Sophia

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Sophia of the Palatinate was a 17th-century German princess and Electress of Hanover, best known as the mother of King George I of Great Britain and a key figure in the Protestant succession to the British throne.

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instanceOf Electress of Hanover
human
princess
alsoKnownAs Sophia of Hanover
Sophia, Electress of Hanover
birthName Sophia of the Palatinate
burialPlace Leineschloss
child Charles Philip of Hanover
Christian Henry of Hanover
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Frederick Augustus of Hanover
George I of Great Britain
Maximilian William of Hanover
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Hanover
dateOfBirth 1630-10-14
dateOfDeath 1714-06-08
era 17th century
18th century
ethnicGroup German
father Frederick V, Elector Palatine
gender female
givenName Sophia
heirPresumptiveTo throne of Great Britain
throne of Ireland
throne of Scotland
languageSpoken English
French
German
legalBasisOfSuccession Act of Settlement 1701
mother Elizabeth Stuart
nobleFamily House of Hanover
House of Palatinate-Simmern
notableFor being mother of King George I of Great Britain
role in the Protestant succession to the British throne
notableRelative Elizabeth Stuart
Frederick I of Prussia
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
Queen Anne of Great Britain
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
notableWork Memoirs written by herself
placeOfBirth Dutch Republic
The Hague
placeOfDeath Hanover
Herrenhausen Palace
positionHeld Electress of Hanover
religion Calvinism
Protestantism
residence Hanover
Herrenhausen Palace
The Hague
spouse Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
title Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Princess Palatine of the Rhine

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Sophia of the Palatinate givenName Sophia
subject linked to: Sophia
Sophia of the Palatinate givenName Sophia
subject linked to: Electress of Hanover
Sophia of the Palatinate givenName Sophia
subject linked to: Princess Palatine of the Rhine