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She left Sweden in 1811 under the name of " Countess of Gotland ", officially because of her health, and returned to Paris.

There she stayed for twelve years, leaving her husband and her son behind.

She herself said that the Swedish nobility had treated her as if they were made of ice: " Do not talk with me of Stockholm, I get a cold as soon as I hear the word.