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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. The succession to the throne has since been composed entirely of, and legally defined as, Sophia's legitimate and Protestant descendants. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia of Hanover is the 41st most popular nobleman (up from 136th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 92nd 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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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Sophia of Hanover ranks 41 out of 1,415. Before her are Pope Leo IX, Margaret of Valois, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Diana, Princess of Wales, Alexander Nevsky, and Liliʻuokalani. After her are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Anne of Austria, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Queen Sofía of Spain, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Sophia of Hanover ranks 2. Before her is Charles II of England. After her are Stenka Razin, Eleonora Gonzaga, Hennig Brand, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Olaus Rudbeck, Madame de Brinvilliers, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Josefa de Óbidos, and Pjetër Bogdani. Among people deceased in 1714, Sophia of Hanover ranks 2. Before her is Anne, Queen of Great Britain. After her are Charles, Duke of Berry, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Bernardino Ramazzini, Andreas Schlüter, Carlo Fontana, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Marie Anne Mancini, and Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sophia of Hanover ranks 22 out of 1,646. Before her are Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), Hugo Grotius (1583), Pieter Zeeman (1865), and Abel Tasman (1603). After her are Willem Barentsz (1550), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), M. C. Escher (1898), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), and Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837).

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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), Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (2003), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007), Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005), and Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau (2002).

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