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🗓️ 13 July 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Crowned as a child and trained like a prince, Queen Christina of Sweden defied every expectation placed upon her. From her glittering court of scholars to a shocking abdication, a secret conversion, and a dramatic reinvention in Rome, Christina’s life was anything but conventional. This episode explores the story of a queen who refused to be defined—by her crown, her country, or her time.
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Narrated by: Rebecca Larson
Researched by: Emily Airey
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0:36.4 | refused to follow the script. Crowned Queen as a child, |
0:43.1 | Christina of Sweden was raised not as a princess, but as a prince, groomed to rule, trained to think, |
0:53.2 | and determined to lead. Her court became a sanctuary for scholars, |
1:00.0 | a haven for ideas, and a stage upon which the great questions of the 17th century were debated. |
1:09.0 | But behind the intellect, behind the crown, was a spirit that could not be |
1:15.8 | contained. Her reign did not end in conquest or quiet resignation. It ended in abdication, |
1:26.1 | exile, and ultimately reinvention. |
1:30.7 | Christina did not merely relinquish a throne. |
1:34.0 | She defied a world that demanded she stay upon it. |
1:41.4 | She was born into the illustrious house of Asa, Christina Augusta, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, |
1:49.9 | the Lion of the North, and Maria Eleanor of Brandenburg, a queen as fragile as she was noble. |
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