Sophia

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Electress of Hanover human princess

Sophia of the Palatinate was a 17th-century German princess and Electress of Hanover, best known as the mother of King George I of Great Britain and a key figure in the Protestant succession to the British throne.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sophia of the Palatinate	0

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Electress of Hanover ⓘ human ⓘ princess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Electress of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Sophia of Hanover Electress of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Sophia, Electress of Hanover
birthName	Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ
burialPlace	Leineschloss ⓘ
child	Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Charles Philip of Hanover Christian Henry of Hanover ⓘ Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Frederick Augustus of Hanover George I of Great Britain ⓘ Maximilian William of Hanover ⓘ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover
dateOfBirth	1630-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1714-06-08 ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Sophia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
heirPresumptiveTo	throne of Great Britain ⓘ throne of Ireland ⓘ throne of Scotland ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalBasisOfSuccession	Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth Stuart ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Hanover ⓘ House of Palatinate-Simmern ⓘ
notableFor	being mother of King George I of Great Britain ⓘ role in the Protestant succession to the British throne ⓘ
notableRelative	Elizabeth Stuart ⓘ Frederick I of Prussia ⓘ Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Queen Anne of Great Britain Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ⓘ
notableWork	Memoirs written by herself ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Dutch Republic ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Hanover ⓘ Herrenhausen Palace ⓘ
positionHeld	Electress of Hanover ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Hanover ⓘ Herrenhausen Palace ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
spouse	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
title	Electress of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Princess Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sophia of the Palatinate → givenName → Sophia ⓘ

Sophia → givenName → Sophia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

Electress of Hanover → givenName → Sophia ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate