Christina of Holstein-Gottorp

Christina of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King Charles IX. She served as regent in 1605, during the absence of her spouse, and in 1611, during the minority of her son, King Gustav II Adolph.

13 April 1573

Born on the same birth day (13 April): April 13 • Bill Conti • Danie Mellor • Davis Love III • Eudora Welty • Félicien David • J. B. Lightfoot • Liam Cosgrave • Margus Tsahkna • Maurice Buckley • Nellie McKay • Robert Orville Anderson • Robert Watson-Watt • Ron Perlman • Rudi Völler • Samuel Beckett • Sorcha Boru

Born in the same month (April 1573): Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême • Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg • Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria