Biography of Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726

On 15 Sep 1666 Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England was born to George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624-1705 (age 42) and .

In 1679 King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 18) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England (age 12) were married. She the daughter of George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624-1705 (age 54) and . He the son of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629-1698 (age 49) and Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 48). They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

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On 30 Oct 1683 [her son] King George II of Great Britain and Ireland was born to [her husband] King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England (age 17) at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Lower Saxony. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

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On 26 Mar 1687 [her daughter] Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1687-1757 was born to [her husband] King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 26) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

In 1690 [her brother-in-law] Frederick Augustus Hanover (age 29) died.

In 1690 [her brother-in-law] Charles Philip Hanover (age 21) died.

In 1696 Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England (age 29) was imprisoned for the remaining 30 years of her life, denied access to her children, forbidden to remarry at Ahlden House, Celle, Lower Saxony.

In 1703 [her brother-in-law] Christian Henry Hanover (age 32) died.

On 22 Aug 1705 [her son] King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 22) were married. He the son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 45) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726 (age 38).

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On 28 Aug 1705 [her father] George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624-1705 (age 81) died.

On 28 Nov 1706 [her son-in-law] Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia 1688-1740 (age 18) and [her daughter] Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1687-1757 (age 19) were married. She the daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 46) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726 (age 40). He the son of Frederick I King Prussia (age 49) and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1668-1705. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

Death of Queen Anne

On 01 Aug 1714 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49) died at Kensington Palace. Her second cousin [her husband] King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 54) succeeded I King Great Britain and Ireland. Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England (age 47) by marriage Queen Consort England.

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In 1726 [her brother-in-law] Maximilian Hanover (age 60) died.

On 13 Nov 1726 Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England (age 60) died.

On 11 Jun 1727 [her former husband] King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67) died. His son [her son] King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 43) succeeded II King Great Britain and Ireland. [her daughter-in-law] Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 44) by marriage Queen Consort England.

Family Trees of Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726

Paternal Family Tree: Hanover

Maternal Family Tree: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg

Royal Ancestors of Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Philip "Bold" III King France

Royal Descendants of Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726

King George II of Great Britain and Ireland x 1

Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1687-1757 x 1

Frederick "The Great" I King Prussia 1712-1786 x 1

Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1724-1751 x 1

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 1

William Elector of Hesse x 1

Frederick William II King Prussia 1744-1797 x 1

Gustav III King Sweden x 1

Queen Sophia of Sweden 1746-1813 x 1

Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg x 1

Charles XIII King Sweden 1748-1818 x 1

Christian VII King Denmark and Norway 1749-1808 x 1

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1751-1775 x 1

King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland x 1

King William IV of the United Kingdom x 1

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1767-1852 x 2

Frederick VI King Denmark and Norway 1768-1839 x 2

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 1

Frederick William II King Prussia 1770-1840 x 1

Ernest Augustus King Hanover x 1

Frederick William IV King Prussia 1795-1861 x 1

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway 1796-1881 x 2

William I King Prussia 1797-1888 x 1

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 1817-1898 x 1

King Christian IX of Denmark 1818-1906 x 2

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 1

George V King Hanover 1819-1878 x 1

Frederick III King Prussia x 1

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Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 1

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 1

Frederick VIII King Denmark 1843-1912 x 3

Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England x 3

George I King Greece 1845-1913 x 3

Gustav V King Sweden 1858-1950 x 3

Wilhelm Hohenzollern x 2

George V King United Kingdom x 4

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England x 3

Frederick Charles I King Finland 1868-1940 x 1

Constantine I King Greece x 5

Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway x 4

Christian X King Denmark 1870-1947 x 3

Haakon VII King Norway x 3

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1879-1952 x 2

Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden 1882-1973 x 3

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain 1887-1969 x 1

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 1

George II King Hellenes x 7

Alexander I King Greece 1893-1920 x 7

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom x 7

King George VI of the United Kingdom x 7

Paul I King Greece 1901-1964 x 7

Olav Glücksburg V King Norway 1903-1991 x 7

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark 1910-2000 x 5

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 6

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 7

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain 1938- x 15

Juan Carlos I King Spain 1938- x 1

Constantine II King Hellenes 1940- x 15

Carl XVI King Sweden 1946- x 10

King Charles III x 13

William Windsor Prince of Wales 1982- x 13

Ancestors of Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726

Father: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624-1705 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William II Landgrave of Hesse 1469-1509 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Philip I of Hesse 1504-1567 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave George I of Hesse Darmstadt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Duke of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Christine of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 1666-1726 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

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