Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland
Male, Person
1940 –
Who is Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland?
Ernst-Johann Karl Oskar Eitel-Friedrich Peter Burchard Biron, Prince of Courland is the senior male-line descendant of Ernst Johann von Biron and as such heir to the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
He was born in Berlin the eldest son of Karl, Prince Biron of Courland and Princess Herzeleide of Prussia, the daughter of Prince Oskar of Prussia, a son of Emperor William II and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
Prince Ernst-Johann succeeded his father as head of the Biron family following his death on 28 February 1982. He is also a Knight of Justice of the Johanniterorden, to which he was admitted in 1940 and whose current grand master is his cousin Prince Oskar of Prussia. He is in line to the British throne through his descent from Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal.
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- Born
- Aug 6, 1940
Berlin - Parents
- Lived in
- Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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