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
Where it sits in time
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
- Terra Mariana · replaces · 1207 – 1561
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.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand Kettler | 1711 – 1737 | 26 years | died 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.
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.
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flag, undatedFlag of Courland (state) · Public domain 
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 – 15991 row
- Gotthard Kettler · ruler · 1517 – 1587
1600 – 16993 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Jacob Kettler · ruler · 1610 – 1682
- Ferdinand Kettler · ruler · 1655 – 1737
- Polish–Swedish War · war · 1600 – 1629
1700 – 17993 rows · 3 wars and battles
- Battle of Svensksund · battle · 1790
- Battle of Hogland · battle · 1788
- Battle of Vyborg Bay · battle · 1790
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.
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
- On the timeline, 1538 – 1818, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1734, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
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.