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Sophia Dorothea of Celle

1666–1726 · 18th century

Sophia Dorothea of Celle was the only child of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and was married in 1682 to her cousin George Louis of Hanover, later George I of Great Britain. After her affair with Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, who vanished in 1694, the marriage was dissolved and she was confined at Ahlden Castle for the rest of her life. Her son became George II.

Sophia Dorothea of Celle
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Principality of Lüneburg

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