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Anna Charlotta Juliana Adlerberg, née Baggehufwudt (Russian: Юлия Фёдоровна Адлербе́рг; 1760-1839), was a Swedish pedagogue. She was the principal of the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg in 1802–1839.

Early life

She was the daughter of the Baltic noble Friedrich Wilhelm von Baggehufwudt (1726-1785) and his wife, Charlotta Eleonora von Rosenthal-Pergel (1743-1768).

Marriage and issue

Juliana married in 1785 to a Swedish Colonel in Russian service, Gustav Friedrich Adlerberg (d. 1794). She became the mother of the imperial governess Julia von Baranoff.

Biography

In 1792, she was appointed governess for Grand Duke Nicholas and his brother, Grand Duke Michael of Russia. In 1802, she was appointed principal of the Smolny Institute. She was made dame d’honneur in 1824 and received the Order of Saint Catherine (second degree) in 1835. The park outside the Smolny Institute, Adlerbergskogo, was named after her.

References

1. Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2016). The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-26652-1.
2. Soroka, Marina; Ruud, Charles A. (2016-03-09). Becoming a Romanov. Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and her World (1807–1873). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-17587-2.

Sources

Anna Charlotta Juliana Bagghufvud i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864)

• 1760 births
• 1839 deaths
• 19th-century educators from the Russian Empire
• People from the Russian Empire of Swedish descent
• Courtiers from the Russian Empire
• Governesses to the Imperial Russian court
• Recipients of the Order of Saint Catherine
• Heads of schools in the Russian Empire