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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 ...
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
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 ...
Mary, Queen of Scots: Frederick II of Denmark: James VI and I: Anne of Denmark: 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 ...
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 ...
The Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707 positioned his grandmother Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant descendants to inherit the British throne. George married Princess Caroline of Ansbach , with whom he had eight children.
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.