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Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (26 March [O.S. 16 March] 1687 [1] [2] – 28 June 1757) was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Prussia).
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, 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 ...
At a lab near Hannover, Germany, scientists are studying human bones for clues to a 322-year-old missing persons case.
One of them was the outskirts of the Germany's Leine Castle -- the place where he reportedly last saw Dorothea. Lund University researchers will perform a DNA test to determine for certain if the ...
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) 6 May 1685 28 November 1708 25 February 1713 husband's death: 29 July 1735 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover: George I of Great Britain (Hanover) 16 March 1687 28 November 1706 25 February 1713 husband's accession: 31 May 1740 husband's death: 28 June 1757
Two weeks after the 26-year-old's sudden passing, Albuquerque police confirmed they're investigating it as a 'suspicious death.' New Details Emerge in the ‘Unique’ Death of Adult Film Star ...
George was born in the city of Hanover in Germany, followed by his sister, Sophia Dorothea, three years later. Their parents, George Louis, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later King George I of Great Britain ), and Sophia Dorothea of Celle , both committed adultery.