Styles of Electress Sophia as consort Reference style Her Serene Highness Spoken style Your Serene Highness Alternative style Ma'am

Electress Sophia of Hanover (born Sophia, Pfalzgräfin von Simmern, at The Hague on October 14, 1630; died at Herrenhausen on June 8, 1714) was the youngest daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, of the House of Wittelsbach, also known as King Frederick V of Bohemia, and Elizabeth Stuart, also known as Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, the "Winter Queen". She is the ancestress of all who are in the Line of Succession to the British throne. As Electress Sophia she was the consort to Ernst August, Elector of Hanover. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A style is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the office itself. ... HSH is an acronym for His Serene Highness or Her Serene Highness. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Herrenhausen is a quarter of the German city Hanover which is famous for its Grosser Garten. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... Frederick is also called the Winter King of Bohemia because he reigned for less than three winter months in 1620 after he was installed by a rebellious Protestant faction. ... The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806. ... Elisabeth, Electress Palatine and briefly queen of Bohemia (August 19, 1596 – February 13, 1662), born Lady Elizabeth Stuart, was born as the eldest daughter to King James VI of Scotland and his Queen consort Anne of Denmark. ... The line of succession to the British Throne (which includes the sovereignty over fifteen other Commonwealth Realms) is determined by male primogeniture and religion, whereby the eldest legitimate son of the incumbent inherits the throne, unless he is Catholic or has married a Catholic, although the laws preventing Papists from... Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; inscriptions on Hanoverian buildings, e. ...

She married Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, at Heidelberg September 30, 1658. He was appointed as Elector of Hanover in 1692. (Electors were princes who had the right to vote to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.) Brunswick-Lüneburg was an historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst (singular) Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany. ... -1... Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, made for either Otto I or Conrad III This page is about the Germanic empire. ...

As the daughter of Elizabeth Stuart, who was in turn the daughter of James I & VI of England and Scotland, she was inserted into the line of succession to the British throne behind Queen Anne, as her closest Protestant heir, by the Act of Settlement 1701, for the purpose of cutting off any claim by the Catholic James Francis Edward Stuart, who would otherwise have become King James III, as well as denying the throne to many other Catholics who held a claim. James VI of Scotland and James I of England and Ireland (Charles James) (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland. ... Anne ( 6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714 ) became Queen of England, Queen of Scotland and Queen of Ireland on 8 March 1702. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Electress Sophia The Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm 3 c. ... Prince James Francis Edward Stuart or Stewart (June 10, 1688 – January 1, 1766) was a claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England (September 16, 1701 – January 1, 1766) who is more commonly referred to as The Old Pretender. ...

Sophia would have inherited the throne and would have been crowned Queen of Great Britain if she had not died before Anne. Upon her death, Sophia's eldest son Elector Georg Ludwig of Hanover became heir presumptive in her place, and weeks later succeeded Queen Anne as King George I of Great Britain. Sophia's daughter Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668-1705) married Frederick I of Prussia, from whom the later Prussian kings and German emperors descend. The connection between the German emperors and the British royal family, which was renewed by several marriages in future generations, would become an issue during World War I. The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen-in-Parliament) legislative power. ... George I (Georg Ludwig) (28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death. ... An Heir Presumptive (capitalised) is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir Apparent or of a new Heir Presumptive with a better claim to the throne. ... Sophia Charlotte of Hanover was born on October 20, 1668, at Schloss Iburg near Osnabrück. ... Friedrich I of Prussia, Kurfürst of Brandenburg, King in Russia (Fredrick I, July 11, 1857 -- February 25, 1913), Hohenzollern, was the first King in Prussia, reigning from January 18, 2001, until his death. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ...

Sophia had additional sons, none of whom had children. Those who reached adulthood were:

• Friedrich August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Imperial General, died without issue (1661-1691)
• Maximilian Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, field marshal in the Imperial Army, died without issue (1666-1726)
• Karl Philipp von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, colonel in the Imperial Army, died without issue (1669-1690)
• Christian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, died without issue (1671-1703)
• Ernst August II von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Duke of York and Albany, became bishop of Osnabrück and died without issue (1674-1728)

Sophia commissioned significant work on the gardens surrounding the palace at Herrenhausen and died there during an evening walk. Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany KG (7 September 1674, Osnabruck –14 August 1728, Osnabruck) was the youngest son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of the Palatinate and a younger brother of George I of Great Britain. ... The Bishopric of Osnabrück is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany; it was founded around 800. ... The Herrenhäuser Gardens (German: Herrenhäuser Gärten), located in Lower Saxonys capital of Hanover are made up of the Great Garden (Großer Garten), the Berggarten,the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten. ... Herrenhausen is a quarter of the German city Hanover which is famous for its Grosser Garten. ...

Sophia plays an important role in British history and royal lineage, because the Act of Settlement 1701 restricts the British throne to the "Protestant heirs" of Sophia of Hanover who have never been Catholic and who have never married a Catholic. Presently there are almost 5,000 descendants of Sophia although not all are in the line of succession. The Sophia Naturalization Act of 1705 granted the right of British nationality to Sophia's non-Catholic descendants (though this has been modified by subsequent laws). The Electress Sophia The Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm 3 c. ... The Sophia Naturalization Act is an Act passed by the English Parliament in 1705. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ...

Before her marriage, Sophia, as the daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, was referred to as Sophie, Princess Palatine of the Rhine, or as Sophia of the Palatinate.

See also

• British monarchy
• UK topics