Christina, Queen of Sweden
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Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her throne and move to Ro
Portrait by Sébastien Bourdon, who exaggerated her eyes.
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.
Axel Oxenstierna
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg was Queen of Sweden from 1620 to 1632 as the wife of King Gustav II Adolph. She was born a German princess as the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and
Christina, Queen of Sweden
…in the Vatican Grottoes. Christina was born in the royal castle Tre Kronor. Her parents were the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus and his German wife, Maria Eleonora. They had a stillborn daughter in 1621, then the first Princess Christina, who was born in 1623 and died the following year, and a stillborn son in May…
Portrait after Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1619
Maria Eleonora as a child by Daniel Rose (1605)
Queen Maria Eleonora on a gold portrait medal c. 1620
A contemporary portrait of Maria Eleonora, showing the resemblance to her daughter Christina, c. 1630 (by an unknown artist)