With the birth of the Turkish Republic after the First World War, St. Sophia became a museum, and the ancient mosaics, which were plastered over by the Moslems, whose religion forbids pictures in holy places, have been restored.

But when, in early 1915, the Allies asked for Greek help in the Dardanelles campaign, offering Cyprus in exchange, their diverging views became apparent: Constantine had been educated in Germany, was married to Sophia of Prussia, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm, and was convinced of the Central Powers ' victory.

The new Hagia Sophia, with its numerous chapels and shrines, gilded octagonal dome, and mosaics, became the centre and most visible monument of Eastern Orthodoxy in Constantinople.

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

Sophia became a friend and admirer of Gottfried Leibniz while he was librarian at the Court of Hanover.

Upon Sophia's death, her eldest son Elector George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1660 – 1727 ) became heir presumptive in her place, and weeks later, succeeded Queen Anne as George I. Sophia's daughter Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ( 1668 – 1705 ) married Frederick I of Prussia, from whom the later Prussian Kings descend.

The conflict began in 989 when Otto III's older sister Sophia became a nun in the Abbey.

In 1981, she became the first female celebrity to launch her own perfume, Sophia, and a brand of eyewear soon followed.

The couple became estranged — George preferred the company of his mistress, Melusine von der Schulenburg, by whom he had two daughters in 1692 and 1693 ; and Sophia Dorothea, meanwhile, had her own romance with the Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck.

Sophia became heiress presumptive to the new Queen of England.

They became good friends, and Sophia Charlotte's views influenced Caroline all her life.

Frederick and Sophia Charlotte became king and queen of Prussia in 1701.

" 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.

Upon the death of her brother-in-law on 12 May 1873, Sophia became Queen consort of Sweden.

On 19 October the king became delirious and called his mother to see him ; however the Greek government refused to allow Queen Sophia to re-enter the country from exile in St. Moritz, despite her own protestations.

Sophia became the nearest Protestant heir to the English and Irish crowns ( later British crown ).

At the time she became eligible for the title, Princess Mary was already Princess of Orange, while Sophia Dorothea was already Queen in Prussia when she became eligible for the title.

After a brief military career he was appointed Kammarherre to Sophia Magdalena, queen consort of Gustav III of Sweden and subsequently became intimately connected with the king's brother, Charles, then duke of Södermanland.

He entered the Holstein-Gottorp service, and after the death of the duchess Hedwig Sophia, Charles XII of Sweden's sister, became very influential during the minority of her son Duke Charles Frederick.

In 1788 Fuseli married Sophia Rawlins ( originally one of his models ), and he soon after became an associate of the Royal Academy.

Born in Brooklyn, New York City to Italian immigrants Sophia and Salvadore Petrillo, Dorothy became pregnant while still in high school, resulting in a marriage to Stanley Zbornak in order to legitimize the baby.

It followed the Act of Settlement 1701 whereby Dowager Electress Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant descendants were declared to be in the line of succession to the throne ( her son George I later became king ).

Her sisters Amy, Fanny and Sophia also became courtesans.

Sophia Hinerangi, sometimes known as Te Paea ( Tepaea ), became recognised as the principal tourist guide of the Pink and White Terraces and guided the tourists in the whale boats from Te Wairoa to Te Ariki near Lake Rotomahana.

She was treated with kindness by her mother-in-law, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, who remembered how ill she herself had been treated by her own mother-in-law.

In Jane Austen's Persuasion, chapter 8, the town is mentioned as the only place where Admiral Croft's wife Sophia Croft was ever ill, as it was the only place she was ever separated from him, whilst he was patrolling the North Sea:

In late 1872, two-year-old Sophia and his wife Sarah accompanied him on the ill fated voyage from Staten Island, New York, to Genoa, Italy.

A wedding was scheduled for June 27, 1842, but was postponed when Sophia fell ill. On July 9, 1842, five years after first meeting, she and Nathaniel were married at 13 West Street in Boston, the Peabody bookstore where Margaret Fuller held some of her " conversations ".

Sophia Dorothea became ill in August 1726 and had to stay in bed, which she never left again.

On 14 February 1479 at Frankfurt ( Oder ) he was married to Sophia of Poland ( 6 April 1464-5 October 1512 ), daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland by his wife Elisabeth of Habsburg, and sister of King Sigismund I of Poland.

* February 23 – Emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.

Frege married Margarete Katharina Sophia Anna Lieseberg ( 15 February 1856-25 June 1904 ) on March 14, 1887.

* February 15 – The original Hagia Sophia is dedicated in Constantinople.

On February 22, he married his second wife, Sophia Hull.

The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews ( July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967 ), soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews ( January 3, 1916 – October 21, 1995 ), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie " Patty " Andrews ( born February 16, 1918 ).

A new adaptation was transmitted on 5 February 2006 as part of ITV's Marple, starring Geraldine McEwan and Sophia Myles, as Miss Marple and Gwenda, respectively.

On February 15 the great church of Constantinople, Saint Sophia, begun in 342 by the emperor Constantius II, was dedicated.

The Fashion Director of Harper ’ s Bazaar UK is Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, founder of 10 and 10 Men magazines, who replaced Alison Edmond for the February 2010 issue.

* In February 2004, ex-president Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sophia Loren won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for narrating the album Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks.

On 3 February 1859 in Bari, Francis married princess Duchess Maria Sophia in Bavaria, of the royal Bavarian house of Wittelsbach ( a younger sister of Empress Elisabeth " Sissi " of Austria ).

# Maria Elisabeth Maximiliana Ludovika Amalie Franziska Sophia Leopoldine Anna Baptista Xaveria Nepomucena ( b. Dresden, 4 February 1830 – d. Stresa, 14 August 1912 ), known as Elisabeth ; married firstly on 22 April 1850 to Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy and Sardinia and 1st Duke of Genoa, and secondly on 4 October 1856 to Niccolò, Marchese Rapallo.

Edward Miner Gallaudet ( February 5, 1837 – September 26, 1917 ), son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, was a famous early educator of the deaf in Washington, DC.

After his arrest on February 27, he was replaced by Sophia Perovskaya.

* February 28-Helena Sophia Isberg ( b. 1819 )

Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne ( September 21, 1809 – February 26, 1871 ) was a painter and illustrator as well as the wife of American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

* Sophia Elisabeth ( Düsseldorf May 25, 1657 – February 7, 1658 )

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ( 30 October 1668 – 1 February 1705 ) was the Queen consort of Prussia as wife of Frederick I of Prussia.

On 23 May 1624 Francis ' daughter Sophia Hedwig ( Lauenburg upon Elbe, * 24 May 1601-21 February 1660 *, Glücksburg ) married Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in Neuhaus Castle.

He married on March 1, 1849 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sarah Franklin Bache, born November 8, 1824 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on February 28, 1880 at Washington, D. C. She was the daughter of Richard Bache, Jr., who served in the Republic of Texas Navy and was elected as a Representative to the Second Texas Legislature in 1847 and Sophia Burrell Dallas, the daughter of Arabella Maria Smith and Alexander J. Dallas an American statesman who served as the U. S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison.

She married firstly ( Berlin February 1360 ) Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria ( b. Munchen 12. 5. 1330 d. Berlin 17. 5. 1365 ), this marriage remained childless ; and married secondly Count Henry II of Holstein ( b. c. 1317, d. 16. 11. 1384 ), of which marriage several children Gerhard, Albert, Henry, and Sophia.

* Lady Sophia Crichton-Stuart ( born 27 February 1956 )

* Maria Sophia ( 23 February 1713 – 15 March 1713 ), twin of Johann Christoph.

On 5 May 1659, Lord Atholl married Lady Amelia Ann Sophia Stanley ( 1633-22 February 1702 / 1703 ), daughter of the James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Tremoille.