It is still unknown if this woman actually was a woman. She abdicated her throne, supposedly for her religion, but it is also known that she was "wasteful," creating hundreds of new titles in her country. She left her country and changed her name, was involved in a crime in France, and is buried in a very honored location. Who is she?

Brainyblonde

Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. Christina was born in Stockholm and her birth occurred during a rare astrological conjunction that fueled great speculation on what influence the child, fervently hoped to be a boy, would have later on the world stage. Reportedly she was so hairy and large that the midwives in fact prematurely called out that a boy had been born. Her gender identity was never clear cut. After having converted to Catholicism and abdicated her throne, she spent her latter years in France and Rome, where she was buried in St. Peter's Basilica. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Sweden Sep 11 06, 1:07 PM

smartie806

Yes. She seems to have been a somewhat mysterious yet flamboyant figure. Sep 11 06, 2:34 PM

smartie806

Any ideas about the crime? Sep 11 06, 4:16 PM

Brainyblonde

The marchese Gian Rinaldo Monaldeschi was reputed to be the lover of Christina of Sweden in her Roman retirement. When she discovered that Monaldeschi had btrayed her plans to take the Kingdom of Naples to the Pope, she had him assassinated 10 February 1657, in her presence at Fontainebleau, where the queen was staying in her passage through France. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaldeschi Sep 11 06, 5:33 PM

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This woman went blind due to an illness in her infancy. She married a fellow blind teacher, but kept her maiden name. She began her best known career in 1863, and became one of the best known in her field, even today, often using pseudonyms to get most of her work published. Who was she? This woman is known, by her looks, for her red hair, inherited by her father. She lived around the sixteenth century. In this time she was noted as one of the best monarchs England had ever seen. Also in this time, she had a horrible sickness that caused her to wear pounds of make-up to cover unsightly facial scars. Name this woman, the sickness that she had, and a playwright that she may have met during her lifetime that wrote such literature as "Twelfth Night" and "Cymbeline". This woman was born into lower classes (her mother was a stage performer) and attended the school where her father taught. She eventually took a job as a governess and married the brother of her charges. She was constantly raising her social status, often creating minor scandals. Later in her life, she became reacquainted with a former suitor whose death she may or may not have been involved in. Who is she? According to the Bible, when this Gileadite woman married, she retained her own name rather than take her husband's. In fact, he, (a priest no less) took her name instead. Who was this woman, and why is her title unusual?

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