerain ...
11 set 2013 · In the seventeenth century, Duke Jakob Kettler of Courland embraced the mercantile theories of his age and engaged in overseas colonialism. After several aborted attempts, the Courlanders managed to establish a settlement on Tobago in 1654 only to lose it to the Dutch five years later.
- Imbi Sooman, Jesma McFarlane, Valdis Tēraudkalns, Stefan Donecker
- 2013
Nel 1655, infatti, la Svezia aveva invaso il Ducato e nel 1658 lo stesso Duca Jacob Kettler fu preso prigioniero. Gli Olandesi approfittarono della situazione, che impediva al Ducato di inviare rinforzi, e nel 1659 attaccarono il possedimento curlandese.
After the death of Duke Friedrich Kettler, the new ruler of the Duchy was 32-years old and ambitious Friedrich’s nephew Jacob Kettler – the son of exiled ex-Duke Wilhelm. Since the Duchy was a vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and it saw the devastating influence of the wars, its economy was not in the best condition.
