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Lot 131
CHRISTINA, QUEEN of SWEDEN Document signed.
Stockholm: 10 October 1645. A two-page manuscript document in Swedish in a secretarial hand written on the recto and verso of one long sheet of watermarked laid-paper, signed by the Queen as "Christina" in black ink above a paper-covered wax seal. 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (31 x 20 cm). Folds with a few punctures at points and short splits to ends, upper extremity lightly toned and with minor chips, the lower extremity with a few faint spots, minor showthrough from wax seal, well preserved overall and with a dark and bold signature.
Here Christina, the enigmatic Queen of Sweden from 1632-1654, generously offers retiring military commander Jacob Muller a large parcel of land in Upsala County along with barrels of grain and an income for life. Christina was the only legitmate heir to her father Gustazus Adolphus who died in battle and she assumed the crown at age 6 but did not rule until 18. Extravagant and fond of books, manuscripts, science and art, she is considered one of the most learned women of the 17th century (she corresponded with Rene Descartes and he died in Sweden in 1650 while tutoring her). She eventually abdicated her throne, converted to Roman Catholicism, and moved to Rome. When she died there in 1689, her coffin was placed the Vatican grotto, one of just three women buried there.
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