Wilhelm Kettler

Wilhelm Kettler ( born July 20, 1574 Jelgava, † August 17 1640 in Kucklow ) was Duke of Courland from 1585 until he was deposed in 1616 He came from the Westphalian nobility Ketteler. .

As the son of Gotthard Kettler and his wife Anna Wilhelm von Kettler was 1609 with Sophie of Prussia ( 1582-1610 ), daughter of Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia married. After the death of his father he was after division of the inheritance Duke of Courland. He was deposed due to disagreements with the country gentry in 1616 and later replaced by his brother Friedrich Kettler. He held later at the court of the Dukes of Pomerania in Stettin on and received from Prince Bogusław XIV 1628 completed Dompropstei Kucklow, which belonged to the cathedral chapter Kammin. He died there in 1640th

His eldest son Jacob Kettler was co-regent from 1638 Friedrich and inherited it after his death in 1642.

In the winter semester 1590/91 he enrolled to study at the University of Rostock. Wilhelm Kettler made ​​numerous long trips, handed a trip to Heldburg and Coburg wedding Johann Casimir ( Saxe-Coburg ) with Princess Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg in September 1599th The Duchy issued its own currency, famous is the so-called Dreigröscher with the portrait of William of Kettler.

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