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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.
Christina of Sweden (1626-1689), a queen, a Catholic convert, an LGBTQ icon, and one of only three women to be buried in the Vatican. Who was she? And what impact did she have on culture and society?
In this portrait, Queen Christina of Sweden wears an elaborate silver dress and a regal blue fur-lined shawl. Christina ruled Sweden from 1640 to 1654, but abdicated her throne when she converted to Catholicism.
About this artwork. In this portrait, Queen Christina of Sweden wears an elaborate silver dress and a regal blue fur-lined shawl. Christina ruled Sweden from 1640 to 1654, but abdicated her throne when she converted to Catholicism. She then moved to Rome, where she became one of the seventeenth century’s greatest patrons of the arts.
Queen Kristina of Sweden reigned from 1644 to 1654. Queen Kristina holds a unique position among Swedish monarchs. Her contributions toward Sweden’s national development during her brief reign have received far less scholarly attention than her abdication and controversial conversion to Catholicism, her problematic attitude toward women’s ...