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Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (26 March [O.S. 16 March] 1687 – 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).
Dec 3, 2019 · Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born on 26 March 1687 at the Leineschloss in Hanover as the daughter of the then Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, later King George I of Great Britain, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Her elder brother became King George II of Great Britain in 1727.
Sophia Dorothea (born Sept. 13, 1666—died Nov. 23, 1726, Schloss Ahlden, Lower Saxony) was the wife of George Louis, elector of Hanover (George I of Great Britain), who accused her of infidelity and imprisoned her for 32 years.
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Mar 25, 2013 · Sophia Dorothea was never allowed to see her children again. Sophia Dorothea was eight years old when her disgraced mother was divorced and banished for the rest of her life. She was raised by her paternal grandmother Sophia, Electress of Hanover at Herrenhausen, the Hanover home.
Dec 4, 2019 · The accession of her father as King of Great Britain in 1714 led to her entertaining the thought of a marriage between her eldest daughter Friedrike Wilhelmine and Prince Frederick – later Prince of Wales and the father of King George III.
Nov 15, 2023 · King George I's Mother, Sophia Dorothea: Britain's Queen in Waiting. The matriarch of the Hanoverian dynasty during the late 17th and early 18th centuries was Sophia Dorothea, Electress of Hanover. She was destined to be remembered, or overlooked, as the queen that Britain never had.
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Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was the only daughter of George I of Great Britain and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. She was born in Hanover in 1687 during the reign of her grandfather, Elector Ernst Augustus.
