Ernst Johann von Biron (Latvian: Ernests Johans Bīrons; Russian: Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; November 23 1690 – December 29 1772) was a Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1737) and regent of the Russian Empire (1740).
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