Sophia of Hanover, Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover
- Born: 14 Oct 1630, The Hague, Dutch Republic
- Marriage (1): Ernest Augustus Elector of Hanover on 30 Sep 1658
- Died: 8 Jun 1714, Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany at age 83 1
General Notes:
Heiress presumptive to the thrones of England (later Great Britain) and Ireland under the "Act of Settlement 1701". She died less than two months before she would have become queen. Consequently, it was her son George I who succeeded her first cousin one removed, Anne.
Sophia married Ernest Augustus Elector of Hanover on 30 Sep 1658. (Ernest Augustus Elector of Hanover was born on 20 Nov 1629 in Herzberg am Harz, Gottingen, Germany and died on 23 Jan 1698 in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany.)
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