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Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (13 April 1573 in Kiel – 8 December 1625 at Gripsholm Castle) was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King Charles IX. She served as regent in 1605, during the absence of her spouse, and in 1611, during the minority of her son, King Gustav II Adolph .
Christina was born in the royal castle Tre Kronor. Her parents were the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus and his German wife, Maria Eleonora. They had already had three children: two daughters (a stillborn princess in 1621, then the first Princess Christina, who was born in 1623 and died the following year) and a stillborn son in May 1625.
1520-1520: Christina Gyllenstierna, regent and commander of Stockholm during the minority of her son. 1605-1605: Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, during the absence of her husband. 1611-1611: Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, as interim regent during the minority of her son. 1660-1672: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during the minority of her son.
Gustavus Adolphus was born in Stockholm as the oldest son of Duke Charles of the Vasa dynasty and his second wife, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. At the time, the King of Sweden was Gustavus Adolphus' cousin Sigismund.
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp Queen of Finns: Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Holstein-Gottorp) 13 April 1573 8 July 1592 22 March 1604 husband inherit title 1607 husband adopted title of King of Finns: 30 October 1611 husband's death: 8 December 1625 Kaarle IX: Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg: John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ...
In the Great Northern War, the duchy sided with Sweden and was defeated after Danish troops occupied the northern portions of Holstein-Gottorp. According to the 1720 Treaty of Frederiksborg, Swedish support for Gottorp ceased, making it impossible for the dukes to regain their lost territories in Schleswig and prolonging their feud with the king of Denmark.
The dynastic name Holstein-Gottorp comes as convenient usage from the technically more correct Duke of Schleswig and Holstein at Gottorp. Adolf, the third son of Duke and King Frederick I and the second youngest half-brother of King Christian III , founded the dynastic branch called House of Holstein-Gottorp , which is a cadet branch of the ...
Regency of Duke Charles (later King Charles XIII; 10 May – 6 June 1809) Charles XIII Karl XIII: 6 June 1809 – 5 February 1818 (8 years, 7 months and 30 days) Son of Adolf Frederick, elected king by the Riksdag of the Estates after a brief tenure as regent Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (2 children, died in infancy)