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  1. Christina ( Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [ O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa, and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

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    Christina was born in Stockholm. Her birth occurred during a rare astrological conjunction that fueled great speculation on what influence the child, fervently hoped to be a boy, would later have on the world stage. The queen had already given birth to two sons, one of whom was stillborn and the other lived only one year. The queen was now expected...

    Christina was crowned as King (not Queen) after her father's death. Between 1632 and 1644, national policy was by her guardian, regent, and adviser Axel Oxenstierna, chancellor to her father and until she reached her majority principal, member of the governing regency council. After her assumption of direct power, Christina's reign was overshadowed...

    Then, adopting her baptismal name of Maria Christina Alexandra, she moved to Rome. Her reception there had been pre-arranged. Her conversion was considered to be important even if it had contributed to her abdication. It would have been difficult if not impossible for her to rule Sweden as a Catholic, with Lutheranism firmly established as the stat...

    The complex character of Christina has inspired numerous plays, books, and operatic works. August Strindberg's 1901 Kristinadepicts her as a protean, impulsive creature. "Each one gets the Christina he deserves" she remarks. The most famous fictional treatment is the classic feature film Queen Christina from 1933 starring Greta Garbo. This film, wh...

    Åkerman, Susanna. Queen Christina of Sweden and her circle: the transformation of a seventeenth-century philosophical libertine. Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 21. Leiden, NL: E.J. Bri...
    Buckley, Veronica. Christina, Queen of Sweden: the restless life of a European eccentric. New York, NY: Fourth Estate, 2004. ISBN 9780060736170
    Goldsmith, Margaret L. Christina of Sweden, a psychological biography.Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933.
    Hjortsjö, Carl-Herman. The Opening of Queen Christina's Sarcophagus in Rome.Stockholm: Norstedts. 1966.

    All links retrieved April 18, 2022. 1. Kristina Wasa (1626—1689) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2. Abdication of Queen Christina of Sweden by Richard Cavendish, History Today54(6) (June 2004). 3. Christina, Queen of Sweden Unofficial Royalty

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  3. Born on November 19, 1584; died on December 13, 1638; daughter of Charles IX, king of Sweden, and Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561–1589); half-sister of Gustavus II Adolphus (1594–1632); aunt of Christina of Sweden (1626–1689), queen of Sweden; married John Casimir of Zweibrücken (b. 1589), count Palatine, on June 11, 1615; children ...

  4. Christina Louise Helena was born in 1943, and was Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla's youngest daughter. Christina completed her school exams at the French School in 1963. She then studied at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, USA, and on returning home studied history of art at Stockholm University. She worked at the Ministry for Foreign ...

  5. Christina ( Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [ O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa, and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

  6. Biography Christina of Sweden, daughter of Protestant hero Gustavus Adolphus [1594-1632], is best known for having resigned both the throne of Sweden and the Protestant faith for which her father fought. Christina came to the throne at the age of six, upon her father's death in the Battle of Lützen.

  7. Dec 18, 2014 · Dawn Hoskin. Furniture, Textiles & Fashion. December 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).

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