Name Alexander Courland | Died 1686 | |
Parents Jacob Kettler, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg Grandparents George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Sophie Hohenzollern, Wilhelm Kettler Great-grandparents John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg Similar People Jacob Kettler, Margravine Louise Charlotte, George William - Elector of, Sophie Hohenzollern, Wilhelm Kettler | ||
Alexander of Courland (German: Alexander von Kurland) (18 October 1658 – 1686), nicknamed "Alexander the One-armed", was a Baltic German prince and the brother of Duke Frederick (II) Casimir of Courland. He was a member of the Kettler dynasty.
Alexander served as an Oberst in a regiment of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army. On 26 July 1686, he was mortally wounded in the second siege of Buda during the Ottoman wars and died shortly afterwards near Vienna.
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