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Sophia of Nassau

1836 - 1913

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Sophia of Nassau (Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette; 9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913), also Sofia, was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar II. She was Queen of Sweden for 35 years, longer than anyone before her, and the longest-serving queen until 2011, when she was surpassed by Queen Silvia. She is also the most recent woman to have been officially Dowager Queen of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia of Nassau is the 157th most popular companion (down from 119th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Germany (down from 491st in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Companion.

Sophia of Nassau was a German princess who married the King of England, George I. She was born in 1630 in Hesse and died in 1714.

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Among companions, Sophia of Nassau ranks 157 out of 784. Before her are Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Cunigunde of Luxembourg, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Anne of Denmark, and Helena Dragaš. After her are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, Berengaria of Navarre, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Mordred, Queen Rania of Jordan, and Louise of Sweden.

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Among people born in 1836, Sophia of Nassau ranks 7. Before her are Ramakrishna, Wilhelm Steinitz, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Léo Delibes, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and Sakamoto Ryōma. After her are Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Henri Fantin-Latour, Ferdinand Cheval, Marie Henriette of Austria, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, and Władysław Tarnowski. Among people deceased in 1913, Sophia of Nassau ranks 14. Before her are Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, Alfred von Schlieffen, and August Bebel. After her are Philip Sclater, Josephine Cochrane, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, Lewis A. Swift, and Reginald Lee.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sophia of Nassau ranks 597 out of 7,253. Before her are Robert the Strong (900), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Bert Hellinger (1925), and Friedrich Mohs (1773). After her are Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Hans Spemann (1869), Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Ludwig Tieck (1773), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), and Hermann Kolbe (1818).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Sophia of Nassau ranks 24. Before her are Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792). After her are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866), Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653), Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), and Matilda of Ringelheim (894).

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