BIRON, ERNST JOHANN VON

ĕrnst yōhänˈ fən bēˈrôn, bēˈrən, 1690–1772, duke of Courland (1737–43, 1763–69), favorite of Czarina Anna of Russia. A Baltic nobleman, he rose to an all-powerful position under Anna, through whose influence he was elected duke of Courland. After Anna's death (1740) he was made regent for her grandnephew Ivan VI. Biron's unscrupulousness had earned him general hatred, and shortly after he became regent a coup ousted and banished him (1741). In 1743, Augustus III of Poland deprived him of his duchy. Czar Peter III later recalled him and Catherine II secured the restoration of his title, but Biron never regained his former influence.

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Enlightened Despotism in Russia: The Reign of Elisabeth, 1741-1762
Book by James F. Brennan; Peter Lang, 1987
Subjects: Elizabeth--Empress Of Russia--1709-1762, Enlightenment, Russia--History--Elizabeth, 1741-1762
...Russishen Grafen Buchard Christoph von Munnich . Bremen: Sauvmann, 1743...des unter dem namen eines Grafen von Biron Weltbekanten Ernst Johann, gewesenen Regentens des Russishes...Staats-Ministers, Andrei Grafen von Osterman . Bremen: Sauvmann...
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Terrible Tsarinas: Five Russian Women in Power
Book by Andrea Lyn Secara, Henri Troyat; Algora, 2001
Subjects: Empresses--Russia--Biography, Russia--History--1689-1801, Russia--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...93 3 Betsky (Count Ivan) - 177 Biron (see Biihren, Johann Ernst) Bismarck (Chancellor Otto von) - 98 Bismarck (General Rudolph von) - 78, 80 Boerhaave (doctor...225-27, 236 Brevem (Baron von) - 78,133 Brummer - 164,166...
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A Course in Russian History: The Time of Catherine the Great
Book by V. O. Kliuchevsky, Marshall S. Shatz; M. E. Sharpe, 1997
Subjects: Russia--History--Catherine Ii, 1762-1796
...Alexander, 73 , 198 quoted, 87 Bibikov, Alexander, 113 , 198 Bielfeld, Jakob Friedrich von, 99 , 198 Bilfinger, Georg Bernhard, 178 , 198 Biron, Ernst Johann, 12 , 20 , 47 , 198 Black Sea Cossack Host, 190 Bolotov, Andrei, 19 , 21 , 198 quoted...
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Russian Identities: A Historical Survey
Book by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: National Characteristics, Russian, Nationalism--Russia--History, Russia--Civilization--Philosophy, Russians--Ethnic Identity, Slavs, Eastern--History--Philosophy
...Archpriest, 56 Baal, i4 Baer, Karl Ernst von, 179 Bakst, Leonid, 205 Baku...42 Baumgarten, Nicholas P. S. von, 22 Bazhenov, Bazil, 102 Beccaria...Bezborodko, Prince, 115 Biren (or Biron), Ernst-Johann, 88 Black Hundreds, 203 Black...
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The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for a Place in the World
Book by Aleksandr B. Kamenskii, David Griffiths; M. E. Sharpe, 1997
Subjects: Russia--History--1689-1801
...Andreevich, 204 , 239, 261 , 281 Bilbasov, Vasilii, 168 Biron, Ernst-Johann Buhren , 148 -153, 156-159, 161 , 168 , 171 , 247...Cameralism, 107 Capitalism, 103 Carlowitz, Georg Carl von, 56 Carlsbad, 96 Caspian Sea, 115 Catherine I: 2...
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Biron, Ernst Johann Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BIRON, ERNST JOHANN VON ernst yohan f n be ron, be r n, 1690 1772, duke of Courland (1737 43...recalled him and Catherine II secured the restoration of his title, but Biron never regained his former influence...
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Biren, Ernst Johann Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BIREN, ERNST JOHANN VON see Biron . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Courland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...duchess of Courland before her accession in Russia, forced (1737), the nobles of Courland to elect her favorite, Ernst Johann von Biron , their duke. Russian influence became paramount, and with the third partition of Poland (1795) the duchy passed...
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Anna , Czarina of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...nobility, she excluded Russians from high positions and surrounded herself with Baltic Germans. Her favorite, Ernst Johann von Biron , had the greatest influence. Allied with Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI , Anna intervened in the War of the Polish...


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