Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Also known as: Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Hanover · Sophie Charlotte
- 1Sophia Charlotte of Hanover served as the first Queen consort in Prussia.
- 2She was married to King Frederick I.
- 3She was the daughter of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate.
- 4Her brother, George Louis, ascended to the British throne in 1714 as King George I.
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover was the first Queen consort in Prussia as the wife of King Frederick I.
Connections1
Influential patron of his work
As the first Queen in Prussia, she was a significant patron of the arts who supported the architectural projects that Schlüter worked on.
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover was the first Queen consort in Prussia as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the only daughter of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate. Her eldest brother, George Louis, succeeded to the British throne in 1714 as King George I.
Description: Gilded statue of death at the sarcophagus of Queen Sophie Charlotte of Prussia , located at Berliner Dom . Source: self-made, I release it into the public domain. Gryffindor 14:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)Wikimedia Commons; No machine-readable author provided. Gryffindor assumed (based on copyright claims).; No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons: Sophie Charlotte von HannoverImage attached to Sophia Charlotte of Hanover on Wikidata.Wikimedia Commons; Attributed to David von Krafft; Nationalmuseum; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata P18 (image)Portrait of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668-1705), queen consort in Prussia. label QS:Len,"Portrait of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668-1705), queen consort in Prussia." label QS:Lde,"Porträt von Sophie Charlotte von Hannover, Königin in Preußen."Wikimedia Commons; Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann; http://www.schroediwi.de/arcorspiegel/klaus/berlin13/berlin1.html; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata P18 (image) 50 words