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210 A History of Sweden
Queen Ulrica Eleonora. While Charles with iron
hand pressed forward the work of. resumption and
untiringly labored to
strengthen his king-
dom, his gentle queen,
Ulrica Eleonora of Den-
mark, one of the noblest
women known to his-
tory, devoted her life
to soothing and reliev-
ing sorrow an$ distress.
Shortly after the treaty
of Lund, she had come
to Sweden as the bride
of Charles XI, a guard-
ian angel of the peace
in the North. She had
promised her hand to
Charles before the war
broke out, and she kept her promise during the hostili-
ties, between the two countries, though many efforts
were made by her brother, Christian V, to break the
betrothal.
When her beloved husband, Charles XI, was sick she
was ever at his bedside. But to show any tenderness in
return was not in Charles’ nature. Not until she lay
on her deathbed were his eyes opened to what he was
about to lose. Now he felt bitter remorse for his
neglect. He sat at her bedside day and night and re-
ceived her last request, that he would be kind to the
poor and treat his subjects with gentleness. Charles
was inconsolable. "Here I leave the half of my heart,"
he said as he withdrew from the departed.
Queen Ulrica Eleonora,
wife of Charles XI.
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