Source:
Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden, volume 1, pages 96 to 97, by Henry Woodhead, 1863; original at the University of Michigan
The account:
The plague now broke out in Stockholm, and to escape its ravages[,] Christina was removed to a beautiful spot on the banks of Lake Malar, where she remained a whole year. Here she had more opportunity of indulging her passion for the chase. She was often ten hours at a time in the saddle, and as her frame was never very strong, her health was not improved by this excessive exertion. While at Kungsoer she had frequent opportunities of seeing and conversing with members of those classes which did not frequent the Court, and she did not omit to use opportunities which are not often within the reach of princes, and still less of princesses.
Above: Kristina.
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