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Birth | 1760 | |
Death | 1848 (aged 88 years) |
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Sophia von Mengden (1760–1848) was a major Latvian landowner.
She was the daughter of George Friedrich von Plettenberg and Elisabeth Benigna von Hohen-Astenberg, and married Gotthard Johann von Mengden (d. 1786) in 1779. After the death of her spouse, she became a major landholder with residence in Mitau. She is regarded to have been one of the more significant landowners in Latvia of her time. She moved to London in 1813.