Biography of Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1668-1705

On 30th September 1658 [her father] Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 28) and [her mother] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 27) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and [her grandmother] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 62). He the son of [her grandfather] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [her grandmother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 57).

On 30th October 1668 Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 38) and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 38). She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

Before 1680 [her future husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 22) and Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 56). He the son of [her future father-in-law] Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 59) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were first cousins.

Before 1685 Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 55) and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 54). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 64) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1685 [her son] Frederick August Hohenzollern was born to [her husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 16). He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.96%.

In 1686 [her son] Frederick August Hohenzollern (age 1) died.

On 14th August 1688 [her son] Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia was born to [her husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 31) and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 19). He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.96%.

On 23rd January 1698 [her father] Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 68) died.

In 1700 Frederick I King Sweden (age 23) and [her step-daughter] Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 42) and Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel. He the son of Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 45) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 46). They were first cousins.

On 18th January 1701 [her husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 43) was created I King Prussia. Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 32) by marriage Queen Consort Prussia.

On 1st February 1705 Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 36) died.

In 1708 [her former husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 50) and Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia (age 22) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Prussia. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were fourth cousins.

On 25th February 1713 [her former husband] Frederick I King Prussia (age 55) died. His son [her son] Frederick (age 24) succeeded I King Prussia. [her daughter-in-law] Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 25) by marriage Queen Consort Prussia.

On 18th September 1714 [her brother] King George I (age 54) arrived at Greenwich following his accession to the throne of the United Kingdom on the death of Queen Anne on 1st of August. There was apparently thick fog when the he made his way up the Thames accompanied by a flotilla of boats carrying his family and entourage including 18 cooks as well as his mistress, Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg (age 46), and his half-sister Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg. He landed at the water gates of the Sir Christopher Wren-designed Royal Hospital for Seamen, now known as the Old Royal Naval College, in Greenwich. When the waiting crowds cheered the disembarking king, it was a case of mistaken identity. In fact, they were cheering his son, George Augustus (age 30) (and future King George II) and by the time the king actually disembarked, much of the crowd had already dissolved, leaving a much smaller gathering to welcome him.