Ebba Sparre [SEP] sex or gender
and nicknamed "La belle comtesse" (). She frequently played the part of Venus in the amateur ballets performed by the nobility at court. Her intimate relationship with Queen Christina gave rise to the speculation that they were lovers. This has never been confirmed. However, she did belong to the few women Queen Christina showed an interest in during her life in Sweden: with some exceptions, such as Ebba Sparre, lady Jane Ruthven and Louise van der Nooth, Christina did not show any interest in her female courtiers,
Rome in the spring of April 1688) wrote:
Appearance Gender ambiguity and sexuality.
In her "Autobiography" (1681) Christina is flirting with her androgynous personality. The question of her sexuality has been debated, even as a number of modern biographers generally consider her to have been a lesbian, and her relationships with women were noted during her lifetime; Christina seems to have written passionate letters to Ebba Sparre, and Guilliet suggested a relationship between Christina and Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Rachel, a niece of Diego