Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse

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Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg French noblewoman Huguenot human

Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse was a French Huguenot noblewoman who became Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and is remembered as the mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the repudiated wife of King George I of Great Britain.

Aliases (1)

Eleonore d’Olbreuse ×2

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg → French noblewoman → Huguenot → human →
birthCountry	Kingdom of France →
birthDate	1639-01-03 →
birthPlace	Olbreuse →
burialPlace	Celle →
child	Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
convertedMarriageStatus	elevated to equal marriage →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
court	Brunswick-Lüneburg court at Celle →
deathDate	1722-02-05 →
deathPlace	Celle →
deathTerritory	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
ethnicGroup	French →
familyName	d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →
givenName	Eleanor → surface form: "Eleonore"
grandson	George II of Great Britain →
historicalPeriod	17th century → early 18th century →
house	House of Brunswick-Bevern → surface form: "House of Brunswick-Lüneburg (by marriage)"
knownFor	being a French Huguenot consort in the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg → being mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
languageSpoken	French → German →
marriageType	morganatic marriage (initially) →
motherOf	Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
name	Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →
nobleFamily	d’Esmier d’Olbreuse family →
notableFor	role in succession of the Electorate of Hanover →
notableRelative	George I of Great Britain →
religion	Calvinism → Protestantism →
residence	Celle Castle →
socialRole	noble consort →
spouse	George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
spouseTitle	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
title	Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg → surface form: "Duchess of Celle"

Referenced by (4)

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

Sophia Dorothea of Celle → mother → Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →

George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → motherOfChild → Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →

this entity surface form: "Eleonore d’Olbreuse"

Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse → name → Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →

George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → spouse → Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse →

this entity surface form: "Eleonore d’Olbreuse"