Christina Gyllenstierna

wife of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger

1494 CE to 1559 CE

Christina (Kristina or Kerstin) Nilsdotter of Fogelvik, Heiress of Tullgarn (1494/5 – January 1559), is the wife of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger, and after his death, leader of resistance to Christian II of Denmark.

In her lifetime she is called Lady Kristina (Swedish: Fru Kristina), but later is referred to as "Kristina Gyllenstierna" because of the house of nobility to which she belonged.

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