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Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover 1630–1714 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Oct 13 1630

Birth Location: S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Death Date: 08 Jun 1714

Death Location: Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Father: Frederick Bohemia

Mother: Elizabeth Stuart

Spouse(s): Ernest Hanover

Children(s): Margarete Hanover, Frederick Brunswick-Lüneburg, Georg England

The story of Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover began in 1630 in S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover married Ernest Augustus Elector Of Hanover, and had children including Frederick Augustus Of Brunswick Luneburg, Georg Ludwig Hanover King Of England, Margarete Hanover. Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover passed away in 1714 in Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover began in 1630 in S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
  • Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover married Ernest Augustus Elector Of Hanover, and had children including Frederick Augustus Of Brunswick Luneburg, Georg Ludwig Hanover King Of England, Margarete Hanover.
  • Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover passed away in 1714 in Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick Bohemia
1596–1632
Birth Location: Deinschwang, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
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Elizabeth Stuart
1596–1662
Birth Location: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Ernest Hanover
1629–1698
Birth Location: Herzberg
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Children(s)

Margarete Hanover
1691–1733
Birth Location: Hanover, , Rhine, Germany
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Frederick Brunswick-Lüneburg
1661–1690
Birth Location: Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Georg England
1660–1727
Birth Location: Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
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Princess Hanover's Ancestors

Self
Princess Hanover
1630–1714
Birth Place: S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Parents
Frederick V "the Winter King" , of Wittelsbach, van der Pfalz , King of Bohemia
1596–1632
Deinschwang, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
Elizabeth Stuart
1596–1662
Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
James (VI and I Of) England
1566–1625
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Anne (Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, Queen consort of) England
1574–1619
Silkeborg, Silkeborg Kommune, Midtjylland, Denmark
Great-Grandparents
Henry Stuart
1545–1567
Mary Scots
1542–1587
Frederick Schleswig
1534–1588
2nd-Great-Grandparents
MATTHEW LENNOX
1516–1571
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
James Stewart
1512–1542
Mary Guise
1515–1560
Christian Denmark-Norway
1503–1559
Dorothea Sachsen-Lauenburg
1511–1571

Princess Hanover's Descendants

1.
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Princess (Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of) Hanover (Oct 13 1630–08 Jun 1714) m. Ernest (Augustus Elector of) Hanover (20 November 1629–23 January 1698)
  1. 1. Margarete Hanover 1691–1733
  2. 2. Frederick (Augustus of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1661–1690
  3. 3. Georg (Ludwig Hanover\ King of) England 1660–1727
    1. 1. Georg (August Hanover King of Great) Britan 1683–1760
      1. 1. Fredrich (Ludwig Hanover King of Great) Britain 1707–1751
        1. 1. George (William Fredrick Hanover King of Great) Britain 1738–1820 m. Sophia (Charlotte) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744–1818

Princess Hanover's Timeline

2 Records

1630
Oct 13 1630
Birth of Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover in S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1714
08 Jun 1714
Age 84
Death of Princess Sophia von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Electress of Hanover in Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Oct 13 1630
    Event Place: S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Jun 1714
    Event Place: Herrenhausen, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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