Source:
Some Historic Women; or, Biographical Studies of Women Who Have Made History, page 286, by William Henry Davenport Adams, 1890-1899; original at the University of Toronto - Robarts Library
Above: Kristina.
The biography:
The person of this bright and spirituelle young creature was very attractive. Her eyes were of a dark lustrous blue, large, and well-opened, with straight black eyebrows, strongly marked; the nose was aquiline; the mouth well-shaped, with firm full lips; the face, a rather long oval, ending in a finely formed chin; and the head covered with a profusion of beautiful dark hair. Ordinarily her voice was sweet and low — an excellent thing in [a] woman; but when she was angered, it deepened into a tone like that of a man's. Her hands were small but strong. Nothing in her appearance indicated the resolute temper and firm will with which she was endowed; but her bearing could be full of dignity, when she pleased, and she moved like one accustomed to command.
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