Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland

Full name
	German: Ernst-Johann Karl Oskar Eitel-Friedrich Peter Burchard

Ernst-Johann
Ernst-Johann
	Prince Biron von Courland
Born	6 August 1940; Berlin, Prussia, Germany
Spouse	Countess Elisabeth Victoria Raimonda zu Ysenburg-Büdingen zu Philippseich
Issue	Princess Anja; Princess Christiana
Full name
	German: Ernst-Johann Karl Oskar Eitel-Friedrich Peter Burchard
House	Biron
Father	Karl, Prince Biron von Courland
Mother	Princess Herzeleide of Prussia
Religion	Protestantism

Ernst-Johann Karl Oskar Eitel-Friedrich Peter Burchard, Prince Biron von Courland (born 6 August 1940)[1] 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 (1907-1982), and Princess Herzeleide of Prussia (1918-1989), the daughter of Prince Oskar of Prussia (a son of Emperor William II) and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.[1]

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 (and, since 2008, an honorary commander in the Commandery of Silesia) of the Johanniterorden ("Johannine Order"), to which he was admitted in 1940 and whose grand master is his cousin Prince Oskar of Prussia (Prince Ernst-Johann's uncles and grandfather had headed the Order throughout most of the twentieth century).[2] He is in line to the British throne through his descent from Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal.

Private life

Prince Ernst-Johann was married to Countess Elisabeth zu Ysenburg-Büdingen in Philippseich (born 1941) in Munich in a civil ceremony on 14 August 1967, and in a religious one the next day.[1]

The couple have two adopted daughters:

Anja Prinzessin Biron von Curland (born 25 January 1975).
Christiana Prinzessin Biron von Curland (born 23 May 1977).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland

16. Gustav Kalixt, Prince Biron von Courland

8. Kalixt, Prince Biron von Courland

17. Countess Franziska von Maltzahn

4. Gustav, Prince Biron von Courland

18. Prince Vassili Ivanovitsj Metschersky

9. Princess Helena Vassiljevna Metscherskaya

19. Charlotte Wilhelmina van Vietinghoff-Schell

2. Karl, Prince Biron von Courland

20. Louis Charles Lévisse, Marquess of Montigny de Jaucourt

10. Count François Lévisse de Montigny de Jaucourt

21. Henriette Françoise Mathieu de Faviers

5. Françoise Lévisse de Montigny de Jaucourt

22. Frederick Steiner

11. Victoria Louise Steiner

23. Emma

1. Ernst-Johann, Prince Biron von Courland

24. Frederick III, German Emperor

12. Wilhelm II, German Emperor

25. Victoria, Princess Royal

6. Prince Oskar of Prussia

26. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

13. Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

27. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

3. Princess Herzeleide of Prussia

28. Count Karl August Louis von Bassewitz

14. Count Karl von Bassewitz-Levetzow

29. Ina von Bülow

7. Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz

30. Count Werner Ludwig von der Schulenburg

15. Countess Margarethe von der Schulenburg

31. Baroness Marie von Maltzahn

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References

Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 300, 302. ISBN 978-0-220-66222-6
Verzeichnis der Mitglieder der Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem; Berlin: October, 2011; page 500.

Chivalric Orders

Titles in pretence
Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland House of Biron Born: August 6 1940
Preceded by Karl, Prince Biron von Courland	— TITULAR — Duke of Courland 1982- Reason for succession failure: Duchy incorporated into Russian Empire in 1795	Incumbent Heir: Prince Michael Biron of Courland
British royalty
Preceded by Princess Donata of Prussia	Line of succession to the British Throne descended from Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria	Succeeded by Prince Michael Biron of Courland

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[burke-1] Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 300, 302. ISBN 978-0-220-66222-6

[2] Verzeichnis der Mitglieder der Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem; Berlin: October, 2011; page 500.