Elizabeth I
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Queen Elizabeth’s Swedish Lady-in-Waiting
As I previously wrote, Cecilia Vasa had a following of around a hundred people when she arrived in England for her unsuccessful stay at Queen Elizabeth’s court. One of these was Helena Snakenborg, born in 1549, daughter of the castle… Continue reading
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The Princess and the Queen
When the wedding negotiations began for Cecilia Vasa and her future husband in 1564, she expressed that she would rather forgo marriage and instead become a lady-in-waiting to a monarch whom she had the most profound admiration for: Elizabeth I… Continue reading
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Prinsessan och Drottningen
När bröllopsförhandlingarna började för Cecilia Vasa och hennes blivande make 1564 så gav hon uttryck för att hon hellre skulle vilja avstå äktenskap och istället bli hovdam hos en monark som hade hennes djupaste beundran: Elizabeth I av England. Det… Continue reading
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