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The Crown Prince was the son of King William I of Prussia, and the Princess Royal was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Frederick William and Victoria were already the parents of a large family and as the penultimate child, Sophie was eleven years younger than her eldest brother, the future William II of Germany .
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.
Their relationship was not happy, and eventually they lived in separate places: Sophie lived in the castle Montplaisir near the residence, and the Margrave lived in the castle of Schwedt. They only reconciled during Sophie's terminal illness, when she died in the Margrave's arms.
Sophie Marie Dorothea Auguste Luise was born on 25 October 1759 in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poland). She was the eldest daughter of the eight children born from Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg , and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt , niece of King Frederick II of Prussia .
Frederick did have a daughter from his first marriage, Margravine Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, who was five years older than Sophie Caroline. Frederick died on 26 February 1763. Without any male issue, he was succeeded on his death by his uncle, Frederick Christian. Sophie Caroline died on 22 December 1817 at the age of ...
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has officially been a member of the British royal family since she wed Prince Edward—Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son—25 years ago in 1999. But since the ...
8 January 1847: Prince George, Duke of Cambridge and actress Sarah Fairbrother, [2] in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772; 4 June 1848: Infanta Josefina Fernanda of Spain and writer José Güell y Renté; 20 April 1850: Prince Adalbert of Prussia and dancer Therese Elssler
Eden’s statement comes days after Edward, 60, and Sophie, 59, were asked to lead royal duties for the first time on behalf of King Charles III as he undergoes treatment for cancer.