Julia von Mengden was a Livonian noble, lady in waiting

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, favourite and the intimate friend and confidante of the Russian regent Anna Leopoldovna

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Julia was the daughter of the Livonian baron Magnus Gustav von Mengden. She participated in the coup that placed Anna Leopoldovna in power 1740 and was named the official nurse of Ivan VI of Russia

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. She followed Anna Leopoldovna to her prison in Riga

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 in 1741, but was then separated from her and imprisoned in Ranenburg. She was released by Catherine the Great in 1762.