Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha gt Treyden

• Consort — yes • Name — Benigna Gottliebe Biron • Succession — Duchess consort of Courland • Reign — 1737–1740 and 1763–1769 • Spouse — Ernst Johann von Biron • Issue — Peter von Biron (1724–1800) • Royal House — Biron • Father — Wilhelm von Trotta genannt Treyden • Mother — Anna Elisabeth von Wildemann • Birth Name — Benigna Gottliebe von Trotta genannt Treyden • Born — 15 October 1703 • Died — 5 November 1782 • Place of death — Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia • Burial Place — Ducal Crypt of the Jelgava Palace

Benigna Gottliebe was the daughter of the Baltic-German nobleman Wilhelm von Trotta genannt Treyden (d. 1725) and his wife, Anna Elisabeth von Wildemann. She was made a lady-in-waiting to the dowager duchess regent of Courland, Anna of Russia, in 1720, and in 1723 married to Anna's lover and adviser Ernst Johann von Bühren. The marriage was reportedly arranged by Anna in an attempt to conceal her own relationship with Biron.

When Anna became Empress of Russia in 1730, the Biron couple both followed her to Russia, retaining their position as adviser and lady in waiting. Benigna is described as haughty and bad tempered and marked with smallpox, but also as a diligent parent and lady in waiting. She spent great amounts of money on clothes and jewelry and also received many costly gifts from Anna.

When her husband was made duke of Courland in 1737, she was decorated with the Order of Saint Catherine. She shared her husband's imprisonment in 1740 and returned with him to Courland in 1763, where she spent the rest of her life at the court in Mitau (Jelgava). She is described as a good painter and textile artist, and she and her daughter embroidered a tapestry of silk which were displayed in the Jelgava Palace. She also published a book of religious German language poems, published in Moscow in 1777 entitled "Eine große Kreuzträgerin".

• Peter von Biron (1724–1800) • Hedwig Elizabeth von Biron (1727–1797) • Karl Ernst (1728–1801)

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1703. Institutional cataloguing adds that benigna Gottlieb von Trotha gt Treyden died in 1782 at Jelgava Palace.