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Sophia, dressed as an indigenous American. Painted by her sister (circa 1644), Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate The twelfth [2] child and fifth daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth Stuart, also known as the "Winter King and Queen of Bohemia" for their short rule in that country, Sophia was born in The Wassenaer Hof, The Hague, Dutch Republic, where her parents had fled ...
Mary Stuart 1605–1607: Sophia Stuart 1606 of England: Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France: House of Hanover: Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629: King Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of ...
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange 1631–1660: Anne Hyde 1637–1671: James II and VII 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688: Mary of Modena 1658–1718: Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover 1629–1698: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1649–1685: William III 1650–1702 r. 1689–1702: Mary II 1662–1694 r ...
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 Dorothea of Celle (No children) Prince William, Duke of Gloucester Predeceased his ...
Princess of Hanover: Chantal Hochuli: Ernst August (b. 1954) Prince of Hanover: Caroline (b. 1957) Princess of Monaco: Ludwig Rudolph (1955–1988) Prince of Hanover: Isabella von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli (1962–1988) Olga Sophie Charlotte Anna (b. 1958) Princess of Hanover: Alexandra (b. 1959) Princess of Hanover: Andreas 8th ...
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.
George II and his father George I were both descended from the House of Hanover, and thus held the electorate very dear to their hearts. As a daughter of the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , Sophie Caroline was ancestrally related to neighboring Hanover; good relations between the electorate and its neighbors were vital to its continuing ...
William and Mary were succeeded by James's younger daughter and Mary's sister, Anne, also a Protestant, who became Queen in 1702. [7] The Act of Settlement 1701, passed shortly before Anne's accession, fixed the line of succession in law with the aim of permanently excluding James's descendants, and Roman Catholics in general, from the throne. [7]