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Hace 1 día · 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 right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. [a] She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death at the Battle of Lützen in 1632, but began ruling the Swedish Empire ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · Christina (born Dec. 8, 1626, Stockholm, Swed.—died April 19, 1689, Rome [Italy]) was the queen of Sweden (1644–54) who stunned all Europe by abdicating her throne. She subsequently attempted, without success, to gain the crowns of Naples and of Poland.
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- What were Queen Christina’s parents’ names?Christina was the daughter and sole heir of Gustavus Adolphus and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. Her father, who reigned as the king of Sweden from...
- How did Christina come to power?Christina became queen-elect of Sweden at age six upon the death of her father, King Gustavus Adolphus, in 1632. She was instructed in politics by...
- What was Christina’s religion?Lutheranism was Sweden’s official state religion, and Christina’s secret conversion to Roman Catholicism may be one of the reasons that she abdicat...
- Why is Christina significant?One of the wittiest, most-learned women of her age, Christina is remembered for her lavish sponsorship of the arts and influence on European cultur...
10 de abr. de 2024 · The Vasa took approximately two years to be built between 1626 and 1628 and on the night of her maiden voyage it is said that she sank within mere minutes. In 1625 the shipwright of the Stockholm shipyard Dutch born Henrik Hybertsson, along with business partner Arendt de Groote signed a contract to build four ships for Sweden.
Hace 2 días · Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th century during the reign of Gustav Vasa, [5] though virtually all monarchs before that belonged to a limited and small number of political families which are considered to be the royal dynasties of Sweden.
21 de abr. de 2024 · Vasa, 17th-century Swedish vessel, the mightiest warship of its day, that sank on its maiden voyage on August 10, 1628, with about 30 of 150 persons aboard drowning.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Home. Explore. Research. How we preserve Vasa. Preservation timeline. 1628 – 1961. Vasa sinks in Stockholm harbour. Since the ship was newly-built and sank in cold, dark, almost oxygen-free waters, the wood is well preserved. Only the outer few centimeters of the wood are degraded by bacteria.
7 de abr. de 2024 · Date: April 7, 2024 ATN All Things Nordic 0 Comments. In our 100th regular episode, Gustav Vasa and his merry band of Swedish rebels take on King Kristian and the Danes in a war that will see shifting allegiances, the nobility and peasants fighting side by side once more, and eventually even the birth of the Swedish Navy.
