Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull ( Swede. Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull ; November 22, 1778 - February 19, 1852 ) - maid of honor at the Swedish court and the owner of the salon in Stockholm .
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She was the daughter of the court baron Otto Anders Coskull and Amalia Beata Silfversparre. In 1797, she became one of the first maids of honor assigned to the new Queen of Sweden, Frederick of Baden . In 1800, the unmarried maids of honor of the queen were fired by the king due to their participation in a number of scandals. The impoverished Aurora Wilhelmina moved into the house of her aunt, Ulrika Katarina Koskull and her husband Count Magnus Fredrik Brahe.
She sang in the productions of the amateur theater society of Princess Charlotte in 1802 in the Roserberg Palace. When Prince William Frederick was in Stockholm in 1802-1803, rumors circulated about their romance. According to Princess Charlotte, William Frederick told her: “if she [Aurora Wilhelmina] would be your daughter, I would marry her!” [1]
In 1806, six months after the death of her aunt, Aurora Wilhelmina married her widower, Count Magnus. Together they had two children, Ulrike Wilhelmina Brahe (1808–1836) and Magnus Brahe (1810–?). In 1811, Count Magnus was appointed Ambassador of Sweden to France, and she was with him in Paris . There she caught the attention of Napoleon , who called her belle suédoise (Swedish beauty). Later it became the central figure of the aristocratic life of Stockholm, and retained this position, remaining a widow. She "with noble dignity led the most visible salon, where representatives of the Swedish aristocracy gathered." They said about her institution that it was "a school where young people practiced their knowledge of the art of good communication." Even at an advanced age, she retained a “beautiful and magnificent appearance” [2] .
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- ↑ Cecilia af Klercker. Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok VII 1800-1806 (The diaries of Hedvig Elizabeth Charlotte VII 1800-1806). - PA Norstedt & Söners förlag, 1927. - ISBN 383107.
- ↑ Personhistorisk tidskrift 1898-1899 , s. 174-175 ( link )