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Christina was therefore still unmarried when, in 1651, she told Parliament of her intention to abdicate. A collective cry of dismay from the Swedish statesmen delayed her, but in 1654 she renewed the project and this time carried it out, leaving Sweden permanently in June of that year, and traveling to the Spanish Netherlands.
But in Lutheran Sweden conversion to Catholicism was a crime and she would have to be prepared to renounce her throne if she wanted to become fully Catholic - which she did in August 1651. This happened in June 1654 and Charles succeeded her, becoming Charles X.
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Mar 25, 2015 · As a devotee of philosophy, she continually questioned her faith. By 1652, she had made secret contacts with the Jesuits and most probably was a Catholic by then. However, conversion to Catholicism was a crime in Lutheran Sweden and as early as August 1651, she declared her willingness to abdicate.
In 1681, having secured a trustworthy administrator for her lands in Sweden. For the rest of her life, Christina lived in Rome as a pensioner of the Pope. Christina died on April 19, 1689 in Rome and in buried at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Christina continues to be a great historical emblem for women.
Dec 18, 2014 · His last payment for a portrait of her was in November 1641, when he recieved 108 Taler, probably as a payment for a full-length portrait of Christina that is now in the City Hall of Stockholm. The portrait shown above was probably painted in 1635-1636, or at the latest in 1637.
He was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 or Worchester in 1651. He was taken with other prisoners to the American Colonies. He landed in Ipswich ,Mass, where he was an indentured servent . In 1654 he married Ann Winchurst of Ipswich. 1659 they removed to Newbury, in Byfield Parish, where they lived for 30 years.
Feb 6, 2016 · By Cryssa Bazos. In the pre-dawn hours of 28 August 1651, eighteen Parliamentary soldiers inched along a narrow board, which was stretched across a broken bridge, while the high waters of the Severn swirled below them. Their mission: to surprise the Royalist forces holding Upton-upon-Severn on the opposite shore and open the way to Worcester ...
