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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.
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.
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (German: Sophia Dorothea Marie von Preußen; 25 January 1719 – 13 November 1765) was the ninth child and fifth daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. By marriage, she was a Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
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.
Sophia Dorothea was born on 16 March 1687 , in Hanover. She was the only daughter of George Louis of Hanover, later King George I of Great Britain, and his wife, Sophia Dorothea of Celle. She was detested by her elder brother, King George II of Great Britain. [3]
Princess Sophia of Gloucester, a great granddaughter of George II of Great Britain; Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, a daughter of George I of Great Britain; Sophia of Hanover, mother of George I of Great Britain, and Electress of Hanover; Sophia Dorothea of Celle, wife of George I of Great Britain
Sophia Dorothea of Celle; Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth; Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg; Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg; Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern