Ernst Johann von Biron (German: Ernst Johann von Biron; Russian: Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; (German: Bühren); 23 November [O.S. 13 November] 1690 – 29 December [O...

(German: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Courland, and his wife Benigna von Trotha. From 1730 until 1740, he and his...

Peter's younger brother. Karl von Bühren ∞ Catharina Hedwig von Raab genannt Thülen (1660-1740) Ernst Johann von Biron (1690–1772), duke of Courland and...

finished in 1768. Johann Michael Graff produced lavish stucco decorations for the palace during this time. Ernst Johann von Biron loved the palace and...

dukes from the House of Kettler with the exception of Ernst Johann Biron and his son Peter von Biron. Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order...

The empress also declared that her longtime lover and advisor, Ernst Johann von Biron, duke of Courland, would serve as regent until Ivan came of age...

III, in a private meeting, offered the throne of Courland to Ernst Johann von Biron. Biron was Anna's lover and had great influence on state affairs. Ferdinand...

formerly sovereign reigning family in that duchy, the Biron descendants of Ernst Johann von Biron[citation needed]. Although the German Reichstag supported...

and adviser Ernst Johann von Bühren. The marriage was reportedly arranged by Anna in an attempt to conceal her own relationship with Biron. When Anna became...

but her enemies claimed she conducted a love affair with Duke Ernst Johann von Biron, a prominent courtier, for many years.[citation needed] In 1730...