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Sophia Dorothea of Celle

(1666-1726)
Electoral Princess of Hanover
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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. Sophia Dorothea is best remembered for her alleged affair with Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck that led to her being imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden for the last thirty years of her life.

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Born Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick and Luneburg (Celle line)
15 September 1666
Celle Castle, Celle, Principality of Lüneburg
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13 November 1726 (aged 60)
Ahlden, Germany
Zodiac Virgo
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  • George II of Great Britain
    George Augustus info 1st child with George I of Great Britain Male b. 30 Oct 1683 d. 25 Oct 1760 · Age: 76 (at death) · 1683-1760 · King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760
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  • Sophia Dorothea
    Sophia Dorothea info 2nd child with George I of Great Britain Female b. 16 Mar 1687 · Age: 338 · 1687- · Celebrity Baby
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George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse · m. 1676

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