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.

Aliases (3)

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	Mausoleum of the Welfs in the Berggarten, Herrenhausen →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → 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	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Electorate of the Palatinate →
deathDate	1714-06-08 →
deathPlace	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Hanover → Herrenhausen Palace →
father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine →
fullName	Sophia of the Palatinate →
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 → 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	Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg → George I of Great Britain → George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Sophia Charlotte of Hanover →	mother
Sophia of the Palatinate → Sophia of the Palatinate →	birthName
Sophia of the Palatinate ("Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg") → Sophia of the Palatinate ("Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg") →	title
Sophia of the Palatinate →	fullName
Hanoverian royal vault →	hasNotablePersonBuried
Electress of Hanover →	heldBy
Sophia of the Palatinate ("Princess of the Palatinate") →	positionHeld
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	spouse