Princess Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1687–1757) • FamilySearch

Princess Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Brief Life History of Sophie Dorothea

When Princess Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born on 16 March 1687, in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, her father, King George I of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, was 26 and her mother, Princess Sophia Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, was 20. She married König Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen und Kurfürst von Brandenburg on 28 November 1706, in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 28 June 1757, in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Family Time Line

König Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen und Kurfürst von Brandenburg
1688–1740
Princess Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1687–1757
Marriage: 28 November 1706
Kronprinz Friedrich Ludwig in Preußen, Kurprinz von Brandenburg, Prinz von Oranien
1707–1708
Prinzessin Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine von Preußen
1709–1758
Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm in Preußen, Kurprinz von Brandenburg, Prinz von Oranien
1710–1711
König Friedrich II "der Große" von Preußen und Kurfürst von Brandenburg
1712–1786
Prinzessin Charlotte Albertine von Preußen
1713–1714
Prinzessin Friederike Luise von Preußen
1714–1784
Prinzessin von Preußen Philippine Charlotte
1716–1801
Prinz Ludwig Karl Wilhelm von Preußen
1717–1719
Dorothea Maria Hohenzollern von Brandenburg
1719–1734
Princess Sophia Dorothea Maria von Preußen
1719–1765
Princess Louisa Ulrika Hohenzollern von Prussia
1720–1782
Prinz August Wilhelm von Preußen
1722–1758
Prinzessin Anna Amalie von Preußen Äbtissin von Quedlinburg
1723–1787
Prinz Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen
1726–1802
Prinz August Ferdinand von Preußen
1730–1813

Sources (5)

  • Sophie Dorothea of Hanover, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sophia Dorothea von Hannover im Eintrag für Friderich Wilhelm, „Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929“
  • Copy of wikipedia: George I of Great Britain

Name Meaning

Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .

Chinese: variant of Wong .

Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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