Duchess Sophie of Prussia

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Duchess Sophie
Sophia of Prussia, duchess of Courland.jpg
Duchess consort of Courland and Semigallia
Tenure22 October 1609 - 4 December 1610
Born(1582-03-31)31 March 1582
Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia
Died24 November 1610(1610-11-24) (aged 28)
Goldingen, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Spouse
(m. 1609)
Issue Jacob Kettler
House House of Hohenzollern (by birth)
Kettler family (by marriage)
Father Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
Mother Marie Eleonore of Cleves

Duchess Sophie of Prussia (c. 31 March 1582 – c. 24 November 1610) was a German princess of the Duchy of Prussia, a fief of Kingdom of Poland and a member of the House of Hohenzollern.

Sophie was the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. She was courted by Wilhelm Kettler, son of Gotthard Kettler of Courland and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Their marriage contract was signed in Königsberg on 5 January 1609. Sophie died on 24 November 1610, four weeks after the birth of her only son, Jacob, who later succeeded his paternal uncle Friedrich Kettler as Duke of Courland. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia</span> Duke of Prussia from 1568 to 1618

Albert Frederick was the Duke of Prussia, from 1568 until his death. He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the second and last Prussian duke of the Ansbach branch of the Hohenzollern family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duchy of Courland and Semigallia</span> 1561–1795 Polish–Lithuanian vassal state in the Baltics

The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominally vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently made part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom from 1569 to 1726 and incorporated into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1726. On October 24, 1795, it was annexed by the Russian Empire in the Third Partition of Poland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gotthard Kettler</span> Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1561 to 1587

Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland was the last Master of the Livonian Order from 1559 to 1561 and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1561 to 1587.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Kettler</span> Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1642 to 1682

Jacob Kettler was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1642 to 1682. Under his rule, Courland and Semigallia became more independent of its Polish suzerain, reached its peak in wealth, and even engaged in its own overseas colonization, making it one of the smallest, but fastest growing states in the world at that time.

Kettler is a surname of Germanic origins, particularly in Germany and Austria. Notable people with the surname include:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg</span> Duke of Mecklenburg

Albrecht VII, the Handsome, Duke of Mecklenburg in Güstrow, was a minor ruler in North Germany of the 16th century. He also asserted claims to Scandinavian thrones based on the royal lineage of the House of Mecklenburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wilhelm Kettler</span> Duke of Courland and Semigallia

Wilhelm Kettler was the Duke of Courland, a Baltic German region in today's Latvia. Wilhelm ruled the western Courland portion of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, while his brother Friedrich ruled the eastern Semigallia portion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Friedrich Kettler</span> Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1587 to 1642

Friedrich Kettler was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1587 to 1642.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marie Eleonore of Cleves</span> Duchess consort of Prussia

Duchess Marie Eleonore of Cleves was the Duchess of Prussia by marriage to Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia. She was the eldest child of William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and Maria of Austria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grobiņa Castle</span> Castle in Latvia

Grobiņa Castle is a medieval castle located in the town of Grobiņa, in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The ancient Curonian castle hill is located only 100 m from the castle. It is supposed to be the famous Seeburg, which is mentioned in Scandinavian sources as early as the 9th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frederick William, Duke of Courland</span> Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1698 to 1711

Frederick William was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1698 to 1711. Frederick Wilhelm was the son of Friedrich Kasimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg. During his reign the duchy was occupied by Swedish and later by Russian troops.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674–1748)</span> Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen

Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, was a Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Duke Frederick Casimir Kettler of Courland, a Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage to Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and a Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen by marriage to Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She was joint regent in Courland during the minority of her son Frederick William, Duke of Courland from 1698 until 1701.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frederick Casimir Kettler</span> Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1682 to 1698

Frederick Casimir Kettler was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1682 to 1698. Frederick Casimir was the son of Jacob Kettler and Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. In his reign the Duchy lost its geopolitical position and became Sweden, Prussia and Russia's territorial subject of interests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna of Mecklenburg</span>

Anna of Mecklenburg, was the duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Gotthard Kettler. She was the daughter of Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg and Anna of Brandenburg. Anna is the first woman in Livonia whose life story is entirely historically confirmed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania</span>

Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, was a Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Friedrich Kettler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Amalia of Courland</span> Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Maria Amalia of Courland was a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by her marriage to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was a daughter of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. Her eldest son was King Frederick I of Sweden. One of her daughters was the most recent common ancestor of all the currently reigning monarchs of Europe from 1939 to 1941 and 1943 to 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg</span> Duchess consort of Mecklenburg from 1524 to 1567

Anna of Brandenburg was the duchess consort of Mecklenburg from 1524 to 1567.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Biron family</span> Baltic German noble family

The House of Biron is the name of the Baltic German aristocratic family which was the ruling family of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The family also enjoyed privileges and influence during the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and in the Russian Empire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">District of Pilten</span>

The District of Pilten was an autonomous district of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and also in union with the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kuldiga Castle</span> Castle in Latvia

Kuldīga Castle also Goldingen Castle and Jesus Castle was a medieval castle of the Livonian Order in historical Courland in town Kuldīga near Venta Rapid. Today on the left bank of the Venta at the end of the old bridge one can find the former castle mill, a castle guard's house and a city park with the castle ruins on Rumba Hill.

References

  1. "Duke William (1574–1640) and Duchess Sophie (1582–1610)". From Duke Gotthard till Duke James. Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Duchess Sophie of Prussia
Born: 31 March 1582 Died: 4 December 1610
Preceded by Duchess consort of Courland
1609–1610
Succeeded by