In 1965, St. Petersburg Cathedral gathered a group of famous scientists, including archaeologists, medical scientists, physiological anatomyists, etc., to open the coffin of a female corpse that had died nearly three hundred times, with the purpose of verifying the gender of the female corpse. As soon as the news came out, it attracted the attention of people all over the world, and the media from all over the world flocked to witness this exciting moment.
The hostess in the coffin is Christina, queen of seventeenth-century Sweden who ruled Sweden for more than 20 years. Since she is the queen, she should be a woman. Why would scientists want to verify the sex of the late queen? Isn't that redundant? Actually, not really, and I heard that I talked about it slowly.
First, the wrong birth of the imperial family
In the seventeenth century, Sweden was the reign of the Vasa dynasty, and King Gustav was a very beloved king of the country, he was also one of the best military figures in Swedish history, and he was revered as the "Northern Master". However, such a monarch who is admired by all people has never had any descendants. King Gustav's wife was the German princess-to-be Maria Elenola, who married into Sweden because she was extremely unaccustomed to the cold weather in Sweden, and she had several pregnancies and several miscarriages. The king and queen are very anxious, and the Swedes also very much hope that the queen will give birth to a prince to inherit the throne. In 1626, Queen Maria was pregnant again, this time the king and queen were extra careful, on December 8th, thousands of people gathered outside the Swedish royal palace, they were waiting for the good news of the queen's birth in spite of the cold, they were all excited to blush, and finally a loud baby cry broke the silence in the palace, the child was born smoothly, and the patriarch breathed a sigh of relief, just when people thought that the birth was a prince, ready to celebrate, But the news came from the palace: the queen was born a princess, and suddenly the square was silent, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Although the queen gave birth to a daughter, King Gustav did not show any disappointment, and when he heard the first loud cry of the baby, he said happily to the crowd: "I believe that this girl will be as good as the boy!" He gave his daughter the name of his mother, who would become the greatest queen in Swedish history, Christina.
However, queen Maria's attitude was diametrically opposed to that of the king, she hated this daughter, and she once publicly declared: "It is simply intolerable, ugly, and it is still a girl." "Later, when the princess was an infant, something unexpected happened. Once, the little princess Christina was sleeping in the cradle, and the wooden beam in the house suddenly fell, fortunately falling on the side of the cradle, and the little princess escaped the fate. Another time, when the queen's personal maid was holding the little princess, she accidentally dropped her heavily on the ground, and the little princess cried out in pain, but the queen ignored her. After the examination, the little princess's shoulder was seriously injured, leaving the sequelae of lifelong disability: two shoulders, one side high, one also low.
Whether the series of strange things that happened around the little princess had anything to do with her mother, Queen Maria, we dare not speculate. However, the doubts in people's hearts are still long-standing. Why did the beam of her room suddenly fall off when the little princess was sleeping? The maid fell down holding the little princess, she was so careless about her work, why did she have such courage? If such a thing had been placed in ancient China, this maid would have been dragged out on the spot and executed. But in fact, the maid was not severely punished. If we speculate that the queen is behind these things, it is not difficult to conclude that Queen Maria hated, even hated, this daughter, and longed for her to die in some accident. There is an old Chinese saying: "Tiger poison does not eat children", and there is an old Chinese saying: "The most poisonous woman's heart".
2. Ascend to the throne as queen
The little princess Christina grew up healthily under the protection of her father, King Gustav. She was educated in the imperial palace, which made her intelligent and sensible from an early age, and she had extraordinary courage. Once, King Gustav took the little princess on an army parade. According to the normal ritual procedure, the king's parade of troops requires 50 salutes to show high respect for the king. The sound of the ceremony was earth-shattering. The governor in charge of commanding the army parade was worried that the salute would now frighten the little princess, and not releasing the salute would disrespect the king. The governor was in a dilemma, not as good as how to be good, he anxiously waited for the king to order no salute, but the king did not give the order, he had to order the salute according to the normal regulations, who knew that the little princess was not frightened by the huge salute, but danced happily, clapped her hands and shouted: "Let it go, put it again!" It made King Gustav and his entourage laugh. The Governor was finally relieved. In the future, every time he inspected the military and went on expeditions, the king would bring this pearl in his palm and specially tailor a set of armor for her.
In 1630, King Gustatian officially declared his daughter Christina his heir to the throne.
In 1632, King Gustav led an army to attack Germany, which was a fierce battle of equal strength, the war was extremely fierce, the two sides were bloodied, and finally even King Gustav was killed on the battlefield, when he was only 38 years old. According to the king's death, the little princess Christina was appointed as her successor, and she ascended the throne with the support of everyone, when she was only 6 years old.
After ascending to the throne, Christina began to study wildly, she got up at 4 o'clock every morning to learn various languages, military, art, literature, etiquette, etc., and even included the horse archery of men, and her idols were Alexander and Julius Caesar. After years of hard study and imitation, she progressed rapidly, and she behaved more and more like a man. In 1644, when Christina turned 18, she put on the crown and was pro-government, ruling Sweden with her will and ability, and becoming a super queen admired by all.
Third, I once loved, but the result was disappointing
After the Queen ascended the throne, all her attention was on the governance of the country. She has a sharp vision and foresight, and has carried out a series of drastic reforms to vigorously develop the Swedish economy and greatly enhance Sweden's international status. However, she was not as good as she was in love, she had been single and had not found a suitable partner. So much so that others still think she is an unmarried person. In fact, when she was 17 years old, she fell in love with her cousin Charlie Augusta at first sight. However, because the two gathered less and left more, their feelings slowly faded. Later, when Charlie Augusta ascended to the throne and offered her to marry, she categorically refused to marry him, saying, "I have to tell you frankly that I will not marry you, but I can also promise that I will never marry anyone else." ”
A few years later, Queen Christina met a crush named Lagardin. He is the son of the Grand Marshal of the Swedish Army, who is born with a good skin bag, personable, is a "super division milk killer", "prodigal son of love field", he has played with countless women in his life, and even the queen has been fascinated. To tell the truth, the queen can look at him, which is the virtue of his ancestors, but he is not a dedicated person, picking flowers and weeds everywhere, often entangled in various women's questions. At first, the Queen showed great tolerance for him, hoping that he would change his mind. But the falling flowers are deliberate, the water is merciless, and Laquedan just wants to use the power in the hands of the queen to defraud her of money and pay her debts. Later, the queen saw his true face and was completely disappointed in him. This man hurt her so much that she even began to despair about love.
In the queen's room always hung a picture of a man, his name was Azzolino, who had been the secretary of the Spanish ambassador, although the queen and he were in love, but they did not marry, only blossomed and did not bear fruit, the two could only be friends for life, not husband and wife.
Queen Christina only fell in love and did not marry, and was worried and panicked for the Korean ministers. They speculated whether our queen was a hermaphrodite, or a homosexual, or if the queen was originally a man. In fact, the ministers' speculations are not unfounded. In fact, the queen is completely like the same sex when she gets along with men, and she does not see the shy and weak side of women, but she is very gentle and considerate to women. In particular, the attitude towards her maid, Eba Spar, is really unpredictable and imaginative. Eba Sparben was the Queen's bedmate, the sleeping foot-warming servant, but the Queen's relationship with Aba was completely beyond the master-servant relationship, and there was a carnal pleasure between them. The Minister of Korea tried every means to force her to get married and have children, but she said: "Instead of letting me get married, it is better to let me die." ”
4. Zen ceded the throne and moved to Rome
In 1630, Queen Christina was made heir to the throne by her father, Gustav. In 1632 she ascended the throne as Queen of Sweden. In 1644, at the age of 18, he officially became pro-government. On 5 June 1654, Queen Christina abdicated the throne to her cousin Charles Augusta, while she herself moved to Rome to live a quiet and pure life away from the government. Until 1689, Christina died, completing her glorious life.
6. Conclusion
Christina was the greatest queen in Swedish history. Under her rule, Sweden has made great progress in economy and politics, dropped the hat of "vulgar Swede", and significantly improved its international status. Along with Wu Zetian in China, Catherine in Russia, Margaret in Denmark and Victoria in Britain, she was named the world-famous Queen.
Christina was never married in her lifetime, and the scandals caused many questions: whether she was a daughter or not, a hermaphrodite, and it was not until the 1960s, when scientists opened the coffin to examine Christina's body, and the academic community clarified this nonsense, and the most outstanding queen in Swedish history was a real woman.