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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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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  3. Sophia (born Princess Sophia of the Palatinate; 14 October [ O.S. 3 October] 1630 – 8 June [ O.S. 28 May] 1714) was Electress of Hanover from 19 December 1692 until 23 January 1698 as the consort of Prince Elector Ernest Augustus. She was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Scotland (later Great Britain) and Ireland ...

  4. Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain.The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father George William, her father-in-law the Elector of Hanover, and her mother-in-law, Electress Sophia of Hanover, first cousin of King Charles II of England.

  5. Oct 3, 2017 · A daughter, named Sophia Dorothea for her mother, was born in Hanover in March 1687. Ernest Augustus. It was around this time that George Ludwig properly took a mistress, Melusine van der Schulenberg. Sophia Dorothea discovered the affair while pregnant and didn’t shy away from complaining to her husband that his behavior was unacceptable.

  6. Nov 15, 2023 · Sophia Dorothea was widowed in 1698. 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.

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  8. 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 ...

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