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Sophia Charlotte of Hanover | |
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Duchess/Queen consort in Prussia Electress consort of Brandenburg | |
Tenure | 18 January 1701 – 1 February 1705 |
Born | Iburg Castle, Osnabrück, Hanover. | 30 October 1668
Died | 1 February 1705 Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg | (aged 36)
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Issue | Prince Frederick August Frederick William I of Prussia |
House | Hanover |
Father | Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover |
Mother | Sophia of the Palatinate |
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Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (30 October 1668 – 1 February 1705) was the first Queen consort in Prussia as wife of King Frederick I. She was the only daughter of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover and his wife Sophia of the Palatinate. Her eldest brother, George Louis, succeeded to the British throne in 1714 as King George I.