Magnus Brahe (1790-1844)
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Nils Magnus Brahe Swedish
statesman and soldier.
He was and a descendant of Per Brahe
and son of Magnus Fredrik Brahe and Ulrika Katarina Koskull. He fought in the War against Napoleon (1813–1814) under the crown prince Bernadotte, with whom, after his accession to the throne as Charles XIV, he was in high favour. He became Marshal of the Realm, and especially from 1828 onwards, exercised a preponderant influence in public affairs. As a politician, he was reportedly under the influence of his step-mother, salonist Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull
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In 1837, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
statesman and soldier.
He was and a descendant of Per Brahe
Per Brahe
Per Brahe may refer to:*Count Per Brahe the Elder , Swedish statesman*Count Per Brahe the Younger , Swedish soldier and statesman* The Swedish steamer ferry Per Brahe, wrecked in 1918...
and son of Magnus Fredrik Brahe and Ulrika Katarina Koskull. He fought in the War against Napoleon (1813–1814) under the crown prince Bernadotte, with whom, after his accession to the throne as Charles XIV, he was in high favour. He became Marshal of the Realm, and especially from 1828 onwards, exercised a preponderant influence in public affairs. As a politician, he was reportedly under the influence of his step-mother, salonist Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull
Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull
Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull was a Swedish lady-in-waiting and politically active salonist.She was the daughter of the courtier Baron Otto Anders Koskull and Amalia Beata Silfversparre. Married in 1806 to Count Magnus Fredrik Brahe .Koskull became one of the first maids-of-honor appointed to the new...
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In 1837, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
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