Sophia Dorothea of Celle
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Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father G
Portrait from the 1690s. Currently displayed at the Residence Museum (Residenzmuseum) in Celle Castle.
Sophia Dorothea with her two children, by Jacques Vaillant, ca. 1690–1691. Currently displayed at the Bomann-Museum in Celle.
Sophia Dorothea, by Henri Gascar, 1686. Currently displayed at the Celle Castle museum.
Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, anonymous portrait, ca. 1690s. Currently displayed at the Celle Castle museum.
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
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Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Frederick the Great.
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
…arguments. Nevertheless, they managed to conceive two children: George Augustus (the future King George II of Great Britain, born on 30 October 1683) and Sophia Dorothea (the future Queen Consort in Prussia and Electress Consort of Brandenburg, born on 16 March 1687). Having done his duty, George Louis acquired a mistress…
Portrait by Antoine Pesne, 1737
Sophia Dorothea as crown princess by Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann, 1710
Monbijou Palace in Berlin (around 1739/40)