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Jan 5, 2016 · Christina was the daughter of King of Sweden Gustavus II Adolphus Wasa and, from the day of her birth at Stockholm, was considered as the heir to the throne. In 1630 Protestant Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years’ War. In November 1632, at the battle of Lützen, a Protestant victory, King Gustav was killed, and, at nearly six ...
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 ...
26 Copy quote. It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world. Christina, Queen of Sweden. Independence, World, Whole. 32 Copy quote. You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one. Christina, Queen of Sweden. Stupid, Men, Evil. 19 Copy quote.
Roman Catholic Christianity. prev Lutheran Christianity. Queen Christina of Sweden ( Swedish: Kristina av Sverige; 18 December [ O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689), was the queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. [1] She then resigned to become a Roman Catholic . She also liked humanities and had invited philosophers such as René Descartes in ...
Oct 9, 2018 · On the 6th June 1654, in a public ceremony, Queen Christina abdicated the throne of Sweden. The members of her council formally removed her regalia, but Count Per Brahe, who was supposed to remove her crown, couldn’t bring himself to do it. Christina removed the crown herself, giving up power with her own two hands.
Queen Charlotte of Sweden was born about 100 years after Queen Christina and it doesn't seem likely that Christina's birth time would be mentioned in Charlotte's biography. Since the quoted source is from 1954, I don't see much hope for finding the book (I checked WorldCat and found no listing) so I think this entry should be lowered from "B ...
Jan 5, 2016 · Christina was the daughter of King of Sweden Gustavus II Adolphus Wasa and, from the day of her birth at Stockholm, was considered as the heir to the throne. In 1630 Protestant Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years’ War. In November 1632, at the battle of Lützen, a Protestant victory, King Gustav was killed, and, at nearly six ...