Kristina … Queen of Sweden 1626–1689 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Kristina … Queen of Sweden, 1626–1689 (aged 63 years)

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Kristina … Queen of Sweden

Name: Kristina // Queen of Sweden
Given names: Kristina
Name suffix: Queen of Sweden

Sex Female

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 9 December 1594 44 — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Death: 6 November 1632 — Lützen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Burial: 22 June 1634 — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Kristina … Queen of Sweden King of Sweden (1611-1632) Gustav II Adolph … 1594–1632 Birth: 9 December 1594 44 — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Death: 6 November 1632 — Lützen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
herself	Links Birth: 1626 31 Death: 1689 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Kristina … Queen of Sweden 1626–1689 Birth: 1626 31 Death: 1689

Events of close relatives
Birth	1626 31
Death of a father	King of Sweden (1611-1632) Gustav II Adolph … 6 November 1632 Lützen, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Cause: Killed during the Battle of Lützen.
Burial of a father	King of Sweden (1611-1632) Gustav II Adolph … 22 June 1634 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Address: Riddarholmen Church, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden.
Death	1689 (aged 63 years)
Unique identifier	BB336DF3A1EB054AA7A808F74E088CCA2370
Last change	29 November 2011 – 19:40:44 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	In English, Christina. The sole heir of Gustav II Adolph, Christina succeeded her father at the age of six, a regency under Axel Oxenstierna ruling until she assumed full royal power in 1644. Throughout her reign, she attempted to increase the authority of the Crown, and in this she was supported by the lower estates against the nobility and the Council of the Realm. The Thirty Years' War, However, had led Sweden into an economic crisis that Christina was unable to resolve. Highly intelligent, she was interested in intellectual pursuits and was influenced by the French philosopher Ren?escartes, who lived in Stockholm in 1649-50. Christina never married. In 1654 she abdicated the throne, had her cousin Charles recognized as her successor, and announced that she had converted to Roman Catholicism. Self-exiled, she lived the rest of her life in Rome.

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In English, Christina. The sole heir of Gustav II Adolph, Christina
succeeded her father at the age of six, a regency under Axel Oxenstierna
ruling until she assumed full royal power in 1644. Throughout her reign,
she attempted to increase the authority of the Crown, and in this she was
supported by the lower estates against the nobility and the Council of the
Realm. The Thirty Years' War, However, had led Sweden into an economic
crisis that Christina was unable to resolve. Highly intelligent, she was
interested in intellectual pursuits and was influenced by the French
philosopher Ren?escartes, who lived in Stockholm in 1649-50. Christina
never married. In 1654 she abdicated the throne, had her cousin Charles
recognized as her successor, and announced that she had converted to Roman
Catholicism. Self-exiled, she lived the rest of her life in Rome.