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Article: Christina (Sweden) (1626–1689; Ruled 1632–1654)
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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CHRISTINA (SWEDEN) (1626
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1689; ruled 1632
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1654)
CHRISTINA (SWEDEN)
(1626
–
1689; ruled 1632
–
1654), queen of Sweden. The daughter of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Christina was one of the most remarkable people in Sweden's early modern history. She was intellectually gifted, well educated, intensely interested in the ideas and culture of her period, clever, passionate, self-centered, and deeply troubled. Her life falls into three periods: childhood, when she was heir to the throne of Sweden and for twelve years under the control of a regency (1632
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1644); her time as a governing queen (1644
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1654); and the ...