See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

SOPHIA DOROTHEA (1666-1726)  , wife of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, elector of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover (George I. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England), only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of George See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick-See also:

• LUNEBURG

Luneburg-See also:

• CELLE

Celle, by a Huguenot See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady named Eleanore d'Olbreuze (1639-1722), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1666 . George William had undertaken to remain unmarried, but his See also:

• DESIRE

desire to improve the status of his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress (whom in spite of his promise he married in 1676) and of his daughter greatly alarmed his relatives, as these proceedings threatened to hinder the contemplated See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Luneburg territories . However, in 1682, this difficulty was bridged over by the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia Dorothea with her See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin George Louis, son of Duke Ernest See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, who became elector of Hanover in 1692 . This union was a very unhappy one . The relatives of George Louis, especially his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, the electress Sophia, hated and despised his wife, and this feeling was soon shared by the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince himself . It was under these circumstances that Sophia Dorothea made the acquaintance of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Philipp Christoph von See also:

• KONIGSMARK, MARIA AURORA, COUNTESS OF (1662–1728)
• KONIGSMARK, PHILIPP CHRISTOPH, COUNT OF (1665-1694)

Konigsmark (q.v.), with whom her name is inseparably associated . Konigsmark assisted her in one or two futile attempts to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from Hanover, and rightly or wrongly was regarded as her See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover . In 1694 the count was assassinated, and the princess was divorced and imprisoned at Ahlden, remaining in captivity until her See also:

• DEATH

death on the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1726 . Sophia Dorothea is sometimes referred to as the " princess of Ahlden." Her two See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, George II., and Sophia Dorothea, wife of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick William I. of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, and mother of Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great . Sophia's infidelity to her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband is not absolutely proved, as it is probable that the letters which purport to have passed between Konigsmark and herself are forgeries . See Briefwechsel See also:

• DES

des Grafen Konigsmark and der Prinzessin Sophie Dorothea von Celle, edited by W . F .

Palmblad (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1847); A . F . H . Schaumann, Sophie Dorothea Prinzessin von Ahlden, and Kurfurstin Sophie von Hannover (Hanover, 1878); C . L. von.P011nitz, Histoire secrette de la duchesse d'Hanovre (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1732) ; W . H . See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• WILKINS, SIR CHARLES (1749?-1836)

Wilkins, The Love of an Uncrowned See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen (London, 1900) ; A . Kocher, " See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Prinzessin von Ahlden," in the Historische Zeitschrift (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1882); Vicomte H. de See also:

• BEAUCAIRE

Beaucaire, Une Misalliance clans la maison de Brunswick (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1884) ; and A . D . See also:

• GREENWOOD, FREDERICK (1830-19o9)
• GREENWOOD, JOHN (d. 1593)

Greenwood, Lives of the Hanoverian Queens of England (19o9), vol. i .