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Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Nyköping, 27 May 1616 – Durlach, 14 Aug 1662

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A life in time

  1. 27 May 1616

    Born in Nyköping

  2. 1645–1651

    4 children are born

  3. 14 Aug 1662

    Dies in Durlach, aged 46

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 4

During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Nyköping.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1610s · Christina is born in Nyköping

In the news1613

First Swedish population census conducted

To pay a huge ransom to Denmark to recover the Älvsborg fortress, Sweden conducted one of its first population censuses in 1613.

Getting around

Forced walking speed for mail

Mail carriers were expected to walk at a brisk pace of 10 km every two hours, and failing to maintain this speed could lead to penalties including imprisonment on bread and water.

In the news1618–1648

Destruction of the Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War, lasting from 1618 to 1648, caused a demographic catastrophe where roughly one-third of urban residents and two-fifths of the rural population perished. Soldiers and camp followers frequently destroyed crops and seized food, leading to widespread famine and forcing villagers to abandon their land.

Daily life

Crowded living and fire duties

Students shared a single room with beds, chests, and clothes; usually, only one chair existed, which the senior student claimed, forcing others to sit on chests and trunks. They were also responsible for building fires early enough to be extinguished by 6 a.m. for school.

What people wore

Essential belt accessories

Women often carried keys to the farm on their belts, while both men and women kept leather pouches and knives attached to them.

Music

Wedding music outside the church

In peasant society, wedding marches were played by musicians to accompany the wedding procession to church, but they were rarely allowed to play inside the church building itself.

At the table

Beer as a daily beverage

Ordinary families frequently consumed beer daily, with some individuals drinking three to four liters each day due to limited access to pure water.