Sophia of the Palatinate

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Electress of Hanover heir presumptive to the British throne noblewoman princess

Sophia of the Palatinate was a German princess and Electress of Hanover whose Protestant lineage made her the key dynastic link leading to the Hanoverian succession to the British throne.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sophia of the Palatinate canonical	16
Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg	1
Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg	1
Princess of the Palatinate	1
Sophie von der Pfalz	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Electress of Hanover ⓘ heir presumptive to the British throne ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ princess ⓘ
ageAtDeath	83 ⓘ
ancestorOf	British monarchs of the House of Hanover ⓘ
associatedWith	Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
birthDate	1630-10-14 ⓘ
birthPlace	Dutch Republic ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
burialPlace	Hanoverian royal vault ⓘ surface form: Mausoleum of the Welfs in the Berggarten, Herrenhausen
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
child	Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate
deathDate	1714-06-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Hanover ⓘ Herrenhausen Palace ⓘ
father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ
fullName	Sophia of the Palatinate self-link ⓘ
givenName	Sophia ⓘ
house	House of Hanover ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalStatus	naturalized British subject by Act of Parliament ⓘ
marriageDate	1658-10-30 ⓘ
marriagePlace	Heidelberg ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth Stuart ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Hanover ⓘ House of Palatinate-Simmern ⓘ
notableFor	being designated heir presumptive to the English throne by the Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ being the dynastic link leading to the Hanoverian succession to the British throne ⓘ
notableWork	Memoirs written by herself ⓘ
positionHeld	Electress of Hanover ⓘ Sophia of the Palatinate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Princess of the Palatinate
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
sibling	Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine ⓘ Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
spouse	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
title	Sophia of the Palatinate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg Sophia of the Palatinate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George I of Great Britain → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Hanoverian royal vault → hasNotablePersonBuried → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Sophia of the Palatinate → fullName → Sophia of the Palatinate self-link ⓘ

Sophia of the Palatinate → positionHeld → Sophia of the Palatinate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Princess of the Palatinate

Sophia of the Palatinate → title → Sophia of the Palatinate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia of the Palatinate → title → Sophia of the Palatinate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → spouse → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Sophia → birthName → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Electress of Hanover → heldBy → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Electress of Hanover → birthName → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Henriette Marie of the Palatinate → sibling → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Princess Palatine of the Rhine → heldBy → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Georg Ludwig → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

George Louis → mother → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

Haus Welf → hatBekanntePerson → Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sophie von der Pfalz