Francis William Bain on Kristina making Johan Adler Salvius a senator

Source:

Christina, Queen of Sweden, page 78, by Francis William Bain, 1890; original at the University of Connecticut Library

https://archive.org/details/christinaqueenof00bain/page/78/mode/2up

The account:

The Queen kept her promise to Salvius; she made him a senator, in spite of the keen opposition of the nobility, always jealous of extending their privileges, and with additional reasons to increase their dislike of this novus homo. But Christina overruled all their objections. "When it is a question of good advice and wise counsel", she said in the Senate, "we do not ask sixteen quarterings, but what it is necessary to do. Salvius would no doubt be a capable man, if he was of good family." The new senator was in some apprehension of what his enemies might attempt against him; he wrote to the Queen a long and very diplomatic letter of thanks, recounting his services and explaining his fears. He came shortly after to Sweden, and was graciously received by the Queen, though he did not live long to enjoy his new honours, dying four years later.

Above: Kristina.

Above: Johan Adler Salvius.