Background
She was born in 1687 in Steenbergen in the Netherlands as the daughter of the Dutch colonel of the Aquila regiment Fredrik de Ram van Hagedoorn and Elisabeth Ruysch van Wayestein van Pijlsweert.
She was born in 1687 in Steenbergen in the Netherlands as the daughter of the Dutch colonel of the Aquila regiment Fredrik de Ram van Hagedoorn and Elisabeth Ruysch van Wayestein van Pijlsweert.
Magdalena Elisabeth Rahm was politically active in Sweden as the host of a political salon, and is foremost known for her support of the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743), which is considered to have contributed to its realisation in 1741.