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Oct 3, 2017 · The latter engagement had more legs than the former, but George William was convinced at the 11th hour that it was a better fit for his daughter to marry her first cousin, George Ludwig of Hanover, the eldest son and heir of Ernest Augustus and Sophia.
Oct 13, 2015 · 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 referred to him as “pig-snout” and begged not to be forced to go through with the marriage.
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.
May 10, 2017 · Despite Sophia’s protests, she was forced into the marriage. George Ludwig and Sophia Dorothea were married in the Chapel of Celle Castle. The couple lived at the Leine Palace in Hanover, and everyone hated poor Sophia Dorothea.
Dec 22, 2021 · His marriage to Sophia Dorothea in 1682 resulted in two children, including his future heir, George II. Their marriage was dissolved in 1694 after mutual infidelities, but Sophia’s public affairs seemingly threatened succession and so she suffered state confinement until her death in 1726.
Dec 3, 2019 · Her elder brother became King George II of Great Britain in 1727. Her parents’ marriage had quickly turned sour, and it was dissolved in 1694, and her mother was imprisoned in Ahlden. Her father’s mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg, gave birth to three daughters over the following years.
Apr 9, 2024 · Sophia Dorothea 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, she was married, for.
