The official betrothal was signed on 20 December 1675. by William Faithorne Jr, published by Edward Cooper, after Johann Kerseboom mezzotint, circa 1683-1725 NPG D11901 Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726), was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain, and mother of George II. [10], The lovers rarely dated their letters but they numbered most of them. Her mail and visits were strictly controlled, though her mother had unlimited visiting rights. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sophia Dorothea of Celle was born on 15 September 1666 as the daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his mistress, Eleonore d’Esmier d’Olbreuse. November 1726 auf Schloss Ahlden) war durch Heirat Kurprinzessin von Braunschweig-Lüneburg und ab 1714 de jure Königin von Großbritannien. Her former husband placed an announcement in The London Gazette to the effect that the "Duchess of Ahlden" had died,[12] but forbade mourning in London or Hanover. In the end, she seems only to have found comfort in eating. The French adventurer, Marquis Armand de Lassay (1652–1738), later claimed in his memoirs that he had received no fewer than thirteen love letters from Sophia Dorothea but never showed any documents to anyone. He initially approached his younger brother Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to arrange a marriage between Sophia Dorothea and Ernest Augustus's eldest son George Louis, the future George I of Great-Britain. Initially, Sophia Dorothea was only allowed to walk unaccompanied inside the mansion courtyard; later, she was permitted under guard in the outdoor facilities. Sophia Dorothea's parents seem to have believed to the last that their daughter would one day be released from prison. In retaliation, the Elector of Hanover Ernest Augustus and his brother George William, Sophia Dorothea's father, turned to Emperor Leopold I with a formal complaint against the King of Poland. The union with her first cousin was an arranged marriage of state, instigated by the machinations of his mother, Sophia of Hanover. While she may not have been put in an actual dungeon, the conditions would certainly be stifling. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born on 26 March 1687 at the Leineschloss in Hanover as the daughter of the then Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, later King George I of Great Britain, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. The union with 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 was born in Celle, Germany on September 15, 1666 to George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his mistress, a Frenchwoman, Éléonore Marie Desmier d’Olbreuse. Sophia Dorothea of Celle : biography 15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick and Luneburg (Celle line) (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) was the wife and cousin of George Louis, Elector of Hanover, later George I of Great Britain, and mother of George II through an arranged marriage of […] Sophia Dorothea is remembered for a significant act of charity during her imprisonment: after the devastating local fire of Ahlden in 1715, she contributed considerable sums of money towards the town's reconstruction. After two years in prison, she could take supervised trips two kilometres outside the castle walls. Sie ging als Prinzessin von Ahlden in die Geschichte ein. George Louis, Electoral Prince of Hanover, Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Sophie Dorothea (Kurprinzessin von Hannover), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia_Dorothea_of_Celle&oldid=1016371694, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.