In 1701, senior living representatives of lines passed over in favor of Sophia included Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, Louis Otto, Prince of Salm and his sisters, Anne Henriette, Princess of Condé, Benedicta Henrietta, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Sophia's sister Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate.

* Print after Amigoni of Princess Amelia Sophia Eleanora

* 1773 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester ( d. 1844 )

* 1777 – Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom ( d. 1848 )

* 1768 – Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, ( d. 1840 )

* 1630 – Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony ( d. 1714 )

Dirk Van der Cruysse: Sophie de Hanovre, Memoires et Lettres de Voyage, Fayard Paris, 1990 ; also Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain, J. N.

Before her marriage, Sophia, as the daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, was referred to as Sophie, Princess Palatine of the Rhine, or as Sophia of the Palatinate.

Sophia of Hanover, From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain ; London: Peter Owen, 2010

* October 25 – The steamer Princess Sophia sinks on Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, Alaska ; 353 people die in the greatest maritime disaster in the Pacific Northwest.

** Juan Carlos of Spain marries the Greek Princess Sophia in Athens.

* November 29 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester ( b. 1773 )

* November 23 – Sophia, Princess of Zelle, queen of George I of Great Britain ( b. 1666 )

In 1421, at age 8, Frederick was betrothed to Princess Jadwiga of Lithuania, but she died on 8 December 1431, before the marriage could take place, purportedly poisoned by her stepmother Sophia of Halshany.

The death in 1431 of Princess Jadwiga, the last heir of Piast blood, released Władysław to make his sons by Sophia of Halshany his heirs, though he had to sweeten the Polish nobles with concessions to ensure their agreement, since the monarchy was elective.

***** HRH The Princess Augusta Sophia ( 1768 – 1840 )

***** HRH The Princess Sophia ( 1777 – 1848 )

***** HRH Princess Sophia of Gloucester ( 1773 – 1844 )

** HM The Princess Sophia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia ( 1687 – 1757 )

The German Emperor Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Ernst August of Brunswick were Edward's nephews ; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen were his nieces ; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law ; George I of Greece and Frederick VIII of Denmark were his brothers-in-law ; Albert I of Belgium, Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal, and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria were his second cousins.

By the terms of the English Act of Settlement 1701, George's mother, Sophia, was designated as the heir to the English throne if the then reigning monarch ( William III ) and his sister-in-law, Princess Anne of Denmark ( later Queen Anne ) died without surviving issue.

Sophia of the Palatine, later Electress of HanoverPortrait by her sister Louise Hollandine, c. 1644

Born to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, and Elizabeth Stuart, in 1630, Sophia grew up in the Dutch Republic, where her family had sought refuge after the sequestration of their Electorate during the Thirty Years ' War.

A daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, and Elizabeth Stuart, also known as the " Winter King and Queen of Bohemia " for their short rule in that country, Sophia was born in The Wassenaer Hof, The Hague, Dutch Republic, where her parents fled into exile after the Battle of White Mountain. She was also the granddaughter of James VI of Scotland., At birth, Sophia was granted an annuity of 40 thalers by the Estates of Friesland.

* 14 October 1630 – 30 September 1658: Her Serene Highness Countess Palatine Sophia of the Rhine

In 1711, King Louis's sister-in-law, the Princess Palatine, sent a letter to her aunt, Sophia, Electress of Hanover, stating that the prisoner had " two musketeers at his side to kill him if he removed his mask ".

He strengthened his authority over the County Palatine by marrying Sophia, daughter of Lutgard of Stade and Fredrick II of Sommerschenburg, a former Count Palatine.

The prototype may have been one known to have been set up in Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel in Aachen, apparently in gold foil worked over a wooden core in the manner of the Golden Madonna of Essen, though figureless jeweled gold crosses are recorded in similar positions in Hagia Sophia in Constantinople in the 5th century.

Including Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern and Sophia of the Palatinate.

The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English and Irish crowns and thrones on the Electress Sophia of Hanover ( a granddaughter of James I ) and her Protestant heirs.

The Act of Settlement provided that the throne would pass to the Electress Sophia of Hanover – a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England, niece of Charles I of Scotland and England – and her Protestant descendants who had not married a Roman Catholic ; those who were Roman Catholic, and those who married a Roman Catholic, were barred from ascending the throne " for ever ".

The current most senior living descendant of the Electress Sophia who is ineligible to succeed due to the act is George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who married the Roman Catholic Sylvana Palma Tomaselli in 1988 ; he would now be 29th in the lines of succession if he had not lost his place.

Under the Act of Settlement, male-preference primogeniture succession of an Anglican legitimate descendant of the Electress Sophia is automatic and immediate, neither depending on, nor waiting for, any proclamation.

Sophia of the Palatinate ( commonly referred to as Sophia of Hanover ; 14 October 1630 – 8 June 1714 ) was the Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698.

Therefore, Sophia became Electress of Hanover, the title by which she is best-remembered.

Sophia as dowager Electress of Hanover, around the time she was proclaimed heiress presumptive of the British crown.

* June 8 – Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain ( b. 1630 )

To address the succession crisis and preclude a Catholic restoration, the Parliament of England enacted the Act of Settlement 1701, which provided that, failing the issue of Anne and of William III by any future marriage, the Crown of England and Ireland would go to Sophia, Electress of Hanover and her Protestant descendants.

Though both England and Scotland recognised Anne as their Queen, only the English Parliament had settled on Sophia, Electress of Hanover, as the heir.

George's mother, the Electress Sophia, died on 28 May 1714 at the age of 83.

The queen was the daughter of Dowager Electress Sophia of Hanover, and the sister of George, Elector of Hanover.

Dowager Electress Sophia called her " the most agreeable Princess in Germany ".

He was the heir apparent of his father's Electorate of Hanover and third-in-line to the British throne of his distant cousin Queen Anne, after his grandmother Dowager Electress Sophia and his father the Elector.

The succession of her husband's family to the British throne was still insecure, as Queen Anne's half-brother James Stuart contested the Hanoverian claim, and Queen Anne and Caroline's grandmother-in-law Dowager Electress Sophia had fallen out.

" In June 1714, Dowager Electress Sophia died in Caroline's arms at the age of 84, and Caroline's father-in-law became heir presumptive to Queen Anne.

His sister Electress Sophia was the mother of George I of Great Britain.

For instance, someone can find out what number Electress Sophia of Hanover would be on an ahnentafel of Peter Mark Andrew Phillips.

Thus, if we were to make an ahnentafel for Peter Phillips, Electress Sophia would be # 7233.

# Sophia, Electress of Hanover ( 14 October 1630 – 8 June 1714 ); married Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, had issue including King George I of Great Britain

Sophia of Hanover | Electress Sophia of Hanover ( 1630 – 1714 )