Christina, queen of Sweden

(1626-1689)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689 LBT ID: Christina1 VIAF ID: 4931803 LOC ID: n50047934	B/BAP: 1626-12-18 DIED: 1689-04-19
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The daughter of Gustavus II, she was queen of Sweden 1632-54, attracting Descartes to her court. Childless, she abdicated in favor of her cousin, Charles X, and retired to Rome.
REFERENCES TO Christina, queen of Sweden: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 24 December 1826 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXX. 1826-1827 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IX. 1820-1821. Found 1: ¶ n1