Count Nils Magnus Brahe (1790–1844) was a

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statesman and soldier, known as the influential favorite of king

Charles XIV John of Sweden sv, Karl Johan Baptist Julius , spouse = , issue = Oscar I of Sweden , house = Bernadotte , father = Henri Bernadotte , mother = Jeanne de Saint-Jean , birth_date = , birth_place = Pau, ...

. Nils Magnus Brahe was the son of Swedish Count Magnus Fredrik Brahe (1756–1826) in his first marriage with Baroness Ulrika Katarina Koskull (1759–1805), and thus a member of the

Brahe Brahe (originally ''Bragde'') is the name of two closely related Scanian noble families who were influential in both Danish and Swedish history. Danish family The first member of the family using the name Brahe is speculated to have been Verner B ...

comital family. He was also a descendant of Swedish statesman Per Brahe. After studying in the

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, he began his professional military career. He fought in the War against Napoleon (1813–1814) under Jean Bernadotte who later ascended to the throne as

(Swedish: ''Karl XIV Johan''). He was in high favour with the French born king who had a poor command of the Swedish language. He became Marshal of the Realm, and especially from 1828 onwards, exercised an influence in public affairs. As a politician, he reportedly remained close to his stepmother, Countess

Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull Aurora Wilhelmina Brahe née Koskull (22 November 1778 – 19 February 1852) was a Swedish lady-in-waiting and politically active salonist. Life Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull was the daughter of the courtier Baron Otto Anders Koskull and Amalia Be ...

, who was active within Stockholm aristocratic circles and also related to the king's mistress

Mariana Koskull Henrietta Mariana "Marianne" Charlotta Koskull (19 February 1785, in Växjö – 30 March 1841, in Stockholm) was a Swedish noble and lady-in-waiting, known as the royal mistress of King Charles XIII of Sweden and King Charles XIV John of Sweden. ...

. In 1837, he was elected a member of the

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Magnus Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wid ...

Swedish generals Swedish counts Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1790 births 1844 deaths 19th-century Swedish military personnel Marshals of the Realm Swedish military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Swedish royal favourites Swedish courtiers 19th-century Swedish politicians Knights of the Order of Charles XIII