Alexander of Courland, nicknamed "Alexander the One-armed", was a Baltic German prince and the brother of Duke Frederick II Casimir of Courland. 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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  • Alexander of Courland, nicknamed "Alexander the One-armed", was a Baltic German prince and the brother of Duke Frederick II Casimir of Courland. 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.
  • Prinz Alexander von Kurland, genannt "Der Einarmige", war ein Bruder des Herzogs von Kurland, Friedrich II. Kasimir, aus der Dynastie Kettler. Er stand als Oberst eines Regiments in kurbrandenburgischen Diensten. Am 26. Juli 1686 wurde er bei der zweiten Belagerung von Ofen tödlich verwundet und starb auf dem Rücktransport in der Nähe von Wien.
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  • Alexander of Courland, nicknamed "Alexander the One-armed", was a Baltic German prince and the brother of Duke Frederick II Casimir of Courland. 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.
  • Prinz Alexander von Kurland, genannt "Der Einarmige", war ein Bruder des Herzogs von Kurland, Friedrich II. Kasimir, aus der Dynastie Kettler. Er stand als Oberst eines Regiments in kurbrandenburgischen Diensten. Am 26. Juli 1686 wurde er bei der zweiten Belagerung von Ofen tödlich verwundet und starb auf dem Rücktransport in der Nähe von Wien.
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  • Alexander of Courland
  • Alexander von Kurland
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