Who knows? Start by marking “Sophia of Hanover: Mother of George I and Ancestor of the House of Windsor” as Want to Read: Error rating book. A daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate by Elizabeth Stuart, also known as the "Winter King and Queen of Bohemia" for their short rule in that country, Sophia was born in The Wassenaer Hof, The Hague, Dutch Republic, where her parents had fled into exile after the Battle of White Mountain. Either way, Sophia found the whole thing extremely unpleasant and wanted to be left out of it, thank you very much. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (26 March [O.S.

This made sense, since Elizabeth Stuart was in chronic debt by the point. Sophia Charlotte was born in 1668. Her labor ended up lasting over three days without any sort of pain-killers. Welcome to 19th century Austria!Episode NotesFollow the podcast on Twitter @sadgirlstudypodFollow the podcast on Instagram @sadgirlstudyBecome a patron @patreon.com/sadgirlstudyguides, In which we learn (yet again because European history be that way) that first cousins should NEVER marry featuring some possible half sibling incest and a fairly useless count.

Anne refused; she was convinced that Sophia would set up a rival court and try to overthrow her.

That same year, she was invited by her brother, who had been restored to the Rhine Palatinate, to come to Heidelberg. This act ensured the Protestant succession and bypassed many Catholics who had a better hereditary claim to the throne. Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain. Especially since things were going to get a touch messy. However, by the time she was ten, in 1640, Sophia returned to the Hague and her mother. Sophia of Hanover, also known as Sophia of Palatinate, was the ‘Electress of Hanover’ (1692-98) and heir to the British throne under the ‘Act of Settlement 1701.’ In 1689, the ‘House of Commons’ refused to place Sophia in the line of succession. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. ✪ 10 Alternative Successions to the British Royal Throne, ✪ Fit to Rule... Hanoverians to Windsors, ✪ Sophie Dorothea of Celle; The tragic mother of George II. Also, Leopold needed to weaken French influence in the Palatinate and counter the quickly rising power of Prussia.

She wore a wedding dress “a l’Allemagne” of silver brocade.

So, the English government had to go back through the Stuart family tree to find the nearest Protestant relation. Less than a year before her birth, her oldest brother, Henry Frederick, died in a boating accident, and only months after her birth, her older sister, Charlotte, died. Sophia was made heir presumptive to cut off a claim by the Roman Catholic James Francis Edward Stuart, who would have become James III and VIII and to deny the throne to the many other Roman Catholics and spouses of Roman Catholics who held a claim. From overcoming oppression, to breaking rules, to reimagining the world or waging a rebellion, these women of history have a story to tell. “Portrait of Sophia as an Indian.” Oil on Canvas. Nevertheless, the wedding was celebrated on 22 November 1682.

In 1700, Sophia met with King William III of England in the Dutch city of Loo. She also enjoyed other philosophers, like Spinoza and Descartes, who had been friends with her oldest sister, Elisabeth. She was christened on 30 January 1631 in the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, where only three days earlier her elder sister Princess Charlotte had been laid to rest. She corresponded regularly with her sons' governess and took a great interest in her sons' upbringing, even more so on her return. “Sophia of Hanover — Heiress of Great Britain.” History of Royal Women.

The future Sophia of Hanover was born October 14, 1630 at the Wassenaer Hog in the Hague.

At birth, Sophia was granted an annuity of 40 thalers by the Estates of Friesland. Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany has been on my list for quite some time.

This happened two months after the death of his nephew Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son of the future Queen Anne.

In 1669, Sophia gave birth to Charles Phillip after going through hours of labor WHILE standing because her water broke while she was listening to her brother give a speech and she could not just duck out. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. In her letters, Sophia describes her eldest son as a responsible, conscientious child who set an example to his younger brothers and sisters. To see what your friends thought of this book, Sophia of Hanover: Mother of George I and Ancestor of the House of Windsor. It was three days after Sophia’s 28th birthday. Voet, Jacob Ferdinand.

Post was not sent - check your email addresses! A letter from Anne firmly banning Sophia and her family from England arrived a few days before Sophia’s death and deeply upset her.

Initially a landless cadet, Ernest Augustus succeeded in having the House of Hanover raised to electoral dignity in 1692. Sophia, also called Sophia of the Palatinate, German Sophie von der Pfalz, (born Oct. 14, 1630, The Hague—died June 8, 1714, Herrenhausen, Hanover), electress of Hanover and heir to the British throne, whose son became George I of Great Britain. by Peter Owen Ltd. Duke George William, who was Ernest’s older brother, asked Sophia to marry him. Sophia never saw the country of which she might have been queen. She was pretty into Ernest, and she had a good relationship with her mother-in-law, which may be a first. In 1701, Parliament passed the Act of Settlement, giving the succession to the British throne to Sophia and her non-Catholic heirs.

Thanks to the new title, Sophia was officially Sophia of Hanover. Aged 83, she died at the palace at Herrenhausen in Hanover, collapsing after rushing indoors to get out of a sudden rain shower. But her half-brother, James, was a Catholic, and a Catholic couldn’t inherit. Herrenhausen Gardens and Mausoleum May 11, 2017 Moniek 1. The 1701 Act of Settlement officially made it impossible for non-Protestants to inherit the throne and said that if William and then Anne died without an heir, which was most likely going to happen, Sophia and her family would inherit. The key excerpt from the Act, naming Sophia as heir presumptive, reads: Therefore for a further Provision of the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line We Your Majesties most dutifull and Loyall Subjects the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons in this present Parliament assembled do beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted and declared and be it enacted and declared by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same That the most Excellent Princess Sophia Electress and Dutchess Dowager of Hannover Daughter of the most Excellent Princess Elizabeth late Queen of Bohemia Daughter of our late Sovereign Lord King James the First of happy Memory be and is hereby declared to be the next in Succession in the Protestant Line to the Imperiall Crown and Dignity of the forsaid Realms of England France and Ireland with the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging after His Majesty and the Princess Anne of Denmark and in Default of Issue of the said Princess Anne and of His Majesty respectively. In 1702, William died, and Anne became queen. Anne had a half-brother who technically could (and should) inherit the throne. The possibility of her or her son succeeding to the English throne was not known to many people at the time. In 1666, she gave birth to Maximilian William.

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Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of York and Albany, Elector George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg, "Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg749 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File". The only issue would be if Anne became queen and her children all died.

[7], Sophia was, at first, against the marriage of her son and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, looking down on Sophia Dorothea's mother (who was not of royal birth and who Sophia referred to as "mouse dirt mixed among the pepper") and concerned by Sophia Dorothea's legitimated status, but was eventually won over by the advantages inherent in the marriage.[8]. Of her children, only Sophia of Hanover was alive and had Protestant children. Sophia was buried in the chapel of Leine Palace, as were her husband and, later, their son George I. Except it would turn out that Adolf was sort of an abusive nightmare which did not bode well for Sophia. Clearly, Sophia charmed William (and her BFF, Leibniz was working behind the scenes to push for Sophia) because in 1701, the English Parliament passed the Act of Settlement. Sophia was undeniably heartbroken, but she did not slow down. William III died in February 1702, and Princess Anne became Queen. At last. Your data will be shared with Google and other ad vendors. Alexandra of Denmark – The rags to riches Queen. Sophia's brother Charles Louis was restored to the Lower Palatinate as part of the Peace of Westphalia. Her parents were Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V, the Elector Palatinate aka the Winter Queen and King of Bohemia.

It was argued that such a course was necessary to ensure Sophia's succession, for Anne's Roman Catholic half-brother was significantly closer to London than was Sophia. That was all fine and dandy, except William and Mary didn’t have any children. One day later, Sophia’s cousin Charles II of England made his triumphal entry into London as King. Her candidature was aided by the fact that she had grown up in the Netherlands close to William III and was able to converse fluently with him in Dutch, his native tongue. Sophia was known for being a real beauty, thanks to the Stuart dark hair and big eyes. Omissions? [11] Sophia was completely uncertain of what would happen after Anne's death, saying: "What Parliament does one day, it undoes the next. Be the first to ask a question about Sophia of Hanover. In which we learn (yet again) that marrying any sort of cousin is just going to end in tears. [2] At birth, Sophia was granted an annuity of 40 thalers by the Estates of Friesland. Luckily for her, the Brunswick-Luneburg family was about to save the day. Sophia’s birth was not a happy time for Elizabeth (I mean, the woman had already had hella kids, so…).