Éléonore Desmier
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| Éléonore Desmier | |
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| Circa 1658 portrait attributed to German School, Brunswick. | |
| Tenure | 24 April 1676 – 28 August 1705 |
| Tenure | 30 September 1689 – 28 August 1705 |
| Born | January 1639 probably the Château d'Olbreuse, France |
| Died | 5 February 1722 (aged 83) Celle Castle, Celle, Germany |
| Spouse | George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (m 1665) |
| Issue | Sophia Dorothea, Electoral Princess of Hanover |
| Full name | |
| Éléonore Desmier | |
| House | Desmier (by birth) Welf (by marriage) |
| Father | Alexandre Desmier, Seigneur of lbreuse |
| Mother | Jacquette Poussard |
Éléonore Desmier (3, 7 or 9 January 1639 – 5 February 1722), was a French noblewoman, who became firstly the mistress and later wife of George William of Brunswick, Duke of Lauenburg and Prince of Celle. She was the mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, who was the wife of George I of Great Britain. Thus she is the maternal grandmother of George II.
Issue[edit]
- Sophia Dorothea of Celle (15 September 1666 – 13 November 1726) married George Louis, Electoral Prince of Hanover (later George I)