Alexander of Courland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German prince
Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1658
Place of Birth: Jelgava, Latvia
Date of Death: 28-Jun-1686
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Alexander of Courland
- 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 the youngest son of Jakob Kettler (1610–1682), Duke of Courland and his wife Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg (1617–1676), eldest daughter of Prince elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg.
- 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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