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Jan 11, 2022 · George Augustus was born on 10 November 1683 to George Louis of Brunswick-Luneberg and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle in the German city of Hanover. To date, he is the last British monarch not born in Britain. His eventual successor would be his grandson, another George, who was born in 1738 in Norfolk House, London.
Sophia Charlotte was born in Iburg Castle in the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, where her father held the title of a Protestant prince-bishop.In 1672 her family moved to the new episcopal residence in Osnabrück and finally in 1679 to Hanover, when Ernest Augustus succeeded his brother Duke John Frederick of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Principality of Calenberg.
Oct 30, 2014 · The funny thing is that Sophia Dorothea could easily have been the heiress to the Duchy of Hanover herself. Her father, George William, was the Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg, and was set to inherit ...
May 29, 2018 · Sophia Dorothea (sōfī´ə dŏrəthē´ə), 1666–1726, electress of Hanover, wife of Elector George Louis (later King George I [1] of England); sometimes called Sophia Dorothea of Celle.
Sophia Dorothea’s paternal grandmother was Sophia of the Palatinate, the daughter of the Winter King and Queen and a granddaughter of James VI/I of Scotland and England. In 1706, Sophia married her cousin, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia. The Electress was ‘anxious that [Sophia] should make a good appearance’ in Berlin so the ...
Mar 3, 2017 · Sophia Dorothea of Celle was born on 15 September 1666 as the daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his mistress, Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse. Her parents officially married in 1676. On 22 November 1682, she married her cousin, George, Electoral Prince of Hanover, after reportedly shouting, “I will not marry the pig snout!” The marriage was off to a [read more]
George I was the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain . He inherited the throne after Queen Anne , the last of the Stuarts , died without children. He did not like living in England and spent a lot of his reign away from the country. He was not much mourned by the British people on his death.
