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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.
Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (3, [1] 7 [2] or 9 January 1639 [3] – 5 February 1722), was a French noblewoman, who became firstly the mistress and later wife of George William of Brunswick, Duke of Lauenburg and Prince of Celle. She was the mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, who was the wife of George I of Great Britain.
Ahlden House (German: Schloss Ahlden) is a stately home at Ahlden on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony, Germany.It was built in 1549, originally as a water castle on the river Aller, which has since changed its course.
In 1682, he married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, with whom he had two children; he also had three daughters with his mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg. George and Sophia Dorothea divorced in 1694. A succession of European wars expanded George's German domains during his lifetime; he was ratified as prince-elector of Hanover in 1708.
Dorothea of Denmark: Charles I: Elizabeth Stuart: George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg: Mary, Princess Royal: Charles II: James VII and II: Sophia of Hanover: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover: George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (No legitimate children) HANOVER: William III: Mary II: Anne: James Francis Edward Stuart: George I: Sophia ...
Set in 17th-century Hanover, it depicts the doomed romance between Philip Christoph von Königsmarck and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of the electoral prince of Hanover. The saraband mentioned in the title is a type of Spanish dance. Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction ...
Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714) Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666–1726) George I (1660–1727) King of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Calenberg, Prince of Lüneburg, Elector of Hanover: Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1666–1726) Sophia Charlotte (1668–1705) Queen in Prussia: Charles Philip of Brunswick ...
George I's wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle remained in Hanover, imprisoned at Ahlden House after her affair with Philip Christoph von Königsmarck – the blade in the song. Another historic personality in the song is John Erskine, Earl of Mar (Bobbing John) who recruited in the Scottish Highlands for the Jacobite cause.