Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

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HM The Dowager Queen of Prussia
Titles Dowager Queen of Prussia
Reign 25 February 1713 - 31 May 1740
Coronation 12 September 1713
Predecessor Princess Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Successor Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern
Biographical Information
Born 16 March 1687

Hanover, Calenberg, Holy Roman Empire

Died 28 June 1757 (aged 70)

Berlin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire

Spouse King Frederick William I of Prussia

(m. 1706; w. 1740)

Issue Prince Frederick Louis

Princess Wilhelmine

Prince Frederick William

Frederick II

Princess Charlotte Albertine

Princess Frederica Louise

Princess Philippine Charlotte

Prince Louis Charles William

Princess Sophia Dorothea

Princess Louisa Ulrike

Prince Augustus William

Princess Anna Amalia

Prince Henry

Prince Ferdinand

Name Sophia Dorothea
House Hanover (by birth)

Hohenzollern (by marriage)

Father King George I of the United Kingdom
Mother Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Religion Evangelical Church of Germany

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Prince Frederick Louis 23 November 1707 13 May 1708 (aged 5 months) Died in infancy
Princess Wilhelmine 3 July 1709 14 October 1758 (aged 49) Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (m. 1731); had issue
Prince Frederick William 16 August 1710 21 July 1711 (aged 11 months) Died in infancy
Frederick II 24 January 1712 17 August 1786 (aged 74) Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern (m. 1733); no issue
Princess Charlotte Albertine 5 May 1713 10 June 1714 (aged 13 months) Died in infancy
Princess Frederica Louise 29 August 1714 4 February 1784 (aged 69) Margrave Karl Wilhelm Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach (m. 1729); had issue
Princess Philippine Charlotte 13 March 1716 17 February 1801 (aged 84) Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (m. 1733); had issue
Prince Louis Charles William 2 May 1717 31 August 1719 (aged 2) Died in childhood
Princess Sophia Dorothea 25 January 1719 13 November 1765 (aged 46) Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt (m. 1734); had issue
Princess Louisa Ulrike 24 July 1720 16 July 1782 (aged 61) King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (m. 1744); had issue
Prince Augustus William 9 August 1722 12 June 1758 (aged 35) Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (m. 1742); had issue
Princess Anna Amalia 9 November 1723 30 March 1787 (aged 63) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Henry 18 January 1726 3 August 1802 (aged 76) Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (m. 1752); no issue
Prince Ferdinand 23 May 1730 2 May 1813 (aged 82) Princess Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (m. 1755); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1687-1706 Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
  • 1706-1713 Sophia Dorothea, Crown Princess of Prussia
  • 1713-1740 Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
  • 1740-1757 Sophia Dorothea, Dowager Queen of Prussia

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King George I of the United Kingdom Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover

Princess Sophia of the Palatinate

Duke George of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate

Elizabeth Stuart

Duke William of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Dorothea of Denmark

Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Magdalene of Neuburg

Elector Frederick IV of the Palatinate

Countess Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau

King James I of England

Princess Anne of Denmark

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle Duke George William of Brunswick-Luneburg

Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

Duke George of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Alexandre Desmier d'Olbreuse

Jacquette Poussard de Vendre

Duke William of Brunswick-Luneburg

Princess Dorothea of Denmark

Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Magdalene of Neuburg

Alexandre Desmier d'Olbreuse

Marie Baudoin

Joachim Poussard de Vendre

Suzanne Gaillard