Brief Life History of Maria Amalia
When Princess Maria Amalia Kettler of Courland was born on 12 June 1653, in Jelgavas novads, Latvia, her father, Jakob Kettler Herzog von Kurland, was 42 and her mother, Louise Charlotte von Brandenburg, was 35. She married Landgraf Karl I von Hessen-Kassel on 21 May 1673, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 16 June 1711, in Weilmünster, Oberlahnkreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 58, and was buried in Kassel, Gelnhausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany.
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- Maria Amalia Kettler von Kurland, "Find A Grave Index"
- WIKIPEDIA: MARIA AMALIA KETTLER OF KURLAND
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Horst, Inge, Otto, Rudi, Wolf.
German: northern variant of Kessler .
German: southern variant of Kettner 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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