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Christina, Queen of Sweden

1626 - 1689

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Christina (Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689), 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 Rome. Christina is remembered as one of the most erudite women of the 17th century, wanting Stockholm to become the "Athens of the North" and was given the special right to establish a university at will by the Peace of Westphalia. She is also remembered for her unconventional lifestyle and occasional adoption of masculine attire, which have been depicted frequently in media; gender and cultural identity are pivotal themes in many of her biographies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christina, Queen of Sweden is the 187th most popular politician (up from 514th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 24th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Politician.

Christina, Queen of Sweden was most famous for converting to Catholicism and abdicating the throne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christina, Queen of Sweden ranks 187 out of 19,576. Before her are Domitian, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Bayezid II, Bayezid I, Harry S. Truman, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. After her are Murad I, Christian IX of Denmark, Puyi, Simón Bolívar, Philip IV of France, and Pepin the Short.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Christina, Queen of Sweden ranks 1. After her are Sabbatai Zevi, Jan Steen, Francesco Redi, Richard Cromwell, William II, Prince of Orange, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Giovanni Legrenzi, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Bada Shanren, and Louis Couperin. Among people deceased in 1689, Christina, Queen of Sweden ranks 1. After her are Pope Innocent XI, Marie Louise d’Orléans, Sambhaji, Khushal Khattak, Aşub Sultan, Aphra Behn, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pjetër Bogdani, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Christina, Queen of Sweden ranks 6 out of 1,879. Before her are Carl Linnaeus (1707), Alfred Nobel (1833), Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Astrid Lindgren (1907), and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594). After her are Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Tycho Brahe (1546), Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Christina, Queen of Sweden ranks 3. Before her are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594). After her are Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Olof Palme (1927), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), and Gustav III of Sweden (1746).

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