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Dec 18, 2014 · This post will be taking a look at Christina, Queen of Sweden from 1633 to 1654, who was born today in 1626 ( O.S. 8 th December). The daughter of Gustav II Adolph (Gustav Adolphus of Sweden) and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg; following her father’s death at the Battle of Lützen in 1632, Christina took the Swedish throne aged only six.
Jun 6, 2004 · Christina abdicated her throne on June 6th, 1654. Portrait of Christina by Sébastien Bourdon, who exaggerated her eyes. Christina of Sweden had a blazing vitality, intelligence and wit that made her the wonder of Europe. Her father was Gustavus II Adolphus, the colossus who bestrode the North, and he had her reared like a boy.
Aug 8, 2017 · King Gustav II died on the battlefield in 1632, when Christina was five, making her the Queen (technically King) of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals. Because her mother was seen as mentally unstable ...
The wise and peace-loving Queen Christina (Greta Garbo) has ruled Sweden since the age of 6, when her heroic father died in battle. Pressured to marry her cousin Karl Gustav (Reginald Owen) and ...
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Mar 10, 2023 · By Holly Gary / Updated: March 10, 2023 9:44 am EST. Queen Christina of Sweden continually did the opposite of what people expected of her. Considered unusual in her own time, she remains a fascinating character to this day. She became queen just before her 6th birthday after her father died in the Thirty Years' War, a European religious ...
After this, however, Christina and Eric became increasingly well-disposed to the Varnhem monks, who were able to return and reorganize monastic life. Later life. There is no explicit mention of Queen Christina after the events in c. 1158. If still alive, she was widowed at the murder of the King outside the cathedral in Uppsala in 1160.
Mar 16, 2023 · Queen, Arts Patron, & Political Conniver. A controversial figure in her time who rejected norms and etiquette, Christina, Queen of Sweden, had a fascinating life full of political twists and turns. In an essay written in 1976, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote, “well-behaved women seldom make history.”.
