Christina of Sweden

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17th-century monarch convert to Roman Catholicism human monarch of Sweden patron of science patron of the arts queen regnant

Christina of Sweden was the 17th-century Queen of Sweden renowned for her intellectualism, patronage of the arts and sciences, abdication of the throne, and conversion to Catholicism.

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Label Occurrences
Christina of Sweden canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century monarch ⓘ
convert to Roman Catholicism ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch of Sweden ⓘ
patron of science ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
queen regnant ⓘ
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vatican City NERFINISHED ⓘ
convertedTo Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
coronationDate 1650-10-22 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1626-12-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1689-04-19 ⓘ
employed René Descartes as court philosopher ⓘ
era Early Modern period ⓘ
father Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Christina Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Christina NERFINISHED ⓘ
house House of Vasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor collecting books and artworks ⓘ
establishing a learned court in Stockholm ⓘ
influencing European cultural life in the 17th century ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
monarchOf Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor abdication of the Swedish throne ⓘ
conversion to Catholicism ⓘ
intellectual pursuits ⓘ
patronage of arts and sciences ⓘ
patronOf René Descartes NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Stockholm ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
placeOfDeath Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
positionHeld Queen of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForAbdication desire to convert to Catholicism ⓘ
unwillingness to marry and produce an heir ⓘ
reignEnd 1654 ⓘ
reignStart 1632 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence Rome ⓘ
Stockholm Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
successor Charles X Gustav of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfConversion 1654 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vasa → notableMember → Christina of Sweden ⓘ
Queen Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp → predecessor as queen consort → Christina of Sweden ⓘ
subject surface form: Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp