Genealogy Kuipers » Wilhelm van Koerland Kettler (1574-1640)

Personal data Wilhelm van Koerland Kettler 


Household of Wilhelm van Koerland Kettler

He is married to Sofie van Brandenburg.

They got married on October 22, 1609 at Königsberg, Bayern, Germany, he was 35 years old.

RFN 2547

Child(ren):

  1. Jakob van Kurland  1610-1682 


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Birthday July 20, 1574

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1574: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 30 » Henry III becomes King of France.
    • August 30 » Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
    • October 3 » The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
    • November 22 » Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

Day of marriage October 22, 1609

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
    • May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
    • July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
    • July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
    • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
    • September 13 » Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.

Day of death April 17, 1640

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1640: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 5 » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
    • August 28 » Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
    • October 26 » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.
    • December 1 » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.


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