| | SWEDEN.SE - Queen Christina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | In 1656-1657 she traveled to France, where her involvement in Cardinal Mazarin's plan for the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples led to her execution of Gian Rinaldo Monaldesco. |
 | | Monaldesco was a member of Christina's royal household, but he was also a Neapolitan patriot who opposed French ambitions to conquer the small kingdom. |
 | | By acting as an informer he was able to thwart Mazarin's and Christina's plans, and the former queen therefore had him executed at Fontainebleau castle in November of 1657. |
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