Daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, and Queen of Sweden.
Some confusion has here arisen between Francis I., whose emblem was the salamander, and Henry II., the historic lover of Diane de Poitiers. But Francis was also said to have been, for a short time, attached to her; and the poetic contrast of the frigid moon and the fiery salamander was perhaps worth the dramatic sacrifice of Cristina's accuracy.
A village close to Fontainebleau, in the church of which Monaldeschi was buried.
"Winged" or "fiery:" fiery from the rapidity of its motion.