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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 ...
The House of Windsor, the reigning royal house of the British monarchy, are descendants of Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), a Wittelsbach Princess of the Palatinate by birth and Electress of Hanover by marriage, who had inherited the succession rights of the House of Stuart and passed them on to the House of Hanover. [1] [2]
In order for Sophia Dorothea to make as good an impression as possible in Berlin, her grandmother, Electress Sophia, commissioned her niece Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess of the Palatinate to procure her trousseau in Paris. Her bridal paraphernalia attracted great attention and was referred to as the greatest of any German princess yet.
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.
Sophia Princess Sophia of the Palatinate 1630–1714 Electress of Hanover: Ernest Augustus Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629–1698 House of Hanover: Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle 1666–1726 Electoral Princess of Hanover & Duchess of Ahlden: King George I 1660–1727 r. 1714–1727: Frederick Augustus 1661–1690: Maximilian William
Princess Caroline of Monaco’s stepson, Prince Christian of Hanover, just welcomed not one, but two royal babies. While it’s undoubtedly regal, the moniker hasn’t been used by the House of ...
It followed the Act of Settlement 1701, whereby Dowager Electress Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant descendants were declared to be in the line of succession to the throne (her son George I later became king). Sophia, a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England, was not considered to be an Englishwoman as she had not been born ...
On his mother's side, he owes his Victorian lineage to Victoria, Princess Royal, whose daughter, Sophia of Prussia, had six children, including Michael's mother, Helen of Greece and Denmark.