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.
Portrait by Antoine Pesne, 1737
Sophia Dorothea (far right) with her mother and brother, by Jacques Vaillant, c. 1692
Sophia Dorothea as crown princess by Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann, 1710
Monbijou Palace in Berlin (around 1739/40)
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
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
…was born on 16 March 1687 (O.S.), in Hanover. She was the only daughter of George Louis of Hanover, later King George I of Great Britain, and his wife, Sophia Dorothea of Celle. She was detested by her elder brother, King George II of Great Britain. After the divorce and imprisonment of her mother, she was raised in Hanover…
Portrait from the 1690s. Currently displayed at the Residence Museum (Residenzmuseum) in Celle Castle.
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.