{"slug": "christina-queen-of-sweden", "label": "Christina, Queen of Sweden", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%2C_Queen_of_Sweden", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52937", "qid": "Q52937", "description": "Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)", "entries": 21, "years": 17, "span": [1621, 1689], "span_label": ["1621 CE", "1689 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 8}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Christina of Sweden"], "related": [{"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thirty-years-war", "label": "Thirty Years' War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gustavus-adolphus", "label": "Gustavus Adolphus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-catholic-church", "label": "Roman Catholic Church", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "protestantism", "label": "Protestantism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-x-gustav", "label": "Charles X Gustav", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saxony", "label": "Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "albrecht-von-wallenstein", "label": "Albrecht von Wallenstein", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "february", "label": "February", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmarknorway", "label": "Denmark–Norway", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December", "text": "December 8th - Queen Christina of Sweden on (died 1689)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329956882#Births", "title": "1621 in Sweden", "revid": 1329956882, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 19", "text": "19 April – Christina, Queen of Sweden, monarch (died 1689)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358111718#Births", "title": "1626 in Sweden", "revid": 1358111718, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367580131#October–December", "title": "1626", "revid": 1367580131, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Following the death of Gustaf II Adolf, king of Sweden, he is succeeded by his 6-year-old daughter Christina while five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern the country since she is underage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322954574#Events", "title": "1632 in Sweden", "revid": 1322954574, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 (November 6 Old Style) – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen in Saxony – Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus leads an assault on Wallenstein's army, but is killed early in the battle, despite which the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein, who withdraws from Saxony. Following the death of Gustavus Adolphus, he is succeeded as ruler of Sweden by his six-year-old daughter Christina, while five regents (headed by Axel Oxenstierna) govern the country. On November 17, Gottfried zu Pappenheim, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, dies from wounds sustained in the battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358528035#October–December", "title": "1632", "revid": 1358528035, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1636, "year_label": "1636 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Queen Christina expulse all non-taxpaying Finns (Forest Finns) from Värmland and Dalsland. Most moved across the Norwegian border into Solør, establishing a colony there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360050092#Events", "title": "1636 in Norway", "revid": 1360050092, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – Thirty Years' War: The Treaty of Hamburg is signed between France and Sweden by Cardinal Richelieu of France and representatives of Queen Christina of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737116#Events", "title": "1638 in France", "revid": 1353737116, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1641, "year_label": "1641 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The town of Falun, Sweden is given city rights by Queen Kristina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343658448#Date_unknown", "title": "1641", "revid": 1343658448, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1642, "year_label": "1642 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The village of Bro (Broo), Sweden is granted city rights for the second time and takes the name Kristinehamn (literally \"Christina's port\") after the Swedish monarch at this time, Queen Christina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256188#Date_unknown", "title": "1642", "revid": 1350256188, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 (December 18 New Style) – As Christina comes of age, she is made ruling queen of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#October–December", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The town of Kristinestad, named after Queen Christina of Sweden, is founded in Ostrobothnia by Count Per Brahe the Younger.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#Undated", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – The city of Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand) is founded by Queen Christina of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#January–March", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1650, "year_label": "1650 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – Christina, Queen of Sweden, who has been the legal ruler of Sweden for almost 18 years, has an elaborate coronation ceremony at the castle of Jacobsdal near Stockholm. 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It is brutally suppressed by April, and its leader, the self-proclaimed King Olof Mårtensson (who uses a morning star as his scepter) is executed on a breaking wheel on April 6.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981775#January–March", "title": "1653", "revid": 1365981775, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "6 June - Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278747310#Events", "title": "1654 in Sweden", "revid": 1278747310, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 (June 6 Old Style) – Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. 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