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    Christina (Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa and the Queen of Sweden in her own...
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    stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together. The film portrays the life of Queen Christina of Sweden, who...
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  • Christina of Denmark (Danish: Kirstine Bjørnsdatter, Swedish: Kristina Björnsdotter; c. 1120/25 – c. 1160/70), was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King...
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    Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. She is known as the periodical foster-mother of Queen Christina of Sweden and the mother of Charles X of Sweden. Catherine...
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    after Queen Christina of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the present-day downtown Wilmington, Delaware, at the confluence of the...
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    Christina of Saxony (25 December 1461 – 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John. Christina was engaged to John...
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  • Queen Christina or Queen Christine may refer to: Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689), Queen regnant of Sweden, reigned 1632–1654 Christina of Denmark...
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  • Christina, Queen of Sweden was Queen regnant 1632. Christina of Sweden may also refer to: Christina Björnsdotter, Queen consort of Sweden around 1156...
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    Delaware River. Fort Christina, located in what is now Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement, named after Christina, Queen of Sweden. The settlers were...
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    Ebba Sparre (category Court of Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    1662) was a Swedish lady-in-waiting and noblewoman. She is known as the intimate friend and possible lover of Queen Christina of Sweden. Ebba Sparre...
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    Axel Oxenstierna (category Court of Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of King Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina, for whom he was at first...
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    Antonio Pimentel de Prado (category Court of Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    Sweden. This was the first Spanish mission to Sweden since the reign of John III of Sweden. Christina of Sweden, began negotiations with Philip IV of...
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    Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (11 November 1599 – 28 March 1655) was Queen of Sweden from 1620 to 1632 as the wife of King Gustav II Adolph (Gustavus Adolphus)...
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    Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is a member of the Swedish royal family. She is the fourth...
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    Silver Throne (category Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    Opening of Parliament. The Silver Throne is located in the Hall of State at Stockholm Palace. The Silver Throne was made for Queen Christina's coronation...
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    The Girl King (category Cultural depictions of Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    The Girl King is a 2015 biographical drama about Christina, Queen of Sweden. It was directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Michel Marc Bouchard who...
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  • Elizabeth I Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689) who never married The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High, 1987 Canadian teen comedy film Virgin queen bee that...
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    Mstislav I of Kiev. Christina was the daughter of King Inge the Elder of Sweden and Queen Helena. Helena was the sister of Blot-Sven King of Sweden. She was...
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    Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken (14 February 1625 – 24 October 1687) was a countess palatine, a cousin and foster-sibling of Queen Christina of Sweden, and a sister...
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    Malin Buska (category Swedish actresses)
    a biographical drama about Christina, Queen of Sweden. In 2018 Buska joined the cast of British TV series, A Discovery of Witches. In 2011, she was awarded...
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    a list of Swedish queens regnant: 1389-1412: Margaret I of Denmark 1632-1654: Christina of Sweden 1718-1720: Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (Queen consort...
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    Queen Christina musicians for her Swedish court. The mission was a success for De la Gardie, who upon his return to Sweden received distinctions of an...
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    sovereign Lady of Tortona in 1578–1584. Christina was born in Nyborg in central Denmark in 1521 to King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway and...
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    Ebba Brahe (category Court of Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    proud over his position as favourite to Queen Christina of Sweden, and supported his marriage to the Queen's cousin Princess Maria Eufrosyne von Zweibrücken-Kleeburg...
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  • Arnold Johan Messenius (category Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    1651) was a Swedish enfant terrible and royal historiographer who was condemned to death and executed under the reign of Queen Christina. Arnold was born...
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    incarnation of "the Lion of the North" (German: Der Löwe von Mitternacht). Yet, notably, his daughter and heiress Queen Christina of Sweden (1632–1654) abdicated...
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    child of King Carl XVI Gustaf. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she would be Sweden’s fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina and Ulrika...
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  • during the Prince-Bishopric of Liège A nickname for Stockholm, Sweden, especially in the time of Christina, Queen of Sweden A nickname for Valenciennes...
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    1654 he hosted the recently abdicated Christina, Queen of Sweden. She wrote to her successor to recommend two of his daughters as potential brides. Thus...
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  • The Royal Diaries (category Cultural depictions of Christina, Queen of Sweden)
    such as Queen Seondeok of Silla, Anacaona of the Taínos, Weetamoo of the Pocassets, the Lady of Ch'iao Kuo of the Hsien, the Lady of Palenque of the Mayans...
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