Herrenhausen Gardens
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The Herrenhausen Gardens of Herrenhausen Palace are located in Herrenhausen, an urban district of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating to the era of the Kings of Hanover, they compris
The Great Garden, c. 1708
Aerial image of the Herrenhausen Gardens from its south, showing the Great Garden in front of, and the Hill Garden behind, the Herrenhausen Palace towards the top of the image
In 2016, German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the 44th President of the United States of America Barack Obama in the Great Garden.
Fountain in the Great Garden
Sophia of Hanover
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Sophia was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698 as the consort of Prince-Elector Ernest Augustus. She was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England, and Ireland under the Act of Settle
Herrenhausen Gardens
…The history of the gardens spans several centuries, and they remain a popular attraction to this day. The Great Garden owes much of its aesthetics to Sophia of Hanover, consort of the Elector of Hanover and herself heiress to the British throne, who commissioned the French gardener Martin Charbonnier in 1683 to enlarge…
Portrait by Gerard van Honthorst, 1650
Portrait of Sophie, Princess Palatine, by Gerard van Honthorst c. 1641
Sophia, dressed as an Indigenous Brazilian, wearing a Tupinambá cape. Painted c. 1644 by her sister, Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate
Electress Sophia and her daughter