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Mitau. The name of
Jelgava is
believed to be
derived from the
Livonian word jālgab,
meaning "town on the river." The
origin of the
German name
Mitau is...
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Palace (Latvian:
Jelgavas pils) or
historically Mitau Palace (Latvian: Mītavas pils, German:
Schloss Mitau) is the
largest Baroque-style
palace in the Baltic...
- on an idea by
Friedrich Wilhelm von Raison [de], it was
established in
Mitau,
capital of the
Duchy of
Courland and Semigallia, by Duke
Peter von Biron...
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later by
Russian troops.
Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler was born in 1692 in
Mitau (now Jelgava) in the
family of
Friedrich Casimir and his
second wife Elizabeth...
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Lettische Grammatik.
Handbuch der
lettischen Sprachen (in German). Vol. 1.
Mitau: Fr. Lucas’
Buchhandlung (Iwan Rochlitz). Bielenstein,
August (1863). Die...
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painting of his
first altar painting in 1845 in Poznań, he was
invited to
Mitau to work as a
drawing teacher at
Jelgava Gymnasium, in
addition to which...
- The
Truce of
Mitawa or
Truce of
Mitau,
signed in
November 1622 in
Jelgava (Mitawa,
Mitau),
ended the Polish–Swedish War (1620–1622). The Polish–Lithuanian...
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establish that the
birth took
place in
Mitau on the 23rd. Indeed, the
notification that the Duke of
Courland sent from
Mitau on 24‑7‑1687
announces the birth...
- In all,
Kettler received nearly one-third of the land in the new duchy.
Mitau (Jelgava) was
designated as the new
capital and a
Landtag was to meet there...
- (Düna) river, and
retained only
nominal control over Riga. The new
truce in
Mitau (Jelgava, Mitawa) was
signed and
lasted from
November 1622 to
March 1625...
