Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1561 – 1795

Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

A state of 1561 – 1795 — 234 years in Europe. It replaced Terra Mariana. The atlas records 7 things within it — wars and battles 4 · people 3. Its line of rulers holds 3 people, 1 with dated terms. Its own article says it was conquered by Russian Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
234 years
1561 – 1795
Rulers
3
the Duke of Courland and Semigallia
Most ground
28,100 km²
in 1734
Within it
7
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in 1734, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in 1734, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 28,100 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Terra Mariana: 1207 – 1561Duchy of Courland and Semigallia: 1561 – 1795

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Russian Empire, 1795-10-24. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

On 24 October 1795, it was annexed by the Russian Empire in the Third Partition of Poland.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of Duke of Courland and Semigallia - the office this state names as its head of state.

Ferdinand Kettler · 1711 – 1737 · died in office, manner not recorded1600165017001750
died in office
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Ferdinand Kettler1711 – 173726 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone

3 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1711 – 1737. Only 26 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

17501760177017801790

28,100 km² in 1741, 27,800 km² in 1791; at its largest 28,100 km² in 1741. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of Courland (state)
    flag, undatedFlag of Courland (state) · Public domain
  • Wapen hertogen van Koerland Kettler groot
    coat of arms, undatedWapen hertogen van Koerland Kettler groot · CC0

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1500 – 1599: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15001600 – 1699: 3 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16001700 – 1799: 3 recorded — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1700

1500 – 15991 row

1600 – 16993 rows · 1 wars and battles

1700 – 17993 rows · 3 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood234 years

    stood longer than 67% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held28,100 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 27% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century0.4

    had more wars on record per century than 90% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • Rulers on record3

    has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Terra Mariana · Linked · 1207 – 1561Terra MarianaDuchy of Courland and Semigallia · 1561 – 1795Duchy of Courland and SemigalliaOliwa · In the article · 1150 · “This war ended with the peace Treaty of Oliwa (1660).”Oliwa1200140016001800
in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q156038 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.