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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 ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Sophia was the electress of Hanover and heir to the British throne, whose son became George I of Great Britain. Sophia was the 12th child of Frederick V, elector Palatine of the Rhine, by his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of the English king James I. Residing after 1649 at Heidelberg with her brother,
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Sep 22, 2017 · Learn about the life and legacy of Sophia of Hanover, the daughter of Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V, Elector Palatine. She was the mother of King George I of Great Britain and the potential heir to the English throne after the Glorious Revolution.
Sophia was a granddaughter of James I and the next non-catholic heir to the British throne after Anne. She died in 1714, seven weeks before Anne and her son George Lewis became George I.
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 ...
Jun 6, 2014 · Learn about Sophia of Hanover, the heiress to the crowns of England and Ireland, who died in 1714. She was a direct descendant of James I and a Protestant, but never became queen due to the Act of Settlement and Anne's hostility.
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Sophia (1630–1714) Electress of Hanover. Name variations: Sophia or Sophie Simmern; Sophie von Hannover; Sophia Wittelsbach. Born in Wassenaer Court, The Hague, Netherlands, on October 13 or 14, 1630; died at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany, on June 8, 1714; interred at the Chapel of Schloss Herrenhausen; 12th child of Frederick V, king of Bohemia, and Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596 ...
