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
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)
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
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg
…consent, but against the will of her brother George William, Elector of Brandenburg, who had just succeeded her father. She bore her husband a daughter, Christina, in 1626, who later became the Queen of Sweden. Born on 11 November 1599 in Königsberg, in the Duchy of Prussia, Maria Eleonora was the third child and…
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