NOBLEMAN

Sophia of Hanover

1630 - 1714

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophia of Hanover has received more than 2,361,407 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia of Hanover is the 136th most popular nobleman (up from 138th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 78th 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.

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Sophia of Hanover ranks 136 out of 1,415. Before her are Robert the Strong, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and Ismihan Sultan. After her are Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Maria Goretti, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Isabella I of Jerusalem, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and Setnakhte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Sophia of Hanover ranks 3. Before her are Charles II of England, and Stenka Razin. After her are Eleonora Gonzaga, Madame de Brinvilliers, Hennig Brand, Olaus Rudbeck, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Josefa de Óbidos, and Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1714, Sophia of Hanover ranks 3. Before her are Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and Maria Luisa of Savoy. After her are Charles, Duke of Berry, Bernardino Ramazzini, Andreas Schlüter, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Marie Anne Mancini, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Carlo Fontana, and Vasily Golitsyn.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sophia of Hanover ranks 92 out of 1,646. Before her are Jan Oort (1900), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), and Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931). After her are William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Menno Simons (1496), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Geert Wilders (1963), Gerard ter Borch (1617), and Gabriël Metsu (1629).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Netherlands

Among noblemen born in Netherlands, Sophia of Hanover ranks 1. After her are Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770), Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (2003), Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007), Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005), and Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau (2002).

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