Family Group Sheet


Name Peter von Biron
Birth 1724
Death 1800
Occupation Duke of Kurland and Sagan since 1769.
Father Ernst Johan von Biron (1690-1772)
Mother Benigna von Trotta-Treyden (1703-1782)
Misc. Notes
Peter gave up his Dukeness when the tsaress Cataharina II wanted to take over Kurland. She compensated the takeover with large gifts in cash and also in Estates. Gustav Mauritz Armfelt who was a friend of duke Peter and Dutchess Dorothea helped them to get out these commitments from the Russian crown.
Slightly after that in 1798 GMA became the lover of the DukeĀ“s wife, Anna, the Dutches of Kurland, with whom GMA got a daughter Wilhelmina “Mina” in 1798. Mina Married Axel Federley (1798 - 1854)
In 1801 GMA got another daughter Gustava “Vava”, with the Duchess daughter, princess Cataharina von Sagan. Both Mina and Vava was adopted by GMA.
Spouse Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem
Birth 1761
Death 20 Aug 1821, Sagan
Occupation Kuurinmaan Hertttuatar/Hertiginna av Kurland/Dutchess of Kurland.
Other spouses Gustav Mauritz Armfelt
Misc. Notes
Anna was the third wife to Peter. She spent a lot of time in the castle Rondale nowadays in Latvia close to the city of Bauskas.
Children
1 F Catharina Fredrika Wilhelmina von Biron
Birth 8 Feb 1781, Germany
Death 29 Nov 1839, Wien Austria
Occupation Princess of Sagan (Biron-family). From 1800 on Dutchess of Kurland.
Spouse Gustav Mauritz Armfelt
Unmarried
2 F Pauline von Biron
3 F Jeanette von Biron
4 F Dorothea von Biron
5 ? Child von Biron (Died as Infant)
6 ? Child von Biron (Died as Infant)
Last Modified 13 Jun 2010 Created 17 Apr 2018 using Reunion for Macintosh

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