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Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland
{{Infobox royalty|prince
| name            = Ernst-Johann 
| title           = Prince Biron von Courland
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| spouse          = Countess Elisabeth Victoria Raimonda zu [[Isenburg-Philippseich|Ysenburg-Büdingen in Philippseich]] 
| issue           = Princess Anja<br />Princess Christiana
| full name       = {{lang-de|Ernst-Johann Karl Oskar Eitel-Friedrich Peter Burchard}}
| house           = [[House of Biron]] 
| father          = Karl, Prince Biron von Courland
| mother          = [[Princess Herzeleide of Prussia]]
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1940|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]]
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| religion = [[Protestant]]
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'''Ernst-Johann Karl Oskar Eitel-Friedrich Peter Burchard, Prince Biron von Courland''' (born 6 August 1940)<ref name="burke">[[Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd|Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh]] (editor). [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Guide to the Royal Family]], Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 300, 302. {{ISBN|978-0-220-66222-6}}</ref> 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, German Emperor|William II]]) and [[Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein]]. He was born in [[Berlin]] the eldest son of Karl, Prince Biron von Courland (1907–1982) and [[Princess Herzeleide of Prussia]] (1918–1989), the daughter of [[Prince Oskar of Prussia]], a son of Emperor [[William II, German Emperor|William II]].<ref name="burke" />

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 [[Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)|''Johanniterorden'' ("Johannine Order")]], to which he was admitted in 1940 and whose grand master is his cousin [[Prince Oskar of Prussia (b. 1959)|Prince Oskar of Prussia]] ((contracted; show full){{s-end}}

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