Death
In 1690, her spouse named her as possible regent if he should die during his son's minority. Her health, however, declined due to frequent childbirth, and she died three years later, after having spent the winter of 1692–93 in bed. Only after her death did her spouse refer to her as queen.
There is an old legend about her death. The legend states that while the queen lay dying at Karlberg Palace, her favourite lady-in-waiting, Countess Maria Elisabeth Stenbock, lay sick in Stockholm. On the night the queen had died, Countess Stenbock visited Karlberg and was admitted alone to the room containing the remains of the queen. The officer in charge looked into the key hole and saw the countess and the queen speaking at the window of the room. He was so shocked by the sight that he started coughing blood. The countess, as well as the carriage she had arrived with, was gone the next moment. When the matter was investigated, it was made clear that the countess had been in bed, gravely ill that day and not left town. The officer died of the shock he received from the sight, and the countess died weeks later. The king gave the order that the affair was not to be mentioned further.
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