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Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington and Countess of Leinster (1675–1725) was a German-born courtier. A half-sister of George I of Great Britain, to whom she was close, she moved to England in 1714 shortly after the Hanoverian succession, where she became an influential figure of his court. [1]
Kielmansegge, Sophia Charlotte von (1673–1725) Countess of Platen, Brentford and Darlington. Name variations: Baroness von Kielmansegge; Countess Leinster; Baroness of Brentford. Born around 1673; died in 1725; daughter of Ernest Augustus, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, and Clara Elizabeth Meisenburg; associated with George I (1660–1727), king ...
Sophia von Kielmansegg. Sophia von Platen von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington has often, but erroneously, been asserted to have been mistress of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland; in fact, she was his half-sister. Court ‘observers’ were apparently unable to fathom that George I would have a close relationship with a woman ...
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Also known as. Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess von Platen. primary name: primary name: Kielmansegg, Sophia Charlotte von. other name: other name: (Countess of) Darlington. other name: other name: (Countess of) Leinster. other name: other name: (Countess of) Platen und Hallermund.
Jun 14, 2023 · She was born Sophia Charlotte Mary von Kielmansegg. Her mother Charlotte Sophia, Countess of Darlington (1675–1725), wife of Johann Adolph, Baron von Kielmansegg, was the half-sister George I of Great Britain, (reigned 1714 - 26). Viscount and Viscountess Howe are said to have ten (10) children, including:
- Female
- September 23, 1703
- Emanuel Scrope Howe MP
- June 13, 1782
Aug 30, 2023 · Born Baroness Sophia Charlotte Mary (the order of her baptismal names were later changed after her marriage) von Kielmansegg (probably in Hanover), she was the eldest daughter of the Baron and Baroness von Kielmansegg (later Countess of Leinster and Darlington), the half-sister of George Louis, Elector of Hanover.
Nov 14, 2017 · Matthew Kilburn, ‘Kielmansegg, Sophia Charlotte von , suo jure countess of Darlington and suo jure countess of Leinster (1675–1725)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 22 Sept 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose ...
