Julia Adlerberg

Anna Charlotta Juliana Adlerberg was a Swedish pedagogue. She was the principal of the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg from 1802 to 1839.

Early life

She was the daughter of the Baltic German noble Friedrich Wilhelm von Baggehufwudt and his wife, Charlotta Eleonora von Rosenthal-Pergel.

Juliana married in 1785 to a Swedish Colonel in Russian service, Gustav Friedrich Adlerberg. She became the mother of the imperial governess.

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 in 1835. The park outside the Smolny Institute, Adlerbergskogo, was named after her.