
The Much-Maligned Reign of Swedish Queen Maria Eleonora
Ridiculous History
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The Birth of a Boy
Gustavus was married to maria eleanora, heiress of the Swedish throne. She got pregnant very quickly and gave birth to a daughter eight months later. A couple of years later she had another daughter who died an 11 months after being born. And then in 16 25, maria gave birth for the third time,. And this was tara, a boy. Everyone's thrilled, except now the baby was also still born. But unlike henry, henry the eighth, gustavus is kind of cool about it. He even has this line where he says, well, you know, i think she's going to be quite clever.
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