Electress of Hanover

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electress consort noble title noblewoman

The Electress of Hanover was the title held by Sophia of the Palatinate, a German princess whose Protestant lineage made her the designated heir to the English throne under the Act of Settlement 1701 and ancestress of the British Hanoverian dynasty.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sophia of the Palatinate	0
Sophia of Hanover	8
Electress Sophia of Hanover	4
Sophia, Electress of Hanover	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electress consort ⓘ noble title ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Electress of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Electress Sophia of Hanover Electress of Hanover ⓘ surface form: Sophia of Hanover
ancestorOf	George I of Great Britain ⓘ
basisOfSuccession	Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
birthDate	1630-10-14 ⓘ
birthName	Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ
birthPlace	The Hague ⓘ
burialPlace	Leineschloss ⓘ surface form: Leineschloss, Hanover
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, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ George I of Great Britain ⓘ Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ⓘ
citizenship	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate
country	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
deathDate	1714-06-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Herrenhausen Palace ⓘ
descendantOf	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James I of England
designatedHeirOf	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dynasticRole	foundress of the British Hanoverian line of succession ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine ⓘ
givenName	Sophia ⓘ
granddaughterOf	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James I of England
heldBy	Sophia of the Palatinate ⓘ
house	House of Palatinate-Simmern ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
memberOf	House of Hanover ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth Stuart ⓘ
notableFor	being ancestress of the Hanoverian kings of Great Britain ⓘ being named heir presumptive to the English throne by the Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
positionHeld	Electress of Hanover self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Electress of Hanover self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sophia of Hanover
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
spouse	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
title	Princess Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Electress of Hanover → alsoKnownAs → Electress of Hanover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electress Sophia of Hanover

Sophia → alsoKnownAs → Electress of Hanover ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate

this entity surface form: Sophia, Electress of Hanover

Sophia → alsoKnownAs → Electress of Hanover ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophia of the Palatinate