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Sophia 1630-1714
Electress of Hanover

The youngest daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, and Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, she was born in The Hague. In 1658 she married Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, afterwards (1692) Elector of Hanover. She was the mother of George I.

Bibliography: Maria Kroll, Sophie, Electress of Hanover (1973)