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Sophia (born Princess Sophia of the Palatinate; 14 October [O.S. 3 October] 1630 – 8 June [O.S. 28 May] 1714) was Electress of Hanover from 19 December 1692 until 23 January 1698 as the consort of Prince Elector Ernest Augustus.
Jun 4, 2024 · Sophia (born Oct. 14, 1630, The Hague—died June 8, 1714, Herrenhausen, Hanover) was the electress of Hanover and heir to the British throne, whose son became George I of Great Britain.
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Sep 22, 2017 · Sophia of Hanover was born on 14 October 1630 in The Hague, the Netherlands, where her exiled parents, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, lived.
Electress Sophia of Hanover was the granddaughter of James I and the mother of George I. As neither William III and Mary II nor Queen Anne had produced surviving children, the Act of Settlement of 1701 proclaimed Sophia heiress presumptive to the British Crown.
Sophia, electress of Hanover (1630–1714). Sophia was a granddaughter of James I by his daughter Elizabeth, who had married the elector palatine. Source for information on Sophia, electress of Hanover: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
Sophia was a granddaughter of James I of England and the heiress presumptive to the English crown. She married Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, and had seven children, including King George I.
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
