Re: "Christina Queen of Sweden" The Restless life of a European Eccentric Archived Message
Posted by Mikael  on January 21, 2012, 5:56 pm, in reply to ""Christina Queen of Sweden" The Restless life of a European Eccentric"
Could it be this "throne followers crown" ?
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: Karen on the Scandanavian Message Boards very
: kindly directed me to this book. I find her
: interesting. And better understand that
: perhaps she was a woman out of her times.
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: I find that many of her portraits as a young
: woman show her wearing a tiara/diadem. The
: earliest portrait is by an unknown artist
: when she was 5 years old. I am sorry if I
: offend but she was quite homely in this
: portrait. The tiara/crown is quite apparent.
: I wonder if it is to indicate her status as
: queen and was there a specific small crown
: she wore for portraits? Is it extant?
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: Aged 8 years old
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: This portrait is from the Indiana Public
: Media Org. and is by
: By BERNARD GORDILLO
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