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Maria Sophia of Neuburg

1666 - 1699

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Maria Sophia Elisabeth of Neuburg (6 August 1666 – 4 August 1699) was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Peter II from 1687 until her death in 1699. A popular queen, she was noted for her extraordinary generosity and for being the mother of the famously extravagant John V of Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Sophia of Neuburg is the 259th most popular companion (up from 348th in 2019), the 958th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,272nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Companion.

Maria Sophia of Neuburg was the daughter of Philip William, Elector Palatine, and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was married to Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I in 1722.

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Among companions, Maria Sophia of Neuburg ranks 259 out of 784Before her are Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Elizabeth of Austria, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Sophie of France, Constantina, and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. After her are Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Elisabeth of Romania, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Louise of Great Britain, and Martha Washington.

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Among people born in 1666, Maria Sophia of Neuburg ranks 5Before her are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Ivan V of Russia, Guru Gobind Singh, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. After her are Stephen Gray, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Antonio Maria Valsalva, and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1699, Maria Sophia of Neuburg ranks 5Before her are Jean Racine, Christian V of Denmark, Henry Every, and Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria. After her are Mattia Preti, Hortense Mancini, Marco d'Aviano, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Lucrezia Barberini, Patrick Gordon, and Mary Beale.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maria Sophia of Neuburg ranks 958 out of 7,253Before her are Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frank Wedekind (1864), Carl Stamitz (1745), George, King of Saxony (1832), Johann Elert Bode (1747), and August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818). After her are Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Karl Bühler (1879), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Sigmund Jähn (1937), and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792).

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