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Christina, Queen of Sweden

1632–1644 minority · 17th century · Also known as Queen Christina

Christina was queen of Sweden, succeeding her father Gustavus Adolphus as a child in 1632. During her minority, which lasted to 1644, the chancellor Axel Oxenstierna governed and built a sophisticated central administration of collegiate boards. Christina later converted to Catholicism and abdicated in 1654, leaving the Swedish Empire to her cousin Charles X Gustav.

Christina, Queen of Sweden
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