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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome


Descendants of
Jakob, Duke of Kurland
(2 generations)


       Jakob
       Duke of Kurland 1639-1682
       Born 7 November 1610 Goldingen
       Died 1 January 1682 Mitau
       Married 9 October 1645 Koenigsbergen
       Markgraefin Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg, daughter of
       Georg Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg 1619-1640 and
       Princess Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz, Herzogin von
       Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
       Born 13 September 1617 Berlin
       Died 29 August 1676 Mitau
                 Children, Generation I

       Generation I
            1  Duchess Louisa Elisabeth of Kurland
               Born 12 August 1646 Mitau
               Died 16 December 1690 Weferlingen
               Married 23 October 1670 Berlin
               Friedrich II, Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg 1680-1708, son of
               Friedrich I, Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg 1622-1638 and
               Countess Margarethe zu Leiningen-Westerburg
               Born 30 March 1633 Homburg
               Died 24 January 1708 Homburg

            2  Friedrich Casimir
               Duke of Kurland 1682-1698
               Born 6 July 1650
               Died 22 January 1698
               Married (1) 5 October 1675 's-Gravenhage
               Countess Sophie Amalie von Nassau-Siegen, daughter of Count
               Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen and Countess Maria Magdalena von
               Limburg-Stirum
               Born 10 January 1650 Wisch
               Died 25 December 1688 Mitau
               Married (2) 29 April 1691
               Markgraefin Elisabeth Sofie von Brandenburg, daughter of
               Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg 1640-1688 and
               Princess Dorothea von Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg
               Born 5 April 1674 Koelln a.d.Spree
               Died 22 November 1748 Roemhild
                         Children, Generation II-1

            3  Duchess Marie Amalie of Kurland
               Born 12 June 1653 Mitau
               Died 16 June 1711 Weilmuenster
               Married 21 May 1673 Kassel
               Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1670-1730, son of Wilhelm
               VI, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1637-1650-1663 and
               Markgraefin Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg
               Born 3 August 1654 Kassel
               Died 23 March 1730 Kassel

            4  Ferdinand
               Duke of Kurland 1711-1737
               Born 1 November 1655
               Died 4 May 1737
               Married 5 January 1731
               Duchess Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Weissenfels, Duchess of
               Saxony, daughter of Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
               1697-1712 and Duchess Friederike Elisabeth of
               Saxe-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony
               Born 17 March 1708 Weissenfels
               Died 25 January 1760 Leipzig
                         S.P.

       II-1 (I-2)
        (1) 1  Princess Marie Dorothea of Kurland
               Born 23 July 1684 Mitau
               Died 17 January 1743 Berlin
               Married 30 October 1703 Charlottenburg
               Markgraf Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt, son of
               Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg 1640-1688 and
               Princess Dorothea von Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg
               Born 14 January 1672 Berlin
               Died 21 June 1731 Friedrichsfelde

            2  Princess Eleonore Charlotte of Kurland
               Born 11 June 1686 Mitau
               Died 28 July 1748 Bevern
               Married 5 August 1714 Bayreuth
               Ernst Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern, son of Ferdinand
               Albrecht I, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern and Landgraefin
               Christine von Hessen-Eschwege
               Born 4 March 1682 Osterholz
               Died 14 April 1746 Brunswick

            3  Princess Amalie Luise of Kurland
               Born 23 July 1687 Mitau
               Died 18 January 1750 Siegen
               Buried Fuerstengruft, Siegen
               Married 13 April 1708 Bayreuth
               Friedrich Wilhelm I Adolf, Fuerst von Nassau-Siegen, son of
               Wilhelm Moritz, Fuerst von Nassau-Siegen and Princess
               Ernestina Charlotte von Nassau-Dillenburg
               Born 20 February 1680 Siegen
               Died 13 February 1722 Siegen
               Buried Fuerstengruft, Siegen

        (2) 4  Friedrich Wilhelm
               Duke of Kurland 1698-1711
               Born 19 July 1692
               Died 21 January 1711
               Married 11 November 1710
               Anna, Empress of Russia 1730-1740, daughter of Ivan V, Tzar
               of Russia 1682-1689 and Praskovija Fjodorovna Saltykova
               Born 8 February 1693
               Died 28 October 1740
                         S.P.

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