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Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Electoral Princess of Hanover
Duchess of Ahlden
Portrait from the 1690s. Currently displayed at the Residence Museum (Residenzmuseum) in Celle Castle.
Born(1666-09-15)15 September 1666
Celle Castle, Celle, Principality of Lüneburg
Died13 November 1726(1726-11-13) (aged 60)
Ahlden, Germany
BurialMay 1727
Stadtkirche, Celle
Spouse
George Louis, Electoral Prince of Hanover (later George I)
(m. 1682; div. 1694)
Issue
  • George II, King of Great Britain
  • Sophia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia
HouseHanover
FatherGeorge William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
MotherÉléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father George William, her father-in-law the Elector of Hanover, and her mother-in-law, Electress Sophia of Hanover, first cousin of King Charles II of England. Sophia Dorothea is best remembered for her alleged affair with Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck that led to her being imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden for the last thirty years of her life.

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