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Oct 13, 2015 · The love-life of George I was a case in point, and I would like to share a few facts about the King, his Queen, and two of his mistresses known to the British public as The Elephant and The Maypole. When George had married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle in 1682 he was twenty-two and she was sixteen. It was not exactly a love-match – she ...
Jan 18, 2023 · On 22 November 1682, as arranged by his father, George married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle (l. 1666-1726), the daughter of Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Lüneburg-Celle in Germany. The couple went on to have two children: Georg August (b. 1683) and Sophia Dorothea. The couple's daughter went on to become queen in Prussia through marriage.
Oct 5, 2023 · Marriage to Sophia Dorothea of Celle. To merge the neighboring duchies of Celle with Hanover, a marriage was arranged between Georg and his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle. When they married in 1682, their relationship did not go well. She was a spry and lively 16-year-old girl, and he was a 22-year-old young man.
Nov 15, 2023 · George I, Hanoverian King of Britain. 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 ...
May 19, 2020 · The life of Sophia Dorothea is no exception and in the book, Imprisoned Princess: The Scandalous Life of Sophia Dorothea of Celle by Catherine Curzon shines a light on her interesting life. While being a noblewoman had it perks, Curzon shows the reader that for Sophia, family duty led to a disastrous domestic life and ultimately a life of what ...
Many biographers have written of the marriage between Sophia Dorothea and George Louis as if it were inevitably doomed, usually blaming either Sophia or George for its failure. But its fate could not have been predicted when the marriage was celebrated with much pomp and ceremony in November 1682.
Jul 5, 2016 · Some ended happily, some didn’t go so well and one in particular led to throttling, murder and a wife sent to prison for three decades. When the future George I of Great Britain married his cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, in 1682, it was not a matter of love but duty. Territory, influence and the future of the House of Hanover rested on the ...
