Note 3 — Chapter I · Political, Social, Religious and Other Conditions in Sweden, 1611–1660.

Christina was born at Stockholm on December 8, 1626. Her education was thorough and extensive. At the age of 16 she could write and speak German and Latin fluently and had a good knowledge of Greek.

In Innsbruck she formally accepted the Catholic faith in 1655 and settled in Rome for the rest of her days except at short intervals. She revisited her native land in 1660 and again in 1667 and made pretentions to the throne. She died at Rome in April, 1689.