queen christina

The last king of the Swedish Vasa Dynasty .

Of the children of Gustav II Adolf and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, only Christina survived to adulthood. Gustav II also ascended to the throne at the age of seven after being killed in the Battle of Lützen in 1632. Although Christina was young, she was fortunate to have senior officials such as Johan Banér, Lennart Torstensson, and Axel Oxenstierna assisting her.[3] The 30 Years' War was successfully completed, and Sweden succeeded in securing a base on the Baltic Sea coast, including Vorpommern . In 1638, the colony of Fort Christina was established in the north of the area that would later become the state of Delaware, but the colony did not last long and was taken over by the Dutch Republic in 1651 .

As she grew older and started her own family, Christina invited famous scholars and artists, such as René Descartes, to Sweden to work on cultural development, while sending Count Per Brahe to Finland to visit major cities such as Ovo , Helsingfors , Tabastehus , and Vilmanstrand. Their infrastructure was expanded. Also, in 1640, he founded the Oboe Academy, Finland's first university in oboe.

In 1654, his cousin , his cousin , Palzvybrucken Kleburg, Carlurg Back Karl Gustav was a hereditary prince and a successor, and announced his intention to suddenly withdraw from the throne a year later. It was time for the unmarried queen's spouse's problem, but I was not interested in marriage after the marriage with Karl Gustav was broken. On the outside, the religious cause was great, and after meeting Descartes, the queen was immersed in Catholics . However, the Catholic believer could not be the king in Sweden, where the Queen's grandfather Carl IV , who was the Catholic Catholic, was crowned as the king of Sweden , and only Gustav I Basa and his descendants of Protestant believers were crowned King Sweden. But the bigger problem than the Catholic conversion was because of the luxury privacy of Christina, and the appointment of too many aristocrats, the income was reduced to income, and the expenditure was excessively increased, which increased the economic burden.

After officially passing the throne in 1655, he formally converted to Catholicism in Brussels on the eve of Christmas and passed through the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp.[4] papal state He settled in Rome and spent the rest of his life, with his living expenses paid for by an estate in Sweden under Christina's name. As soon as he abdicated the throne, he called himself 'Count Dohna' and pretended to be a man. Records show that she wore the same coat worn by men, a skirt over men's trousers, a tie, and men's shoes. It is said that her hair was cut short like a man's and grew unruly. Even when he spoke, he spoke in a low voice like a man, and it is said that when he later visited France, King Louis XIV was greatly shocked by his masculine appearance, attitude, and soldier-like speaking style. Afterwards, Christina stayed in Rome, exchanged knowledge with artists, scholars, writers, clergy, and politicians, and established an academic academy, enjoying intellectual prosperity. I only slept about 3-4 hours and spent most of my time studying, discussing, and hunting.

Meanwhile, in 1656, she conspired with France to become queen of the Kingdom of Naples, which was under Spanish rule at the time. This failed, but he visited France the following year and received a great welcome. However, on the contrary, the French were shocked by Christina's behavior, and when she executed the Marquis of Monaldeschi, the head of her stables in France, without a trial, they found it difficult to allow her to stay in France. In the end, when her attempt to visit England was rejected, she had no choice but to return to the Vatican.

In 1660, when her nominated King Charles X Gustav of Sweden died, she claimed the Swedish throne in place of Karl However, due to her conversion to Catholicism and her unpopular actions during her reign, this was rejected and she returned to Rome. He died in 1689 and was buried in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Since he had no children and his relatives on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were Catholic, he had no right of succession.[5] , the Swedish Vasa dynasty ended with Christina.

He is a person whose opinions are divided in many ways. Behaviors such as conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry, although unknown to her personally, were clear grounds for disqualification as the Queen of Sweden, and her representative achievement of cultural promotion, combined with her extravagant activities, caused enormous financial difficulties. In addition, despite giving up the throne due to her conversion to Catholicism, Pope Alexander VII, who became her protector , called her "a queen without a kingdom, a believer without religion, and a woman without shame," which seems to have disqualified her from being a Catholic. In fact, the Pope hoped that she would become an example for those who converted to Catholicism by engaging in pious religious activities, but she caused various scandals and conspiracies wherever she went, and dressed like a man the next day, dressing like a prostitute the next day.

However, thanks to a good selection of successors, the Swedish Empire was able to continue its heyday for about a century, so it can be said that he had an eye for people.

Overall, it is true that he greatly revitalized Swedish culture and expanded Finland's infrastructure, but it is evaluated that his sudden abdication caused political chaos and left a serious financial crisis. Fortunately for her, due to the good fortune of the era of Sweden's heyday, which was led by her father, Gustav II Adolf, her mistakes were somehow buried, and her achievements in cultural promotion remained.
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