Pride Month: Christina of Sweden part 1

Queens Podcast

History, Comedy

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Welcome back, beautiful queens! It's time to celebrate Pride Month with the wild tales of Christina of Sweden, a real royal rebel. We're talking birthrights, family drama, and a little bit of rule-breaking in this first of two episodes. Christina became Queen of Sweden at a very young age after the popular rule of her father, Gustav. But as she navigates the world during her regency she has to figure out who she can trust and learns that she likes breaking a rule or two. Timestamps: 00:47 Meet Christina of Sweden 01:07 The Swedish 60 Cocktail Recipe 02:26 Christina's Early Life and Family Background 04:03 Gustav's War Efforts and Maria Eleonora's Struggles 10:27 Christina's Birth and Early Challenges 19:58 Christina's Education and Upbringing 25:24 Christina's Unconventional Regency 26:26 A Mother's Grief and a Daughter's Isolation 34:40 Christina's Tomboy Rebellion 37:28 Ending the 30 Years War 43:43 A Controversial Relationship 47:18 Christina's Coronation and Future A fun source we used: https://headstuff.org/culture/history/queen-christina-of-sweden-lesbian-troublemaker/ Queens Podcast is sponsored this month by Happy Mammoth. For a limited time, you can get 15% off on your entire first order at happymammoth.com with the code QUEENS at checkout. Queens podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast.Want more Queens? Head to our Patreon, check out our merch store and follow us on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.8	with stories hand-picked daily. Listen to Tech Crunch Industry News, wherever you get your podcasts. That's Tech Crunch. Crunch Welcome back to Queen's podcast. Today in Celebration of Pride Month we are discussing
0:36.9	Christina of Sweden. This is part one of two and we hope you enjoy. Oh and in
0:42.2	case you're new here we curse a lot on this show
0:45.0	on this show so if that's not your thing this will not be the show for you
0:49.2	but if it is I hope you enjoy
0:52.1	cheers bitches hi this is Katie But if it is, I hope you enjoy.
0:52.6	Cheers, bitches.
0:54.1	Hi, this is Katie.
0:55.1	And this is Nathan.
0:56.5	And you're listening to Queen's podcast,
0:58.6	the show about badass women in history. mystery. Y'all have been asking for her forever.
1:16.3	For a hot minute now.
1:21.4	So Nathan, who are we discussing? Christina of Zeedon. What what what what what was that?
1:28.8	I don't know. If you didn't catch it, it's Christina of Sweden.
1:35.0	And Nathan, tell us about this cocktail that you created.
1:39.0	So it's called the Swedish 60.
1:41.0	Okay.
1:42.0	Super interesting here. Yeah. it's basically like a mamosa in a way okay so you take
1:48.2	one part of aquavit yeah I said it I've said it is that a liqueur aquavit. Yeah, I said it. I said it. Is that a liqueur, aquavet? So at Spex Liquor store, they sell it in the
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