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
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
George I of Great Britain
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George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first Bri
Sophia of Hanover
…of King James VI and I. Sophia died less than two months before she would have become Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Consequently, her son George succeeded her first cousin once removed, Queen Anne, to the British throne. The succession to the throne has since been composed entirely of, and legally…
George in 1680, aged 20, when he was Prince of Hanover. After a painting by Godfrey Kneller.
George in 1706, when he was Elector of Hanover. After Johann Leonhard Hirschmann.
George c. 1714, the year of his succession, as painted by Godfrey Kneller