- First name
- Christina
- Last name
- Wasa
- Date of Birth
- 1626
- Date of Death
- 1689
- Born in
- Stockholm
- Died in
- Rome
Christina Wasa came to the throne in succession to Gustav II Adolv (1592–1632). She received a carefully planned education (as a boy prince) from theologian Johannes Matthiae Gothus (1592–1670) and chancellor Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (1583–1654). Her private life is inextricably connected with persistent rumours in connection with lesbianism, intersexuality, and with murder (cf. Steenbakkers, Touber and Van de Ven, 2011, entries 48, 49 and 80, pp. 277–8, 278–9, 284–5). Christina established contacts with many prominent writers and intellectuals, like Vossius and Descartes, who resided at her court until his death in 1650. See: Âkerman, 1991.