Baroness Julia von Mengden (Augusta Juliane) (1719–1786), was a

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of German descent,

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, an intimate friend and a confidante of the Russian regent Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna.

Biography

Baroness Augusta Juliane ''Julia'' was the daughter of the Livonian Baron Magnus Gustav von Mengden (1663-1726) and his third wife, Dorothea Sophie von Rosen (1690-1773). Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Livland, Teil 1.2, Görlitz 1935
p. 1196
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Grand Duchess Grand duke (feminine: grand duchess) is a European hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. In status, a grand duke traditionally ranks in order of precedence below an emperor, as an approxi ...

Anna Leopoldovna in power 1740 and was named the official nurse of

Ivan VI of Russia Ivan VI,; – (Julian calendar should be used in this article) Iván or Ioánn Antónovich (12 August 1740 5 July 1764) was an infant emperor of Russia who was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in 1741. He was only two months old whe ...

. She followed Anna Leopoldovna to her prison in

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in 1741, but was then separated from her and imprisoned in

Ranenburg Chaplygin (russian: Чаплы́гин) is a town and the administrative center of Chaplyginsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Stanovaya Ryasa and Yagodnaya Ryasa Rivers, north of Lipetsk, the administrativ ...

. She was released by Catherine the Great in 1762.

References

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