Princess Sophia of Hanover

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electress consort heir presumptive human princess

Princess Sophia of Hanover was a 17th-century German princess who became the Electress of Hanover and the designated heir to the English throne under the Act of Settlement, making her the matriarch of the British Hanoverian dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sophia of Hanover	6
Princess Sophia of Hanover canonical	3

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electress consort ⓘ heir presumptive ⓘ human ⓘ princess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sophia of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Sophia of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Leineschloss, Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (died young) NERFINISHED ⓘ George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ Unnamed daughters who died in infancy ⓘ
citizenship	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Electorate of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1630-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1714-06-08 ⓘ
descendant	British monarchs of the House of Hanover ⓘ George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
designatedAs	heir presumptive to the English throne ⓘ
father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Sophia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalBasis	Act of Settlement 1701 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Palatinate-Simmern NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Electress of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFamilyRole	matriarch of the British Hanoverian dynasty ⓘ
notableWork	Memoirs (written in French) NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Herrenhausen Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Electress consort of Hanover ⓘ
relative	Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupert of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ Herrenhausen Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
significantEvent	died shortly before Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ excluded Roman Catholics from succession ahead of her under the Act of Settlement ⓘ
spouse	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	marriage to Ernest Augustus in 1658 ⓘ