Person:Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1)

Sophia Dorothea of Celle
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Name Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Gender Female
Birth[1] 15 Sep 1666 Celle, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Marriage 22 Nov 1682 marriage arranged by parents
to George I _____, of Great Britain
Death[1] 13 Nov 1726 Ahlden, Hannover, Preußen, Germany
Reference Number? Q231876?


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Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with her first cousin was a marriage of state, arranged by her father George William, her father-in-law the Elector of Hanover, and her mother-in-law, Electress Sophia of Hanover, first cousin of King Charles II of England. Sophia Dorothea is best remembered for her alleged affair with Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck that led to her being imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden for the last thirty years of her life.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Sophia Dorothea of Celle, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Beatty, Michael A. The English Royal Family of America: from Jamestown to the American Revolution. (McFarland, 2003)
    pg. 112.
  3.   Sophie Dorothea Herzogin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.