Sophie Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophie Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg, commonly called Duchess of Hannover

Daughter of Ernst August, Elector of Brunswick (1629-1698) and his wife Sophia of the Palatinate (1630-1714)

Born:  Bad Iburg 30. Oct 1668

Married: Herrenhausen Castle near Hanover 8. Oct 1684 Friedrich III. Elector of Brandenburg, after her death King in Prussia as Friedrich I. (1657-1713)

Issue:

• Friedrich August, Prince of Brandenburg (1685-1686)
• Friedrich Wilhelm I., King in Prussia (1688-1740) m. 1706 Sophie Dorothea, Princess of Hannover (1687-1757)

Died: Hannover 1. Feb 1705 from pneumonia

Buried: Berlin Cathedral

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Karin Feuerstein-Praßer "Die preussischen Königinnen", Munich 2008