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Christina (Swedish: Kristina; 18 December 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. S...
Sep 27, 2005 · This book brings the enigmatic, maddening, disruptive, unapologetically weird Queen Christina to life. Veronica Buckley wraps her research in compassionate prose, striking a balance between her adoration of Christina and her scholar's objectivity.
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Sep 21, 2004 · And the discussion of Karl Gustav, Christina's father, the man who made Sweden a powerful military nation, is an important part of understanding Christina's idea of herself. For a pleasurable and enlightening look at one of the many high born (I would hesitate to call Christina powerful, except in her own mind) women floating around seventeenth ...
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The National Museum’s collection contains an intriguing portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626–1689). She is depicted as a living bust with a helmet, accompanied by an owl, books and an olive branch. She is gazing into space with an absent-minded look.
Queen Christina of Sweden was the daughter of the Swedish warrior king Gustav II Adolf, the standard bearer of the Protestant world. In preparation for her reign, she received a distinctly male education and upbringing based on the ideals of classical antiquity, formulated by Herodotus as being the ability to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth.
