Princess Sophia of Hanover

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Princess Sophia of Hanover was a 17th-century German princess who became the Electress of Hanover and the designated heir to the English throne under the Act of Settlement, making her the matriarch of the British Hanoverian dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Sophia of Hanover 13
Princess Sophia of Hanover canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electress consort ⓘ
heir presumptive ⓘ
human ⓘ
princess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
birthName Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ
burialPlace Leineschloss, Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Leineschloss
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (died young) ⓘ
George I of Great Britain ⓘ
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ⓘ
Unnamed daughters who died in infancy ⓘ
citizenship Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Electorate of the Palatinate ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfBirth Dutch Republic ⓘ
countryOfDeath Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1630-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1714-06-08 ⓘ
descendant British monarchs of the House of Hanover ⓘ
George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
designatedAs heir presumptive to the English throne ⓘ
father Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ
givenName Sophia ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth Stuart
nobleFamily House of Palatinate-Simmern ⓘ
nobleTitle Electress of Hanover ⓘ
Princess Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
notableFamilyRole matriarch of the British Hanoverian dynasty ⓘ
notableWork Memoirs (written in French) ⓘ
placeOfBirth The Hague ⓘ
placeOfDeath Herrenhausen Palace ⓘ
positionHeld Electress consort of Hanover ⓘ
relative Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine ⓘ
Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Hanover ⓘ
Herrenhausen Palace ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
significantEvent died shortly before Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
excluded Roman Catholics from succession ahead of her under the Act of Settlement ⓘ
spouse Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
startTime marriage to Ernest Augustus in 1658 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Maurice of the Rhine → sibling → Princess Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
Hanoverian court intrigue → involvesPerson → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Princess of Hanover → notableBearer → Princess Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
Elizabeth of Bohemia → child → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate → sibling → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate → relative → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Maximilian William of Hanover → mother → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Christian Henry of Hanover → mother → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Rupert, Prince Palatine → sibling → Princess Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
House of Welf in Saxony → notableMember → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia → sibling → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Princess Sophia of Hanover → alsoKnownAs → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Princess Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate → sibling → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Queen of Hanover → positionHeldBy → Princess Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
Charlotte of the Palatinate → sibling → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate → sibling → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
subject linked to: Henriette Marie
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover
Henriette Marie of the Palatinate → relative → Sophia of Hanover ⓘ
subject linked to: Henriette Marie
linked to: Princess Sophia of Hanover