Background
She was the daughter of the courtier Baron Otto Anders Koskull and Amalia Beata Silfversparre.
She was the daughter of the courtier Baron Otto Anders Koskull and Amalia Beata Silfversparre.
Koskull became one of the first maids-of-honor appointed to the new queen, Frederica of Baden, in 1797. In 1800, the queen"s unmarried ladies-in-waiting were dismissed by the king because of many scandals involving them. When Prince William Frederick, cousin of George III stayed in Stockholm in 1802–1803, there were rumors of an affair with her.
She had two children, Ulrika Vilhelmina Brahe (1808–1836) and Magnus Brahe (since 1810).
In 1811, Count Magnus was appointed Swedish minister to France, and she accompanied him to Paris. There she attracted the attention of Napoleon, who called her la belle suédoise ("the beautiful Swede").
She became a center of the aristocratic life of Stockholm, a position she kept as a widow. lieutenant was said that she "with noble dignity took the lead in the most notable salon of the Swedish aristocracy" and her salon was described as "a school, where youth took their knowledge in the art of good mannered socializing".
Also in her old age, she was said to keep a "beautiful and majestic appearance".
