Christina
Anna
Skytte
Born in Stockholm, Sweden
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Skytte
and Anna Bielkenstjerna
Sister of
Gustav Adolf Skytte [half]
Wife of
Gustaf Drake
— married
18 Jan 1662 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 33
in Hagelsrum, Sweden
Profile last modified
| Created 18 May 2015
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Biography
Christina Annea Skytte was born in 1643 to Baron Jacob Skytte of Duderhof and Anna Bielkenstjerna, and the granddaughter of the politician Johan Skytte, the niece of the poet Vendela Skytte and the cousin of the scandalous Maria Skytte. From 1657 her brother, Baron Gustav Skytte, secretly managed a pirate ship, by which he attacked and plundered ships in the Baltic sea.
Christina Anna and her fiance, Baron Gustaf Drake (1634-1684), were also initiated in this activity and became his partners. She and Drake reportedly had one of their partners killed, likely because he had wished to withdraw from the business. Christina Anna was an active participant with her brother and spouse. She was reportedly herself present in person in 1662, when they attacked a Dutch merchant ship, murdered its crew and sunk the ship somewhere between Öland and Bornholm. Being held responsible and the manhunt underway. Christina Anna and Gustaf Drake managed to escape to Denmark to avoid arrest.[1]
Her brother did not manage to flee, but was arrested, put on trial for piracy, judged guilty as charged and executed in April 1663. Being a married woman and therefore a minor in contemporary law, Christina Anna was not personally persecuted, but her spouse Gustaf Drake was charged in his absence and sentenced to confiscation of his property. In 1668, they returned to Sweden. Gustaf Drake was trialed in Gothenburg. However, he was pardoned. He and Christina Anna thereafter settled on Edeby Manor outside Nyköping.[2]
Sources
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Anna_Skytte
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Anna_Skytte
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