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Jun 9, 2024 · Description. Also known as. English. Sophia of Hanover. Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 1701. Sophia of the Palatinate. Sophie von der Pfalz. Sophia, Electress of Hanover. Sophie, Prinzessin von der Pfalz.
Sophia of Hanover was a woman ahead of her time whose remarkable life continues to inspire us today. Born in 1630, Sophia was the Elector Palatine's daughter...
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Sophia of Hanover. 14 October 1630 - 8 June 1714. House: House of Palatinate-Simmern, Cadet branch of House of Wittelsbach. Titles: Electress of Hanover, Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Sophia of the Palatinate. Born Princess Sophia of the Palatinate in The Hague, Dutch Republic, Sophia became Electress of Hanover through her ...
Nov 30, 2019 · John Toland 1670-1722. John Toland (1670-1722), the Irish-born rationalist philosopher and freethinker, was a visitor to the court of Hanover and among several of the influential thinkers of the day with whom Sophia corresponded, supported and endowed. Their relationship has been discussed previously on this website.
Sophia Dorothea of Celle. 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). At the time of Sophia's birth ...
House of Hanover. Sophia, Princess Palatine of the Rhine, was the twelfth child of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, 'the Winter King of Bohemia' and Elizabeth Stuart, the only surviving daughter of King James VI and I. She was born on 14 October 1630 in The Wassenaer Hof, The Hague, where her parents were in exile during the Thirty Years War. Sophia
Sophia of Hanover, also known as Sophia of Palatinate, was the ‘Electress of Hanover’ (1692-98) and heir to the British throne under the ‘Act of Settlement 1701.’. In 1689, the ‘House of Commons’ refused to place Sophia in the line of succession. The matter went on for 11 long years until King William III, who was childless, fell ill.
