In 1265 a stone castle was built at Jelgava, on the Lielupe, and became the main military base for crusader attacks against the Semigallians.

The court at Jelgava was so low on funds that it had to auction some of its possessions to afford the journey out of Russia.

Louis XVIII was forced once again to leave Jelgava when Alexander of Russia informed him that his safety could not be guaranteed on continental Europe.

The Riga Autobus Factory (, ) ( abbreviated RAF ) was a factory in Jelgava, Latvia, making vans and minibuses under the brand name Latvija.

In 1976, the construction of a new factory in Jelgava was finished designed to produce 17, 000 vehicles per year.

At the time a new trade route from Tukums to Jelgava, the capital of Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, was opened along today's Jelgavas Street, and another route was made along today's Raudas Street towards it.

A dam was built and a lake made near the road to Jelgava.

Another local organization receiving orders from Lange was the so-called Vagulāns Kommando, which was responsible for the Jelgava massacres in July and August, 1941.

In the 17th century, Kuldīga ( along with Jelgava ( Mitau ) was one of the capitals of the Duchy of Courland.

Totleben was born at Mitau in Courland ( now Jelgava, Latvia ).

Mitau ( Jelgava ) was designated as the new capital and a Diet was to meet there twice a year.

She was buried, according to her wish, at the Lieven family estate, Mežotne ( near Jelgava ) next to her two young sons who had died in St. Petersburg.

Jelgava was a capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and an administrative center of the Courland Governorate, Russian Empire until 1919.

Because the duchy became a vassal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jelgava was also referred to by the Polish name Mitawa.

As the seat of the Count of Provence, the palace of Jelgava was the residence ( 1798 – 1801 and 1804 – 1807 ) of Louis XVIII before he became the French king.

As a result of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, Jelgava was occupied and annexed with the rest of Latvia by the Soviet Union during World War II in 1940.

Jelgava was completely rebuilt in typical Soviet style after World War II as part of the Latvian SSR, and following Latvian independence, Jelgava is now a popular tourist site.

The band was formed in the summer of 1989 in Jelgava, Latvia by four former classmates – Renārs Kaupers, Jānis Jubalts, Gundars Mauševics and Kaspars Roga.

Jelgava (; ) is a city in central Latvia about 41 km southwest of Riga with about 64, 000 inhabitants.

Jelgava received city rights in 1573, and became the capital of the united duchies of Courland and Semigallia in 1578.

German troops occupied the city during the war, and after the war in 1919 Jelgava became a battleground between Bolshevik Red Guards, German paramilitaries, and Latvian freedom fighters.

After the latter's victory, Jelgava became an important city in independent Latvia.

German forces from Army Group North occupied Jelgava from 1941 – 1944 until the capture of the city by the Red Army.

It consists of the city of Jelgava and the municipalities of Auce, Baldone, Bauska, Dobele, Engure, Iecava, Jaunpils, Jelgava, Ozolnieki, Rundāle, Tērvete, Tukums and Vecumnieki.

The Zemgale region consists of the city of Jelgava and the municipalities of Auce, Baldone, Dobele, Engure, Iecava, Jaunpils, Jelgava, Ozolnieki, Rundāle, Tērvete, Tukums and Vecumnieki.

He attempted to recreate the court life of Versailles at Jelgava, where many old courtiers lived, reestablishing all the court ceremonies, including the lever and coucher ( ceremonies that accompanied waking and bedding, respectively ).

Charles lived in Edinburgh and London with his mistress Louise de Polastron His older brother, dubbed Louis XVIII after the death of his nephew in June 1795, relocated to Verona and then to Jelgava Palace, Mitau, where Charles's son, Louis Antoine, married Louis XVI's only surviving child, Marie Thérèse on 10 June 1799.

Having received his primary education from his parents, he thereafter finished the Jelgava Gymnasium and from 1902 studied law at the Tartu University, from where he graduated in 1907.

Early in 2010 the company advised that the Lattelecom fibre optic Internet had been made available to 100 000 households-88 000 located in Riga, 6500 – in Jelgava, 4500 – in Daugavpils and 1000 – in Salaspils.

The town made profit from trading with Riga and Jelgava because of the taxes on all the goods taken across the bridge.

HB Tórshavn made their European debut in 1993 against RAF Jelgava in the Cup Winners Cup qualifying round.

Jelgava Palace, Louis XVIII's residence from 1798 to 1801, and from 1804 to 1807.

With Louis XVIII using the title Comte d ' Isle ( named after his estate in Languedoc ), he and his family assumed residence in Warsaw in the Lazienki Palace from 1801 to 1804, after an arduous voyage from Jelgava.

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Beginning from the west and counterclockwise to the east, Riga District had Tukums, Jelgava, Bauska, Ogre, Cēsis and Limbaži former districts as neighbours.

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Graduating from the Palanga Pre-Gymnasium in 1893, he passed his entrance examinations into the Samogitian Diocesan Seminary in Kaunas, with thoughts of becoming a Catholic priest, but various circumstances soon thereafter changed these plans, and he enrolled at Jelgava Gymnasium ( high school ) in Latvia.

Category: People from Jelgava

Category: People from Jelgava

The Rastrelli Palace at the heart of Jelgava, seen from the Lielupe.

The name Jelgava is believed to be derived from the Livonian word jālgab, meaning " town on the river.

Category: People from Jelgava

Category: People from Jelgava

Category: People from Jelgava