Sophia of Hanover

(1630-1714)

Princess of the Palatinate

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Sophia of Hanover (born Princess Sophia of the Palatinate; 14 October 1630 – 8 June 1714) was the Electress of Hanover by marriage to Elector Ernest Augustus and later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Scotland (later Great Britain) and Ireland under the Act of Settlement 1701, as a granddaughter of James VI and I. Princess Sophia died less than two months before she would have become Queen of Great Britain. Consequently, her son (and grandson of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia) George I, succeeded her first cousin once removed, Queen Anne, to the British throne, and the succession to the throne has since been defined as, and composed entirely of, her legitimate and Protestant descendants.

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Born	Sophia of the Palatinate 14 October 1630 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	8 June 1714 (aged 83) Herrenhausen, Hanover
Zodiac	Libra
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Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629-1698 · Elector of Hanover · m. 1658 info edit

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George Louis of Hanover info 1st child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Male b. 28 May 1660 d. 11 Jun 1727 · Age: 67 (at death) · 1660-1727 · King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727

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Frederick Augustus info 2nd child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Male b. 1661 · Age: 364 · 1661- · Celebrity Baby

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Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg info 3rd child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Male b. 13 Dec 1666 d. 16 Jul 1726 · Age: 59 (at death) · 1666-1726 ·

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Sophia Charlotte info 4th child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Female b. 30 Oct 1668 d. 1 Feb 1705 · Age: 36 (at death) · 1668-1705 · Prussian royal consort

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Charles Philip info 5th child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Male b. 1669 · Age: 356 · 1669- · Celebrity Baby

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Christian Henry info 6th child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Male b. 1671 · Age: 354 · 1671- · Celebrity Baby

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Ernest Augustus info 7th child with Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Male b. 17 Sep 1674 · Age: 350 · 1674- · Celebrity Baby

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Elizabeth of Bohemia · Mother · 1596-1662 · Electress Palatine edit info

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Frederick V, Elector Palatine · Father · 1596-1632 · Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia edit info

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