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Countess Zinaida von Mengden-Altenwoga
Born:
1878, St Petersburg
Died:
1950, Copenhagen
Born in St Petersburg in the family of Major General Georgy von Mengden (1878). Lady-in-waiting to Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna (from 1912). Followed Maria Fyodorovna into exile in Denmark (1919), where she published memoirs (1943). Died in Copenhagen (1950).
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