Here in northern Delaware, we have the "Christina River" and the "Christina School District," both named after Queen Christina of Sweden. We also have a town and a high school named "Christiana," which is/was an error and/or a misspelling. Swedes were among the first European settlers in this particular area of Delaware, in the 1600's.
I'm swedish and remember learning about her in school. I was so amazed and loved how she didn't care about dressing and being "girly". She was, and still is, one of my absolute favorite swedish kings. ❤
Wasn't she a terrible Monarch? Bankrupted Sweden with her lavish projects (Majority of which are now on Rome) Over promoted the Nobility which gave them power in a era of centralization Ruined Sweden's prestige as the leader of the protestant world. Most of the domestic ruling and diplomacy is more of the work axel Oxenstierna than her
I think there have been a lot of queer royalty over the centuries. My favorites were the ancient Chinese ruler Wu Zetian, who styled herself “Emperor”, as well as the Russian empress Catherine II, who was a well-known bisexual and earned the title “The Great”.
Not sure about Wu here. She was called Emperor because she was probably the first (and only woman) to rule China in her own right rather than as regent/behind the curtain. It’s the same reason Maria Theresa was sometimes called King.
I'm surprised how many foreign films during the Hays Code era tried to follow these rules. But then again, US films do the same thing when trying to sell in China, so I shouldn't be as surprised.
Kristina! Thank you for telling her story, I think she would be proud to know that she still fascinates and inspires people to this day. I’ve been researching her for five out of the ten years that I’ve known of her so far and even in the very same languages she knew, I keep it on a blog and it’s all about her. As an autistic person I’ve been able to relate to her a lot and her example of how she lived and loved has even helped me discover and understand myself a little better too. I’ve also learned some about her mother and she really wasn’t insane or as completely “broken” as she’s too often said to be and her relationship with Kristina wasn’t as strained as its reputation claims either.
The 2016 film The Girl King is one of my favorites! I've watched it so many times that I finally downloaded it from Amazon Prime in case they ever decide to remove it. It does take some liberties with the actual history but it's visually stunning, hits all the important points in Kristina's upbringing and reign, has an engaging and entertaining story and script, and the costumes are TO DIE.
@@megdelaney3677 I was surprised that Jessica didn't mention it here since it was obviously post-Hays code and showed virtually everything. Nevertheless, it's a great film to watch if you're interested in Queen/King Kristina.
There was a play called King Kristina/Alexander some years ago here in Sweden. It claimed to be based on actual letters in which Kristina preferred the name Alexander and he/him pronouns. She/he also apparently tried to alter her/his sex characteristics using alchemy. I have no idea if these letters exist or how accurate the depiction is, but reading about it was very validating to me in my own transgender journey. I am also angry that none of Kristina’s queerness was mentioned in school, despite learning quite a lot about her/him.
I had the joy of attending the University of California at Santa Cruz, California during the mid-1980’s where a Women’s Studies curriculum existed. Among the available courses was one called “Lesbian Women” and another called “Introduction to Feminism” taught by Professor Bettina Apteker, a Lesbian Jewish woman who had been active in the Civil Rights movement. She was (is?! It’s been 40+ years) an extraordinary, courageous, gentle and utterly empathetic woman, always genuine, truthful and razor sharp in her lectures. Her course was attended by 50 plus students, both female and male (other gender assignments were not in use at that time) at each meeting. She was hugely respected and frequently adored - including by me! I wish that everyone could experience such a teacher who was always an inspiration! My life has been infinitely blessed by knowing her.
What is interesting about Sweden's present Royal Family is that Sweden was the first constitutional monarchy that is absolute premogeniture, first born becoming the monarch which makes the current heir apparent Crown Princess Victoria.
Indeed just the present day Sweden - the law was changed after Victoria was born (but not her siblings). King Carl Gustav has in the past expressed his dissatisfaction over the fact, he'd prefer prince Carl Philip to be the heir - apparently just because the gender issue.
@@MiljaHahtoCarl Philip had been born when the law changed, and the reason why the king was/is against Victoria being crown princess is not her gender but that it took the title away from her brother.
Also of side interest here is that the current Queen was a commoner before her marriage and the Crown Princess also married a commoner. Their daughter, the future Queen, will only be of 1/4 ‘royal blood’ so to speak. If she marries a commoner as well it’s essentially a new Dynasty; that child would be only 1/8 of noble ancestry. Add that to the fact the current king Carl XVI Gustaf is of the House of Bernadotte, a fairly new Dynasty as royalty goes, which descends from a commoner who rose to a high military rank, was given a title by Napoleon and then adopted by the heirless Swedish King of the time. He was only otherwise ‘related’ to a royal family by an eventual marriage to sister-in-law of Napoleon’s brother. In other words, they certainly mastered any Habsburg inbreeding issues by widening the gene pool substantially. Heja Sverige! Yes probably TLDR, but something I’ve studied so just passing it on. 😉
I am active in the Swedish church and we are pro same-sex-marige now but at Cristinas time we was just as bad as the Catholic Church and they had more litteratur and science in Rom that in Stockholm. So that was way she left. I rally like this, you have really done your homework calling her a king and everything. /Swedish cristian cis-bi-woman
I vaguely remember it being speculated, back in school, that she may have had scoliosis. And that's the cause of her asymmetry, not being dropped a lot, as a child. Not sure if any of this have been confirmed in medical records or exhumation.
Theres also a strong case for Kristina being a trans man because of her letters expressing gender dysphoria and wishes for what we d call gender affirming treatment today.
I grew up in Sweden, and I am disappointed we learned nothing of this in history class. I can't speak for everyone, but in my experience we had quite exstensive courses on Swedish history and I remember learning about Kristina several times. The gender nonconformity, affectionate letters and rumors of sapphic behavior were never mentioned. As a young "not like other girls", I think it would've helped me greatly to hear about Kristinas possibly queer behaviours. Normalizing it in a historical context could have helped me realize my own queerness sooner. I really wish we would have had the discussion about how we can never know the identities of historical figures as well. It translates so well into teaching people not to assume living people's identities. Jessica, thank you for what you do! I wish you and your family all the best ❤
Regarding Queen Victoria spending a lot of quality time with her husband, supposedly after the birth of their 9th child, the doctor suggested that this probably should be their last child, Victoria responded " What, am I not to have fun in the bedroom anymore?"
Thanks for keeping our brains well-oiled on queer history! Would love to see mention of Willa Cather one day (one of my favorite authors, possibly a lesbian or possibly trans?).
Some other lesbian/wlw singers: Zolita, Orla Gartland, Ashnikko, King Princess, Devon Again, Chrissy Chlapecka, Baby Queen, Frankie Cosmos and Dodie Clark! Also I'm latine and speak spanish, and one slang word we use here for lesbian is "torta", which means cake! It was originally used in a derogatory way but lesbians here reclaimed it, and it was intially "tortilla" but it got shortened to "torta".
As a Swede i am disappointed no one cared to mention this in school. Not that I remember anyone royal being talked about except Gustav Vasa so it might be on me
We Finns share the history with you until 1809 and we also read it in school. There indeed wasn't much upon Christina - I think she wasn't even mentioned. It concentrated much more on the wars and such.
@@MiljaHahto Yeah but nice would it be for all the small not heterosexual children out there to read about people that might be like them. It's a wasted opportunity to make us more accepting from childhood. It's not a modern thing. We've been around since forever.
@@thenablade858 I mean it might be completely on me for never paying attention that I can't remember them talking about any royals but I would absolutely remember if anyone was mentioned that didn't fit a heterosexual norm. It might also be that my school wasn't amazing lol
@bluewonk8910 Probably has something to do with the fact that she was labelled as a "Traitor" by the Swedish State up until the House of Vasa was eventually replaced by the Bernadottes. She bankrupted Sweden, Over promoted to many people into the aristocracy which eventually lead to said aristocrats to gain power and divide Sweden against all her enemies and converted to Catholicism which during the time was both traitorous as Sweden was the Protector of the Protestant Faith and undid what her father did while most of her diplomacy is more the work of her prime minister.
I love this video, I read a book about the girl King as a child and tried to reference her and look her up over and over again and could never find her because she isn't listed as a king despite being crowned as such and it was soooooo annoying to me! She was king dang it, I should be able to find her that way, it should make it super easy!
I forget why I ended up watching Queen Christina, but it was a great movie (not sure historical accuracy admittedly). Greta Garbo had an amazing amount of swagger and it's awesome to see
What a babe. God I am so thankful that I wasnt born back then, what a fricken nightmare. What are the chances she was intersex? It seems pretty natural to me, and is about 1 in 250 people, so you would think doctors would have known about it even back then.. but maybe not court doctors? Im glad she had love in her life, in one way and another ❤
I see you Jessica. I see you choosing to discuss the historical persecution of Jews right now. It's made me feel just the tiniest bit less alone against the world. Paused the video to send you ❤ and shall now continue enjoying your delightful historical romp
Gosh I love this series, queer history is fantastic! When you really open your mind to all interpretations of history, it's wild what you can walk away with! I think Christina also cited Elizabeth Tudor as an inspiration but that's funny in retrospect considering her conversion to Catholicism.
@lauramathews3151 She bankrupted Sweden and ruined the social harmony by over promoting to many people into the nobility, She didn't retire she was kicked out
Am already very familiar with Christina but who better to tell her story than a gorgeous woman of Scandinavian descent, who shares her affinity for women? Although the dynamic between her mother and her father's corpse creeps me out and draws up images of Anjelica Huston in A Rose for Emily 1983, the William Faulkner film adaption...
Fantastic video, as always. Kristina is fascinating, I definitely need to watch the Garbo movie. Your video on Marlene Dietrich was brilliant - a video on Greta Garbo would be awesome too ❤
On a side note: The "German" subtitles are horrid. They jump from the formal "you" (Sie) to the informal you ("du") all the time, translate a lot of things completely wrong and just annoy the heck out of anybody. IDK if it was done by some kind of "auto translation", but it feels very much so. Better add a big fat warning sign about this (ie. "BEWARE: machine-translated German subtitles"), because wrong and bad translation is worse than having to eg. reduce play speed of the video to better understand whats going on.
I've been really enjoying these historical profiles recently, but to be honest this one doesn't feel quite as professional. For one thing, the subtitles are all over the place, often not lining up with what's being said, and even including whole sentences that aren't spoken at all, as well as vice versa. I found that quite confusing and difficult to follow. Plus the timeline seemed all over the place, and kept jumping around for no apparent reason without seeming very clear about when we were talking about. But the subtitles were the biggest problem, very odd. It felt like I was reading and hearing two different versions of the script.
I loved the sorta recent movie The Girl King. It was a fair portrayal of Kristina bc it showed all the expectations put upon her. It stiffled her. And her mother was a monster. Didn't you feel that the Catholic Church was portrayed as a bit more progressive than Swedish Protestants recent science, etc?
Catholicism is generally more lenient as long as your not stepping into major heresy or contradicting the SOF, Scholastic traditions and theology is a major part of Roman Catholicism which the protestant churches tried to undermine however Calvanism haven't really aged well unlike the other mainline Protestant Denominations even her reformed branches still have very literalist beliefs on the bible and the big predestination elephant in the room.
everytime i see jessica and her wife kissing on screen it makes me so happy bc it reminds me that a world with at least some acceptance exists and the my wife(cis, unlabeled, respects my grey-ace identity) and i(genderfluid, bi with a preference for women, demiaro, grey-ace) live in a place where we can just be who we are and not have to hide *please note that i got consent from my wife to post this and she proof read it*
I remember when gay marraige was legalized in America. Not well, because I was a child, barely more than 8, and I didn't even know that gay was a word, I just remember sitting in a car outside Costco, my abuser saw the news, pressumably on her phone, and scoffed about it. Then a few years later I swore I'd never write a gay character in my books. And now I'm writing a 100% straight novel about a very straight prince making a pirate "friend" who mentions having ex boyfriends for some reason! But surely in the pirate culture, that term means... something... oops, they're married. (Proposed in the spur of the moment and married right away because the king would definitely not be ok with it. One... hundred percent straight though... right? Nobody tell my abuser.
I don’t know who does your captions, but it’s very frustrating to me how much of your speech they leave out. They’re an accessibility feature and should, y’know, be making *the whole video* accessible.
It's so sad to me that they never even hinted at anything of this in history class here in Sweden - they even called her "queen"! No mention of anything remotely queer in the account we got... :/ thank you for making and sharing this
Probably because she is seen as a Traitor in Sweden until the modern era. 1) She bankrupted Sweden 2) She broke the social fabric of Sweden by over promoting people into the nobility which made then very powerful 3) Her Conversion to Catholicism was a insult to Sweden and her father who saw themselves as the protector of the protestant faith.
I love all your videos, but please don't put flashing onscreen. That's an accessibility issue, and can be a serious health issue. (In this video, I'm talking about the two instances of big decorative sparkles, and the explosion image. None of that is necessary to the storytelling.)
Ok - so parents being weird doesn’t MAKE you gay - but as a survivor of an NPD parent - it can make you REAL WEIRD which of course helps one be a little gay or gender queer Trust me - I know lol 😝
Kristina’s mom wasn’t insane but from what I know about her I do think she probably was bipolar with BPD. And also I think Kristina herself was autistic.
@@elsakristina2689 interesting! I just want to point out that neither myself or Jessica used the word “insane”. I also didn’t call my own mother that - I just used “weird” as that described someone acting contrary to how a mother would treat children.
@@nicolebohley897 Yeah, it’s just that if you look up Maria Eleonora’s name there’ll be a whole bunch of lists with titles like “Top Ten Monarchs who were Insane or Mad” and stuff like that.
I'm American and even I've heard about Queen Christina. Learned about her in school as one of the few European Queen regnants; have seen the movie with Greta Garbo multiple times; and have read one of her biographies. Fascinating historical figure, and Jessica did her justice! 😁👍🌈❤
@zZizify She is seen as a Traitor up until the modern era. She bankrupted Sweden Destroyed the social fabric of Swedish society by over promoting people into the nobility which made said nobility powerful in the era of centralization. Converted to Catholicism which was a insult to what her father fought for and ruined the prestige of Sweden as the leader of the protestant world. Many of the achievements attributed to her is more due to her prime minister which is more fondly remember than her (again, up until the modern age)
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"Women kissing women! I'm very familar..."
Damn Jessica don't go flexing on us like that, it's lonely in the great wide lesbian world.
I mean how can she not flex when she gets the chance to??
@@jennifers5560 honestly fair, I can't even be mad.
@@jennymckenzie5304 lol!
Christina apparently founded my university. I honestly couldn’t be happier to learn this.
Here in northern Delaware, we have the "Christina River" and the "Christina School District," both named after Queen Christina of Sweden. We also have a town and a high school named "Christiana," which is/was an error and/or a misspelling. Swedes were among the first European settlers in this particular area of Delaware, in the 1600's.
I love all Jessica's work, but historical profiles may just be my favourite thing on this channel.
I'm swedish and remember learning about her in school. I was so amazed and loved how she didn't care about dressing and being "girly". She was, and still is, one of my absolute favorite swedish kings. ❤
Wasn't she a terrible Monarch?
Bankrupted Sweden with her lavish projects (Majority of which are now on Rome)
Over promoted the Nobility which gave them power in a era of centralization
Ruined Sweden's prestige as the leader of the protestant world.
Most of the domestic ruling and diplomacy is more of the work axel Oxenstierna than her
I think there have been a lot of queer royalty over the centuries. My favorites were the ancient Chinese ruler Wu Zetian, who styled herself “Emperor”, as well as the Russian empress Catherine II, who was a well-known bisexual and earned the title “The Great”.
I feel that Queen Elizabeth I was asexual. Yes, I agree there is a lot of LGBTQ royalty like Queen Christina and others.
Also female egyptian Kings
Not sure about Wu here. She was called Emperor because she was probably the first (and only woman) to rule China in her own right rather than as regent/behind the curtain. It’s the same reason Maria Theresa was sometimes called King.
I'm surprised how many foreign films during the Hays Code era tried to follow these rules. But then again, US films do the same thing when trying to sell in China, so I shouldn't be as surprised.
I loved the ending! Yes, let people be who they want to be on the outside and on the inside. No judgement!
Kristina! Thank you for telling her story, I think she would be proud to know that she still fascinates and inspires people to this day. I’ve been researching her for five out of the ten years that I’ve known of her so far and even in the very same languages she knew, I keep it on a blog and it’s all about her. As an autistic person I’ve been able to relate to her a lot and her example of how she lived and loved has even helped me discover and understand myself a little better too. I’ve also learned some about her mother and she really wasn’t insane or as completely “broken” as she’s too often said to be and her relationship with Kristina wasn’t as strained as its reputation claims either.
The 2016 film The Girl King is one of my favorites! I've watched it so many times that I finally downloaded it from Amazon Prime in case they ever decide to remove it. It does take some liberties with the actual history but it's visually stunning, hits all the important points in Kristina's upbringing and reign, has an engaging and entertaining story and script, and the costumes are TO DIE.
Love that film too!
@@megdelaney3677 I was surprised that Jessica didn't mention it here since it was obviously post-Hays code and showed virtually everything. Nevertheless, it's a great film to watch if you're interested in Queen/King Kristina.
I really love that movie. I haven’t seen it in a while but I hope to watch it again when I can.
The Girl King is one great but sadly underrated movie.
There was a play called King Kristina/Alexander some years ago here in Sweden. It claimed to be based on actual letters in which Kristina preferred the name Alexander and he/him pronouns. She/he also apparently tried to alter her/his sex characteristics using alchemy. I have no idea if these letters exist or how accurate the depiction is, but reading about it was very validating to me in my own transgender journey. I am also angry that none of Kristina’s queerness was mentioned in school, despite learning quite a lot about her/him.
I LOVE CHRISTINA and her story
I love watching these videos. Wish there had been an LGBTQ+ History class in college. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚🏫
I had the joy of attending the University of California at Santa Cruz, California during the mid-1980’s where a Women’s Studies curriculum existed. Among the available courses was one called “Lesbian Women” and another called “Introduction to Feminism” taught by Professor Bettina Apteker, a Lesbian Jewish woman who had been active in the Civil Rights movement. She was (is?! It’s been 40+ years) an extraordinary, courageous, gentle and utterly empathetic woman, always genuine, truthful and razor sharp in her lectures. Her course was attended by 50 plus students, both female and male (other gender assignments were not in use at that time) at each meeting. She was hugely respected and frequently adored - including by me! I wish that everyone could experience such a teacher who was always an inspiration! My life has been infinitely blessed by knowing her.
Her Roman court played a role in the infamous “Aqua Tofana” scandal. That whole story is one wild ride.
It’s a good day when there’s a new historical profile from Jessica! This was excellent!
a video on king cristina?? my favourite historical figure?? i haven't even watched it yet but i am PUMPED... so excited!!
Your historical profiles are always so amazing and insightful.
What is interesting about Sweden's present Royal Family is that Sweden was the first constitutional monarchy that is absolute premogeniture, first born becoming the monarch which makes the current heir apparent Crown Princess Victoria.
Indeed just the present day Sweden - the law was changed after Victoria was born (but not her siblings). King Carl Gustav has in the past expressed his dissatisfaction over the fact, he'd prefer prince Carl Philip to be the heir - apparently just because the gender issue.
@@MiljaHahtoCarl Philip had been born when the law changed, and the reason why the king was/is against Victoria being crown princess is not her gender but that it took the title away from her brother.
Also of side interest here is that the current Queen was a commoner before her marriage and the Crown Princess also married a commoner. Their daughter, the future Queen, will only be of 1/4 ‘royal blood’ so to speak. If she marries a commoner as well it’s essentially a new Dynasty; that child would be only 1/8 of noble ancestry. Add that to the fact the current king Carl XVI Gustaf is of the House of Bernadotte, a fairly new Dynasty as royalty goes, which descends from a commoner who rose to a high military rank, was given a title by Napoleon and then adopted by the heirless Swedish King of the time. He was only otherwise ‘related’ to a royal family by an eventual marriage to sister-in-law of Napoleon’s brother.
In other words, they certainly mastered any Habsburg inbreeding issues by widening the gene pool substantially. Heja Sverige!
Yes probably TLDR, but something I’ve studied so just passing it on. 😉
i’m very ill and very anxious about it right now and i’m watching this video to help feel calm. you are such a lovely calming presence
I am active in the Swedish church and we are pro same-sex-marige now but at Cristinas time we was just as bad as the Catholic Church and they had more litteratur and science in Rom that in Stockholm. So that was way she left. I rally like this, you have really done your homework calling her a king and everything.
/Swedish cristian cis-bi-woman
I vaguely remember it being speculated, back in school, that she may have had scoliosis. And that's the cause of her asymmetry, not being dropped a lot, as a child. Not sure if any of this have been confirmed in medical records or exhumation.
Theres also a strong case for Kristina being a trans man because of her letters expressing gender dysphoria and wishes for what we d call gender affirming treatment today.
The historical profiles are my fave, but 'floppy parts...?' killed me!
I used to brag abt being named after her bc she was royalty, but now I brag about being named after her for more relevant reasons, lol
Thank yo ufor using the title King for Kristina.
I had an illustrated book about Kristina as a kid, happy to be reminded about her🥰
King Christina is like… my historical crush and a huge icon to me
I grew up in Sweden, and I am disappointed we learned nothing of this in history class. I can't speak for everyone, but in my experience we had quite exstensive courses on Swedish history and I remember learning about Kristina several times. The gender nonconformity, affectionate letters and rumors of sapphic behavior were never mentioned.
As a young "not like other girls", I think it would've helped me greatly to hear about Kristinas possibly queer behaviours. Normalizing it in a historical context could have helped me realize my own queerness sooner. I really wish we would have had the discussion about how we can never know the identities of historical figures as well. It translates so well into teaching people not to assume living people's identities.
Jessica, thank you for what you do! I wish you and your family all the best ❤
I love Jessica’s LGBTQ+ History videos! They are always interesting and I enjoy learning about them. 😊
My absolute FAVOURITE historical figures ever!
It always makes my day when you upload another video shining light on queer history. Thank you so much!
I looooove Queen Christina! Greta Garbo is iconic.
Regarding Queen Victoria spending a lot of quality time with her husband, supposedly after the birth of their 9th child, the doctor suggested that this probably should be their last child, Victoria responded " What, am I not to have fun in the bedroom anymore?"
There is a Finnish film called "Tyttökuningas" aka "Girl King". You may like it.
This channel is damn good, why aren't we at 1 M alreadyyy
Thanks for keeping our brains well-oiled on queer history! Would love to see mention of Willa Cather one day (one of my favorite authors, possibly a lesbian or possibly trans?).
Both Greta Garbo in Kristina and Marlene Dietrich in Morocko
They are amazing! 🥰
we learned about queen kristina in school and i wish we had been taught about her being queer
As a queer person that has a special intrest in monarchal history im throughly enjoying this series xD
Some other lesbian/wlw singers: Zolita, Orla Gartland, Ashnikko, King Princess, Devon Again, Chrissy Chlapecka, Baby Queen, Frankie Cosmos and Dodie Clark!
Also I'm latine and speak spanish, and one slang word we use here for lesbian is "torta", which means cake! It was originally used in a derogatory way but lesbians here reclaimed it, and it was intially "tortilla" but it got shortened to "torta".
I appreciate all the research you put into your videos. Thank you!💖💖
As a Swede i am disappointed no one cared to mention this in school.
Not that I remember anyone royal being talked about except Gustav Vasa so it might be on me
We Finns share the history with you until 1809 and we also read it in school. There indeed wasn't much upon Christina - I think she wasn't even mentioned.
It concentrated much more on the wars and such.
@@MiljaHahto Yeah but nice would it be for all the small not heterosexual children out there to read about people that might be like them. It's a wasted opportunity to make us more accepting from childhood. It's not a modern thing. We've been around since forever.
Really? No Gustavus Adolphus? That was her father and he was basically the only person who wasn’t insufferable in the Thirty Years War.
@@thenablade858 I mean it might be completely on me for never paying attention that I can't remember them talking about any royals but I would absolutely remember if anyone was mentioned that didn't fit a heterosexual norm.
It might also be that my school wasn't amazing lol
@bluewonk8910
Probably has something to do with the fact that she was labelled as a "Traitor" by the Swedish State up until the House of Vasa was eventually replaced by the Bernadottes.
She bankrupted Sweden, Over promoted to many people into the aristocracy which eventually lead to said aristocrats to gain power and divide Sweden against all her enemies and converted to Catholicism which during the time was both traitorous as Sweden was the Protector of the Protestant Faith and undid what her father did while most of her diplomacy is more the work of her prime minister.
Thanks so much!
Thanks to you Steph!
I’ve got to say, I absolutely love your humour. I have a very limited sense of humour & I love your videos!
I really enjoy your explanations and how you show how complex things are ! 🎉
I love your historical videos! Thank you!
I love this video, I read a book about the girl King as a child and tried to reference her and look her up over and over again and could never find her because she isn't listed as a king despite being crowned as such and it was soooooo annoying to me! She was king dang it, I should be able to find her that way, it should make it super easy!
Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich are two of my all times faves.
I forget why I ended up watching Queen Christina, but it was a great movie (not sure historical accuracy admittedly). Greta Garbo had an amazing amount of swagger and it's awesome to see
So glad that you're back with the series❤
Great video, such a fantastic historical character
What a babe. God I am so thankful that I wasnt born back then, what a fricken nightmare. What are the chances she was intersex? It seems pretty natural to me, and is about 1 in 250 people, so you would think doctors would have known about it even back then.. but maybe not court doctors? Im glad she had love in her life, in one way and another ❤
Most people never showed themselves to a doctor naked, I think, and midwives usually took care of the births.
As a Swedish person I was never taught about Christina which makes me very sad.
Love the historical videos, but I'm wondering what happened after she didn't (?) get the throne of Naples....
I love your style Jessica, here in America is hard to find someone like you. Your friend in Key West, Ingrid Holm.
I see you Jessica. I see you choosing to discuss the historical persecution of Jews right now. It's made me feel just the tiniest bit less alone against the world. Paused the video to send you ❤ and shall now continue enjoying your delightful historical romp
I would love to have seen what Hollywood would have created without the code.
I’m a member of Order of the Amaranth, which legend has it, was founded by her.
Lets get her to 1 million subs!
Gosh I love this series, queer history is fantastic! When you really open your mind to all interpretations of history, it's wild what you can walk away with! I think Christina also cited Elizabeth Tudor as an inspiration but that's funny in retrospect considering her conversion to Catholicism.
Maybe she just wanted the option to retire to a nunnery when she was fed up with the bs....?
@lauramathews3151
She bankrupted Sweden and ruined the social harmony by over promoting to many people into the nobility, She didn't retire she was kicked out
Am already very familiar with Christina but who better to tell her story than a gorgeous woman of Scandinavian descent, who shares her affinity for women? Although the dynamic between her mother and her father's corpse creeps me out and draws up images of Anjelica Huston in A Rose for Emily 1983, the William Faulkner film adaption...
Fantastic video, as always. Kristina is fascinating, I definitely need to watch the Garbo movie. Your video on Marlene Dietrich was brilliant - a video on Greta Garbo would be awesome too ❤
These history lessons are so wonderful! Thank you Jessica!
On a side note: The "German" subtitles are horrid. They jump from the formal "you" (Sie) to the informal you ("du") all the time, translate a lot of things completely wrong and just annoy the heck out of anybody. IDK if it was done by some kind of "auto translation", but it feels very much so. Better add a big fat warning sign about this (ie. "BEWARE: machine-translated German subtitles"), because wrong and bad translation is worse than having to eg. reduce play speed of the video to better understand whats going on.
she might have been a fellow pcos haver 👏
Who does your closed captions? I find it kind of off-putting when the captions have little extra bits that arent actually in the video.
You're so close to 1mil
She's there now!
@@ineffable_ezra awesome 😊
❤❤❤❤❤from Hungary! 🇭🇺😉🙂
100% Elegabus was MtF.
I've been really enjoying these historical profiles recently, but to be honest this one doesn't feel quite as professional. For one thing, the subtitles are all over the place, often not lining up with what's being said, and even including whole sentences that aren't spoken at all, as well as vice versa. I found that quite confusing and difficult to follow. Plus the timeline seemed all over the place, and kept jumping around for no apparent reason without seeming very clear about when we were talking about. But the subtitles were the biggest problem, very odd. It felt like I was reading and hearing two different versions of the script.
I loved the sorta recent movie The Girl King. It was a fair portrayal of Kristina bc it showed all the expectations put upon her. It stiffled her. And her mother was a monster. Didn't you feel that the Catholic Church was portrayed as a bit more progressive than Swedish Protestants recent science, etc?
Catholicism is generally more lenient as long as your not stepping into major heresy or contradicting the SOF, Scholastic traditions and theology is a major part of Roman Catholicism which the protestant churches tried to undermine however Calvanism haven't really aged well unlike the other mainline Protestant Denominations even her reformed branches still have very literalist beliefs on the bible and the big predestination elephant in the room.
i would love to see you do a film analysis or a queer history video on the film madchen in uniform that came out in germany before world war 2!!!
nem vi ainda, mas já sei que tá bom :)
Greta Garbo just saying!
So true!
I remember watching a documentary of queens, and I thought she was the most badass ever.
3:47 you'd be great as a DM for D&D me thinks
Queeen Christinaaaa 🙌🙌
Oh, how I love your queer history videos. And I hope things are feeling better for you and your family, lovely Jessica. 🎀💖🎀
Cristina would make for a great Halloween costume - epic ruffs
Haha genetic pool being a puddle😂😂😂
everytime i see jessica and her wife kissing on screen it makes me so happy bc it reminds me that a world with at least some acceptance exists and the my wife(cis, unlabeled, respects my grey-ace identity) and i(genderfluid, bi with a preference for women, demiaro, grey-ace) live in a place where we can just be who we are and not have to hide
*please note that i got consent from my wife to post this and she proof read it*
There have been at least three films about her life that I know of.
If you want more LGBTQIA+ Swedish figures. May i suggest you look into Gustav the 3rd, Swedens gayest king. 😊
I remember when gay marraige was legalized in America. Not well, because I was a child, barely more than 8, and I didn't even know that gay was a word, I just remember sitting in a car outside Costco, my abuser saw the news, pressumably on her phone, and scoffed about it. Then a few years later I swore I'd never write a gay character in my books. And now I'm writing a 100% straight novel about a very straight prince making a pirate "friend" who mentions having ex boyfriends for some reason! But surely in the pirate culture, that term means... something... oops, they're married. (Proposed in the spur of the moment and married right away because the king would definitely not be ok with it. One... hundred percent straight though... right? Nobody tell my abuser.
4:04 no, that's denmark.
The captions disappear during the ad read? And there's a bit of a sentence missing at 7:14 and again at 9:50?
I don’t know who does your captions, but it’s very frustrating to me how much of your speech they leave out. They’re an accessibility feature and should, y’know, be making *the whole video* accessible.
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It's so sad to me that they never even hinted at anything of this in history class here in Sweden - they even called her "queen"! No mention of anything remotely queer in the account we got... :/ thank you for making and sharing this
Probably because she is seen as a Traitor in Sweden until the modern era.
1) She bankrupted Sweden
2) She broke the social fabric of Sweden by over promoting people into the nobility which made then very powerful
3) Her Conversion to Catholicism was a insult to Sweden and her father who saw themselves as the protector of the protestant faith.
I never heard of this king/queen. interesting.
I love all your videos, but please don't put flashing onscreen. That's an accessibility issue, and can be a serious health issue.
(In this video, I'm talking about the two instances of big decorative sparkles, and the explosion image. None of that is necessary to the storytelling.)
I mean technically Christina was assigned male at birth so...
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Ok - so parents being weird doesn’t MAKE you gay - but as a survivor of an NPD parent - it can make you REAL WEIRD which of course helps one be a little gay or gender queer
Trust me - I know lol 😝
I hear my mother in your description and f Queen Victoria!
Kristina’s mom wasn’t insane but from what I know about her I do think she probably was bipolar with BPD. And also I think Kristina herself was autistic.
@@elsakristina2689 interesting!
I just want to point out that neither myself or Jessica used the word “insane”. I also didn’t call my own mother that - I just used “weird” as that described someone acting contrary to how a mother would treat children.
@@nicolebohley897 Yeah, it’s just that if you look up Maria Eleonora’s name there’ll be a whole bunch of lists with titles like “Top Ten Monarchs who were Insane or Mad” and stuff like that.
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I'm Swedish and I've never heard of this...
I'm American and even I've heard about Queen Christina. Learned about her in school as one of the few European Queen regnants; have seen the movie with Greta Garbo multiple times; and have read one of her biographies. Fascinating historical figure, and Jessica did her justice! 😁👍🌈❤
She’s not as well known as Charles XII or Gustav III. She had a diminished reputation due to her sudden abdication and conversion to Catholicism.
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She is seen as a Traitor up until the modern era.
She bankrupted Sweden
Destroyed the social fabric of Swedish society by over promoting people into the nobility which made said nobility powerful in the era of centralization.
Converted to Catholicism which was a insult to what her father fought for and ruined the prestige of Sweden as the leader of the protestant world.
Many of the achievements attributed to her is more due to her prime minister which is more fondly remember than her (again, up until the modern age)