Thursday, September 4, 2025

Biography of Kristina in "The Town and Country Magazine", year 1774, part 2

Source:

The Town and Country Magazine, Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment, volume 6, page 638 (December, 1774), published by Archibald Hamilton, 1774; original at Harvard University


The biography:

When this princess came of age, she governed with much wisdom, and established peace and good order in her kingdom; but, as she did not marry, the states sent her many warm solicitations on that subject. One day she freed herself from them, by saying, "I would rather direct you to a good prince, and a successor capable of holding with glory the reins of government. Do not force me then to marry; for I might as likely be mother of a Nero, as an Augustus."


Above: Kristina.

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