Sophia of Hanover

Sophia of Hanover

Sophia (born Princess Sophia of the Palatinate; 14 October [O.S. 3 October] 1630 – 8 June [O.S. 28 May] 1714) was Electress of Hanover from 19 December 1692 until 23 January 1698 as the consort of Prince Elector Ernest Augustus. She was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England and Scotland (later Great Britain) and Ireland under the Act of Settlement 1701, as a granddaughter of King James VI and I. Sophia died less than two months before she would have become Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Consequently, her son George I succeeded her first cousin once removed, Queen Anne, to the British throne, and the succession to the throne has since been defined as, and composed entirely of, her legitimate and Protestant descendants. Sophia was born a princess in 1630 to Frederick V of the Palatinate and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James VI and I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophia of Hanover has received more than 2,237,319 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Sophia of Hanover is the 138th most popular nobleman (down from 107th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Nobleman.

Sophia of Hanover was the granddaughter of James I and the daughter of James II. She married Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who became King of Great Britain and Ireland as George I in 1714.