The escape of Princess Johanka Kuronská of Náchod with a traveling actor in 1799

Petr Biron, Duke of Courland, was born on February 15, 1724 in Mitava. At first he shared exile in Siberia with his father, and in 1769 he took over the rule of Couronia and Semigallia, which, however, was not easy at all due to various frictions between the bourgeoisie, the nobility and the Tsar's court. So he began to think that he would get rid of this thankless role. In 1786 he bought the Duchy of Zahánská in Silesia and in 1792 the estate...