Christina of Sweden
Queen Christina of Sweden (Swedish: [Kristina av Sverige] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); 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.
| Christina | |||||
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| File:Jacob Ferdinand Voet - Queen Christina of Sweden.jpg Portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet | |||||
| Quuen of Sweden | |||||
| 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654 | |||||
| 20 October 1650 | |||||
| Predecessor | Gustav II Adolf | ||||
| Successor | Charles X Gustav | ||||
| Born | 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1626 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Died | 19 April 1689 (aged 62) Rome, Papal States | ||||
| Burial | 22 June 1689 | ||||
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| House | House of Vasa | ||||
| Father | Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden | ||||
| Mother | Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic Christianity prev Lutheran Christianity | ||||
She also liked humanities and had invited philosophers such as René Descartes in Sweden.
Christina Of Sweden Media
- Gustav II Adolph & Mary Eleanor portraits.jpg
Christina's parents, King Gustav II Adolph and Queen Maria Eleonora
Tre Kronor in Stockholm by Govert Dircksz Camphuysen. Most of Sweden's national library and royal archives were destroyed when the castle burned in 1697.
- AxelOxenstierna
- Queenchristine.jpg
The 14-year-old Christina as queen, painting by Jacob Heinrich Elbfas
- Alexander Cooper - Miniature portrait of Charles X, King of Sweden 1655-1660 - Google Art Project (392624).jpg
Christina's cousin and designated heir, Count Palatine Charles Gustav
- Dispute of Queen Cristina Vasa and Rene Descartes.png
Queen Christina (at the table on the right) in discussion with French philosopher René Descartes. (Romanticized painting by Nils Forsberg (1842–1934), after Pierre Louis Dumesnil
- David Beck - Christina, Queen of Sweden 1644-1654 - Google Art Project.jpg
Christina by David Beck
- Cristina de Suecia a caballo (Bourdon).jpg
Christina of Sweden, by Sébastien Bourdon (1653). Museo del Prado
- Christina of Sweden's abdication 1654.jpg
Christina's abdication in 1654, drawing by Erik Dahlberg
References
Other websites
Media related to Christina of Sweden at Wikimedia Commons
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