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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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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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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Báthory Maria Christina Alexandra, or Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) Maria-Christina Oliveras, American actress Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1735–1782)...
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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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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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Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built...
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worldwide. Queen Christina of Sweden (Greta Garbo) is devoted to her country and the welfare of her people. As queen, she favors peace for Sweden and argues...
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(1432–1492), Queen of Sweden 1470 Christina of Denmark (1521–1590), Danish princess Christina of Sweden (1626–1689), Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654...
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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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Tord Magnuson (category Swedish business executives)
Swedish business executive and the consul general for Mauritius. He is married to Princess Christina of Sweden, the youngest of the older sisters of King...
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Christina Ingesdotter (Swedish: Kristina; 11th century – 18 January 1122) was a Swedish princess and a princess consort of Veliky Novgorod, Rostov and...
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Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna of Fogelvik (Swedish: Kristina or Kerstin: 1494 – January 1559, Hörningsholm Castle) was a Swedish noblewoman. She...
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more than 40% of the water supply for Chester County, Pennsylvania. The river was named for Queen Christina of Sweden. Fort Christina, the first permanent...
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regnant of Sweden Christina River (Alberta), river in Alberta Christina School District, Delaware, United States, named after Christina, Queen regnant of Sweden...
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daughter of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Princess Catherine of Sweden (a granddaughter of Gustav I of Sweden, making Christina a link between...
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Isaac La Peyrère (category French people of Portuguese-Jewish descent)
the Prince of Condé and the abdicated Queen Christina of Sweden. Born to a Huguenot family, possibly of Portuguese Jewish converso or Marrano heritage...
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Charles X Gustav (redirect from Charles X Gustav of Sweden)
end of the reign of his son, Charles XI. He led Sweden during the Second Northern War, enlarging the Swedish Empire. By his predecessor Christina, he...
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Christina Milian (/ˌmɪliˈɑːn/ MIL-ee-AHN; née Flores, born September 26, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Jersey City, New...
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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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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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is 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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Gustavus Adolphus (redirect from Gustav II Adolf of Sweden)
son of Duke Charles of the House of Vasa and his second wife, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. At the time, his cousin Sigismund was both King of Sweden and...
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De minimis (section Examples of application)
Christina of Sweden (r. 1633–1654) favoured the similar Latin adage, aquila non capit muscās (the eagle does not catch flies). The legal history of de...
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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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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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Stephen Gyllenhaal (category American people of Swedish descent)
when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the crest and family name, "Gyllenhaal". He grew up in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia...
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Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, the kingdoms of France and Sweden, and their respective allies among the princes of the Holy Roman Empire, participated in the...
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1644-1654 : Queen Christina of Sweden 1654-1660 : King Charles X Gustav of Sweden 1660-1672 : Privy Council, government under the minority of the monarch 1672-1697 :...
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Britt Christina Marinette Lindberg (born 6 December 1950) is a Swedish journalist known internationally for her work as an actress and glamour model in...
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