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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Christina
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Queen of Sweden, daughter and only child of Gustavus Adolphus; received a masculine education, and was trained in manly exercises; governed the country well, and filled her court with learned men, but by-and-by her royal duties becoming irksome to her, she declared her cousin as her successor, resigned the throne, and turned Catholic; her cousin dying, she claimed back her crown, but her subjects would not now have her; she stayed for a time in France, but was obliged to leave; retired to Rome, where she spent 20 years of her life engaged in scientific and artistic studies, and died (1628-1689).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Christina'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/christina.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Christina'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/christina.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
