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He initially approached his younger brother Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to arrange a marriage between Sophia Dorothea and Ernest Augustus's eldest son George Louis, the future King George I of Great Britain.
Sophia had been betrothed to Ernest Augustus's older brother, George William, who did not want her. When she married Ernest Augustus instead, releasing George William from this obligation, George William ceded to Ernest Augustus his claim to Lüneburg .
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Augustus married Princess Frederica Sophia Charlotte Alexandrina at Neustrelitz, May 29, 1815, and in London, August 29, 1815.
While residing after 1649 at Heidelberg with her brother Charles I, elector Palatine of the Rhine, Sophia was betrothed to George William, afterwards duke of Lüneburg-Celle. However, in 1658, she married his younger brother, Ernst August, who became elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, or Hanover, in 1692. Sophia's married life was not happy.
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629–1698) and his Wife Sophia (1630–1714) Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg made clever use of the power struggle between Louis XIV and the members of the Grand Alliance.
His wife in the following year described Ernest Augustus as standing like Zeus in Lucian with folded arms, waiting to see in what quarter the smoke of sacrifice might arise for his benefit.
Oct 30, 2014 · George I and Sophia Dorothea may not have had the best of relationships, but their son, George Augustus, and his wife were much happier together.
