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{{Short description|Livonian noblewoman of German descent, lady in waiting and favourite}}
[[File:Ivan VI of Russia with Y.Mengden by anonymous (18th c., Tretyakov gallery).jpg|thumb|]]
'''Baroness Julia von Mengden''' (Augusta Juliane) (1719–1786), was a [[Livonia]]n [[noblewoman]] of German descent, [[lady in waiting]], [[favourite]], an intimate friend and a confidante of the Russian regent [[Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia|Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna]].
== Biography ==
Baroness Augusta Juliane ''Julia'' was the daughter of the Livonian [[Baron]] Magnus Gustav von [[:File:Mengden-Wappen.png|Mengden]] (1663-1726) and his third wife, Dorothea Sophie von [[:File:Rosen-Wappen.png|Rosen]] (1690-1773).<ref name="Livland">{{in lang|de}} Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Livland, Teil 1.2, Görlitz 1935, [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00000559/images/index.html?seite=562 p. 1196]</ref> She participated in the coup that placed [[Grand Duchess]] Anna Leopoldovna in power 1740 and was named the official nurse of [[Ivan VI of Russia]]. She followed Anna Leopoldovna to her prison in [[Riga]] in 1741, but was then separated from her and imprisoned in [[Ranenburg]]. She was released by [[Catherine the Great]] in 1762.
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