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Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington and Countess of Leinster (1675–1725) was a German-born courtier. A half-sister of George I of Great Britain, to whom she was close, she moved to England in 1714 shortly after the Hanoverian succession, where she became an influential figure of his court. [1] Background.
Sophia Charlotte, Countess of Darlington, was buried in the vault of the Duke of Ormond at the east end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 24th April 1725. In the 19th century her name was inscribed on the stone above the vault with the many others buried there.
Sophia von Platen von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington has often, but erroneously, been asserted to have been mistress of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland; in fact, she was his half-sister.
She was born Sophia Charlotte Mary von Kielmansegg. Her mother Charlotte Sophia, Countess of Darlington (1675–1725), wife of Johann Adolph, Baron von Kielmansegg, was the half-sister George I of Great Britain, (reigned 1714 - 26). Viscount and Viscountess Howe are said to have ten (10) children, including:
- Female
- September 23, 1703
- Emanuel Scrope Howe MP
- June 13, 1782
Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington and Countess of Leinster was a German-born British courtier and a half-sister of George I of Great Britain.
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Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg, Countess von Platen. primary name:Kielmansegg, Sophia Charlotte von. other name:(Countess of) Darlington.
