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SYMHC Classics: Christina of Sweden

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Having a Daughter Instead of a Son

Christina was born on december eighth 16 26, that's in the julian calendar a. The midwives initially declared her to be a boy but later realized she was actually a girl. There has been speculation about what may have caused this misidentifiication of christina by the midwives. She had an inner sex condition and some kind of chromozoma disorder. Her external genitalia exhibited both male and female traits.

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