While the earlier film invented a romance between the Swedish Queen and a Spanish envoy, The Girl King
tells the true story of her lesbian affair with one of her ladies in waiting
, Gadon's Countess Ebba.
Did Queen Christina of Sweden marry?
When Christina left Sweden, she continued to write passionate letters to Sparre, in which she told her that she would always love her. … On 26 February 1649,
Christina announced that she had decided not to marry
and instead wanted her first cousin Charles to be heir to the throne.
Who is The Girl King based off of?
The Girl King is a 2015 biographical drama about
Christina, Queen of Sweden
.
Did Queen Christina of Sweden abdicate?
Lutheranism was Sweden's official state religion, and Christina's secret conversion to Roman Catholicism may be one of the reasons that
she abdicated the Swedish throne in 1654
. She then moved to Rome.
Is The Girl King historically accurate?
While the movie is accurate in showing Kristina's unique upbringing, the nature of her relationship with Ebba Sparre as depicted in the film
cannot be verified in the historical record
.
Why is The Girl King Rated R?
Lots of real-world and fantasy violence with brief but vivid descriptions of blood, pain
, and some gore.
Does the girl King have a happy ending?
Malin Buska stars as Kristina, Queen of Sweden, in The Girl King . I found it an uplifting story about love and power and being true to yourself.
It didn't have a romantically happy ending
, but no lesbians died in the telling of the story.
Has Sweden got a royal family?
Beyond constitutional and ceremonial duties, Sweden's royal family are devoted to various good causes. The main members of the royal family are
King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia
and their children with families.
What is a Queen Christina?
Also found in: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
A body piercing located at the clitoral hood
.
Where was The Girl King filmed?
The Location: The Port of Sweden in Finland
Because Kristina most likely resided here herself, the director decided to shoot most of the film on location at
Turku Castle
.
Is there a sequel to The Girl King?
Mimi Yu is the author of the YA fantasy novel THE GIRL KING (2019) and the forthcoming sequel
EMPRESS OF FLAMES
(2021).
Has Sweden ever had a queen?
Sweden has been ruled by queens regnant on three occasions: by
Margaret (1389–1412)
, Christina (1632–1654) and Ulrika Eleonora (1718–1720) respectively, and earlier, briefly, by a female regent Duchess Ingeborg (1318–1319).
Who is the Swedish king?
Carl XVI Gustaf
has been King of Sweden since 1973. He is the 74th King of Sweden.
Was Queen Christina intersex?
Others were more open to her unconventional sexual identity, and just as in life she became a fixture of the counterculture. Though a 1965 exhumation of Christina's bones
found no positive evidence that she was intersex
, it's undeniable that she wasn't a normal woman of the period.
