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Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (26 March [ O.S. 16 March] 1687 [1] [2] – 28 June 1757) was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Prussia). At the time of Sophia's birth ...
Nov 15, 2023 · After years of robust health and acclaim across mainland Europe, the 83-year-old Sophia Dorothea was caught in a rain shower and she fell ill. She died on 8th June 1714. Forty-nine-year-old Queen Anne survived until 1st August 1714. That autumn, the British warily accepted Sophia Dorothea's oldest son, Georg Ludwig, as George I, their first ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Sophia Dorothea (born Sept. 13, 1666—died Nov. 23, 1726, Schloss Ahlden, Lower Saxony) was the wife of George Louis, elector of Hanover (George I of Great Britain), who accused her of infidelity and imprisoned her for 32 years. The only child of George William, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle, by a Huguenot lady named Eleanore d’Olbreuze ...
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Dec 3, 2019 · Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born on 26 March 1687 at the Leineschloss in Hanover as the daughter of the then Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, later King George I of Great Britain, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Her elder brother became King George II of Great Britain in 1727. Her parents’ marriage had quickly turned sour, and it ...
Dec 4, 2019 · In the end, he died on 31 May 1740 in his eldest son’s arms as Sophia Dorothea was being led from the death bed. Despite his often harsh treatment of her, Sophia Dorothea was deeply affected by her husband’s death. When she later addressed her son as “Your Majesty,” he interrupted her and said, “Always call me your son; that title is ...
Sophie Dorothea of Hanover – A Life in Service to the Crown . When Sophie Dorothea was born in Hanover on March 26, 1687, her parents’ marriage had already broken down (her father, Georg Ludwig of Hanover, was only interested in his mistresses). When his wife fell in love with a count three years later it caused a gigantic scandal.
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Sophia Dorothea (1666–1726). Divorced wife of George I. Sophia Dorothea married her cousin George in 1682, but in 1694 was surprised in a rendezvous with her lover Count Königsmarck. He was never seen again, and she was divorced and honourably confined at the castle of Ahlden in Celle until her death. Her infidelity allowed the Jacobites to ...
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