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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.
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).
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ( Greek: Σοφία, romanized : Sofía; 26 June 1914 – 24 November 2001) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess, as well as Princess of Hesse-Kassel and Princess of Hanover through her successive marriages to Prince Christoph of Hesse and Prince George William of Hanover. An elder sister of Prince ...
Jun 4, 2024 · Sophia (born Oct. 14, 1630, The Hague—died June 8, 1714, Herrenhausen, Hanover) was the electress of Hanover and heir to the British throne, whose son became George I of Great Britain.
Sep 22, 2017 · Sophia of Hanover was born on 14 October 1630 in The Hague, the Netherlands, where her exiled parents, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, lived. She was christened on 30 January 1631 in the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, where only three days earlier her elder sister Princess ...
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Sophia, electress of Hanover (1630–1714). Sophia was a granddaughter of James I by his daughter Elizabeth, who had married the elector palatine. On the death in 1700 of Anne's last surviving child, William, duke of Gloucester, Sophia was the next non-catholic heir, and was recognized in the Act of Settlement of 1701.
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.
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 ...
Biography. Born in The Hague, the daughter of Frederick V (q.v.), Elector of Pfalz who became King of Bohemia and of Elisabeth Stuart (qq.v.). In 1658 she married Ernst August of Hanover and her eldest son became George I (q.v.) of England. She died on 8 June 1714.
