This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sophia-electress-of-Hanover. The couple went to live in Hanover, and they were welcomed by her mother-in-law at the Leine Schloss. This happened two months after the death of his nephew Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son of the future Queen Anne. von Honthrost, Gerard. Very interesting and enjoyable. Luckily for her, the Brunswick-Luneburg family was about to save the day. Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum. In 1652, her future husband, Duke Ernst August of Brunswick-Lüneburg passed through Heidelberg. Sophia Charlotte was born in 1668. She corresponded regularly with her sons' governess and took a great interest in her sons' upbringing, even more so on her return. Start by marking “Sophia of Hanover: Mother of George I and Ancestor of the House of Windsor” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Corrections? Sophia of Hanover 1630 -1714. Peter Owen Publishers, 2011. By 1653, Charles had fallen in love with one of Charlotte’s ladies in waiting, the very virtuous and pure Louise von Degenfeldt. Sophia gave birth to twins on 13 December 1666, but only one baby survived. Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). This friendship resulted in a substantial correspondence, first published in the 19th century (Klopp 1973), that reveals Sophia to have been a woman of exceptional intellectual ability and curiosity. One day later, Sophia’s cousin Charles II of England made his triumphal entry into London as King. 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". Radical Enlightenment. Sophia of Hanover was born on 14 October 1630 in The Hague, the Netherlands, where her exiled parents, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I … Louise Hollandine, Princess of the Palatinate. She was well-read in the works of René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza. Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea! Elizabeth Stuart did not have time to raise a bunch of young children; she had to regain control of the Palatinate and deal with her actual zoo of animals. Herrenhausen Gardens and Mausoleum May 11, 2017 Moniek 1. Sophia, Electress of Hanover. Sophia was undeniably heartbroken, but she did not slow down. 7. By the time she was born, her parents had been in exile in the Dutch Republic for about a decade due to the Thirty Years War. Adolf was utterly pissed, threw an actual fit but ended up being fine and marrying someone else. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). The only issue would be if Anne became queen and her children all died. I keep myself calm as I can, which preserves my health.” 11. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Painted by her sister (circa 1644), Sophia, Princess Palatine, and Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg. By 1688, shit started to heat up big time in England. The electress was the nearest Protestant heir. This act ensured the Protestant succession and bypassed many Catholics who had a better hereditary claim to the throne. In 1700, the only living child of Anne, the heir to the English throne, died, kicking off a major succession crisis in England. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. "[12], When the law was passed in mid-1701, Sophia at age 70, five of her children from ages 35 to 41, and three legitimate grandchildren from ages 14 to 18, were alive. Trigger warning for suicide.Episode NotesFollow the podcast on Twitter @sadgirlstudypodFollow the podcast on Instagram @sadgirlstudyBecome a patron on Patreon @patreon.com/sadgirlstudyguides, In which a meet-cute ends up becoming a total nightmare and there are so many questionable face masks. Sophia never saw the country of which she might have been queen. Except it would turn out that Adolf was sort of an abusive nightmare which did not bode well for Sophia. Sophia was courted by her first cousin, Charles II of … Sophia, Princess Palatine of the Rhine, was the twelfth child of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, 'the Winter King of Bohemia' and Elizabeth Stuart, the only surviving daughter of King James VI and I. Sophia gave birth to her first child, George, the future George I of England, on May 28, 1660. You go Sophia. In 1632, Sophia’s father, Frederick, died of a fever while he was returning home from a battle in Germany with the king of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus. Anne and Sophia did not get along, even though they never really interacted. You go Sophia. Sophia was courted by her first cousin, Charles II of England, but she rebuffed his advances as she thought he was using her in order to get money from her mother's supporter, Lord William Craven.[3]. Then she taught me the Quatrains of Pibrac while she used the time to clean her teeth, which always had need of it, and rinse her mouth, the grimaces of which have remained in my imagination far better than all she tried to teach me.” 2, At the age of ten, her education at Leiden ended, and she returned to join her mother and sisters in The Hague. But, Mary had a Protestant sister, Anne. By then, Sophia was 69 years old. Thanks to the Glorious Revolution, William and Mary were joint co-rulers of England. At birth, Sophia was granted an annuity of 40 thalers by the Estates of Friesland. Oh, and a lot of tragedy. 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. Turns out that money is exciting and involves plagiarism scandals. Ashdown House. Upon Sophia's death, her eldest son Elector George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1660â1727) became heir presumptive in her place, and weeks later, succeeded Anne as George I of Great Britain. By 1650, only Sophia and her sister Louise were living with their mother. Queen Anne died on 1 August 1714 and was succeeded by Sophia’s son. R Bentley & Sons, 1888. That same year, she was invited by her brother, who had been restored to the Rhine Palatinate, to come to Heidelberg. Anne died less than two months later, on August 1, 1714. Sophia never knew her father and would instead treat her older brother, Charles Louis, the future Elector Palatinate, as a father figure. I was given this book as a gift, and (novels being more my usual diet) it’s not the sort of thing that I’d normally find myself reading. Ernest was the youngest brother in his family, but by 1652, none of his older brothers had male heirs, so it was looking like he might inherit quite a bit of land. Kneller, Godfrey. That was all fine and dandy, except William and Mary didn’t have any children. She wrote to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, “The Princess of Denmark (Princess Anne) is, however, about to give birth to her seventh child, all the others having inherited the Kingdom of Heaven in order to bring me nearer to the throne unless this last infant survives to inherit the English throne.” 9 Despite being the youngest surviving child of Elizabeth Stuart, Sophia was Protestant, and she was born in the Netherlands and could speak to William III in his native tongue. William III died in February 1702, and Princess Anne became Queen. This made sense, since Elizabeth Stuart was in chronic debt by the point. Sophia of Hanover was born on 14 October 1630 in The Hague, the Netherlands, where her exiled parents, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, lived. Flantzer, Susan. 1670. Memoirs of Sophia, Electress of Hanover. Your email address will not be published. Be the first to ask a question about Sophia of Hanover. In September 1700, Sophia met her cousin King William III of England at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Sophia was not a fan of this marriage. 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. Ernest was only a year older than Sophia, and she found him extremely attractive. Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum. Sophia became a friend and admirer of Gottfried Leibniz while he was librarian at the Court of Hanover. Also, we get to debunk one of the more infamous stories of medieval England.Episode NotesFollow the podcast on Twitter @sadgirlstudypod.Follow the podcast on Instagram @sadgirlstudy.Become a patron @patreon.com/sadgirlstudyguides. She died less than two months before she would have become queen. Leibniz was a major wunderkind; he finished his undergraduate degree when he was 15 and got a law degree when he was 17.
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