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Christina of Sweden: Dancing the Goddess Cupid Could Not Conquer
Christina was twenty-two when she danced the part of a goddess Cupid could not conquer. Sweden wanted her to marry. In the ballet, the god of love ended up a prisoner.
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Christine Charlotte of Württemberg: Regent of East Frisia
At nineteen she was widowed, and pregnant with a child whose birth could settle the succession. A son would inherit his father's place. His mother would govern in his name, and spend the next quarter of a century fighting over what that government ought to mean.